Chapter 627 – Mother and Son (I) (1/2)
Chapter 627 – Mother and Son (I)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Returning to the courtyard, Yu Ren made more food. After first eating his fill, he prepared several more lunchboxes and then walked once more into the Mausoleum of Books.
When he reached the straight path heading into the Mausoleum of Books, he suddenly changed his mind and turned right.
The weather was bright and sunny and the mountain mausoleum had many people. He had just met with them, and now if he were to meet them again, it would be a little too close. Moreover, if they met again, would that mean they were acquaintances? Or perhaps acquaintances that weren't acquainted with each other? Then if he were to just nod his head in greeting, might he be taken as lacking in courtesy?
These questions were very troublesome and Yu Ren was not very skilled in handling them, so he decided to enter the Mausoleum of Books through another path.
He had no idea of the saying known by the vast majority of this world's cultivators, that there was only one path into the Mausoleum of Books.
In the lush mountain forests, he made many attempts, but he still did not succeed. Because of the difficulties presented by his legs, he also fell a few times. His body was covered in grass and pine needles, making him look rather miserable.
He was somewhat helpless as he thought, how come I can't find another path?
Then, he saw a path on the mountain. This path was paved with white stones, like white jade under the sunlight.
This path was very straight and also extended straight towards the peak of the Mausoleum of Books.
Yu Ren happily walked towards that path. When he got close, however, he felt rather strange, as there was not a single person on that mountain path.
This mountain was the straightest path in the Mausoleum of Books and was also the closest path, so why was no one walking it?
Could it be that the monolith viewers wanted to hone their wills and so deliberately did not take this shortcut?
Thinking of this possibility and then thinking about the happiness he had felt upon seeing the straight mountain path, Yu Ren felt somewhat ashamed.
But he glanced at his leg and thought to himself, in the end, I'm still different from the average person, so maybe taking the shortcut isn't too shameful an action?
Blushing somewhat, he leaned against his walking stick and walked towards the mountain path.
With his legs, crossing those clear and shallow canals was truly troublesome. After only walking up to the start of the mountain path, he felt somewhat tired. Thankfully, there was a pavilion here where he could rest for a while.
Walking under the pavilion, he saw a statue of bronze, covered all over in dust and rust. He thought, if Junior Brother saw this, he would feel very unwell.
This was referring to Chen Changsheng's obsession with cleanliness.
Yu Ren glanced at the ramrod-straight mountain path and thought to himself, it will definitely require a lot of energy to climb it, so it might be better to first rest and store up enough energy. Thus, he sat down by the bronze statue.
But he was somewhat uncomfortable. Since he had grown up together with Chen Changsheng, the two had influenced each other, and so he had a slight obsession with cleanliness as well.
He fell into thought, then took out a handkerchief from his sleeve. Walking to a small pool on the side, he lowered his body with difficulty and soaked the handkerchief. He returned to the bronze statue and began to carefully clean it.
He had just wiped the left arm of the bronze statue clean when he suddenly heard a voice come out of the statue's armor.
This voice was very low and not at all loud. It was unable to travel very far, but in his ears, it was like a clap of thunder.
”It's fine if you just wipe the helmet a bit.”
The autumn wind rippled the clear waters in the canals and carried away the dust on the armor. The pavilion was extremely quiet.
Yu Ren stared at the bronze statue in a daze for a long time, thinking in shock, it's actually alive!
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When Chen Changsheng first entered the capital, he had no understanding of the world's common sense. Yu Ren had grown up with him, so he was also naturally awful in this aspect.
He did not know that this ramrod-straight mountain path was the Divine Path and that besides the Tianhai Divine Empress and the Pope, no person could step upon it.
He also did not know that this statue of a general under the pavilion was not a statue, but a real general, the number one Divine General of the continent who had guarded the mausoleum for more than six centuries, Han Qing.
However, he at least now knew that this statue was a living person, and judging by the dust and rust on his armor, this person had probably been sitting here for a very long time.
To sit here for such a long time, could he not be bored? Yu Ren did not like dealing with other people, and was not skilled at dealing with them, but he asked himself honestly and concluded that if he couldn't see a single person for many years, he would still find it very dull. Besides that, there was still one very important question: this person had been eternally sitting here, so how did he eat?
Thinking of the question of eating, he subconsciously took out a lunchbox and placed it in front of the armor, gesturing to ask, is Sir hungry?
No voice came from the armor.
Yu Ren considered his options, then made a few more complex gestures, their meaning asking, what if I go and cook Sir a bowl of noodle soup?
A voice came from the armor. ”Placing it here is fine. In addition, you cannot walk this Divine Path.”
Yu Ren left the lunchbox on the ground, bowed, gave an unwilling glance at the Divine Path, then hobbled away with his walking stick.
Not long after he left, the autumn wind once more descended over the shallow canals and pavilion, carrying away the dust in the chinks of the armor.
Two deep eyes, weathered by the vicissitudes of time, lit up within the depths of the helmet.
Han Qing opened his eyes.
Then, he closed his eyes.
A lunchbox was quietly placed on the ground before him.
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Following the original path and returning to the Heavenly Tome Monolith he did not know the number of, Yu Ren continued to view the monoliths.
Perhaps because this Heavenly Tome Monolith was too abstruse and difficult to understand, or perhaps because he was thinking about certain matters, he stood in front of this monolith for a very long time.
All the way until the dead of the night, he was still standing there.
He was somewhat hungry when a small drizzle began to fall from the night sky.
He moved into the monolith hut, took out the remaining lunchbox and placed it on the Heavenly Tome Monolith, and began to eat.
This rain was not copious, but the sound of it was rather vexing.