Way Of Choices Chapter 198 - Mausoleum Of Books (1/2)
Chapter 198 – Mausoleum of Books
There was a river south of the capital and on the north side of the river, there was a straight path Looking southwards froe, verdant and lush park could be seen Deep within the garden, a green endary Mausoleuecoaches stopped on the road, and the exareen
During the first few days when Chen Changsheng had arrived at the capital, he had always stayed at the Plum Garden Inn, just outside of the Mausoleum of Books Many times, he had observed the Mausoleum of Books from far away, so he was not as excited as the examinees, especially those peers fro
The Green Vines of Li Palace, the Bridge of Lamentation, and the Mausoleum of Books were all well-renowned places in the capital, and the Mausoleum of Books here all the tourists wanted to visit It was also very lively like the Li Palace, and there were stalls lining both sides of the path on the riverbank The stall keepers yelled constantly, and it was already crowded although it was still early in the overnment officials could be seen, as well as the offices of many various academies and sects
The stagecoaches did not stop on the street for too long Under the direction of the officials and priests, they crossed a ooden bridge above the river, and they arrived at the green park outside of the Mausoleu, but instead they directly traveled down the path leading towards the tombs between the ancient and lush cypress trees Under the one hundred and eight statues of virtuous people’s gazes fro towards the green mountain
There were already many tourists in the Mausoleum of Books’ outer park, anda stroll They currently watched as the coaches traveled directly towards the Mausoleuuess the identities of the people within the coaches, and they knew that they rades They could not help but reveal an envious expression
The ancient trees obstructed theit seem extremely quiet and beautiful The deeper they went, the quieter it became And in the end, they could only hear the sound of the faintly green rocks grinding against each other under the wheels on the path leading to the tombs
A stone gate was at the end of the diecoaches stopped in front of the stone gate, and the officials and priests walked out in front of the gate, carrying official required docu the to with the soldiers guarding the Mausoleum of Books, and the students all exited the coaches one by one, lining up and waiting for entry
Not long after, the stone gate slowly opened, and the exaround They could not help but be very startled They wondered to theate was able to cause the ground to treic forate
With a low rureen aze
Thus, the Mausoleum of Books appeared in front of everybody
A mausoleum normally referred to a toht to be called mausoleums
The Mausoleum of Books indeed was like a tomb The roith countless green trees So it seereen trees, the exaendary stone monoliths and did not knohere the Heavenly Tomes were hidden However, they knew that the Heavenly Tomes were inside So for just a moment, the path became abnormally silent, and everybody’s faces revealed a devoted expression
As for Chen Changsheng, his current state of hts were in adown He truly was not excited like the first tireen mountain from far away in the inn However, he still felt an indescribable reverent feeling as he actually arrived in front of the Mausoleureen trees around the Mausoleum of Books and stayed very silent
The capital was always the center of the continent
It didn’t ed on without stopping or when the time was filled with national peace and order, the capital was always the center Those various sects and aristocratic families of the south also believed this Even the Fae race in the White Ereed The reason why the main altar of the Orthodoxy was here, as well as the Li Palace, was because the Mausoleum of Books was here
TL: The book only mentions that there are five continents in the world The Great Western Continent is not one of the five It is mentioned later on in the book that the Great Western Continent was originally part of the Eastern Continent and split off later That’s why you still have huht to the world
Countless tens of thousands of years ago, the Heavenly To flames from beyond, which the heavens had bestowed upon the lands Froence of humans, which allowed them to learn how to use fire, how to create and use tools, and how to tie knots to record history They invented the written language, and because they had invented the written language, it allowed the thetheir place in the world They began to look up at the starry skies, began to guide Starlight for purification, and officially stepped onto the road of cultivation This green inal source for all of this and everything else
What was the Mausoleum of Books? Mausoleum did not mean “tomb” here, but rather it meant “flat”
TL: The Mausoleum of Books (???) can also be known as ato a rather planar, flat and level mound
When the Heavenly Toed, all of the directions “flattened” The Mausoleum of Books here the Heavenly Tomes were, and the center of the world here the Mausoleuinate from the capital where the huious sects fought with the northerners for , but they still had to acknowledge the Zhou Dynasty as the main country due to this principle
During the waiting period, the silent park slowly became noisy Many tourists and citizens of the capital followed the stagecoaches here If it was an ordinary day, they could not even approach the Mausoleuuards However, as today was a special circumstance, they had the opportunity to approach the Mausoleuate Their faces were full of envy while looking at those youngsters ere preparing to enter the mausoleum
The tourists and citizens could freely enter or leave the Mausoleum of Books’ outer park, but they could not enter the mausoleum itself at all