Chapter 45: How Many Tests?
"The Tao is the way, the very way; The name is famous, and the name is not very famous. Nameless, the beginning of all things, famous, the mother of all things. Therefore, there is often no desire, to see its wonder, and there is often desire, to observe its subtlety. These two are the same and have different names, the same name is the mystery, the mystery is mysterious, and the door of all wonders. ”
The Nameless Tower kept chanting the opening sentences of the Tao Te Ching, and was so excited that it applauded, although he didn't know where it came from.
"That's a great sentence!" After hearing these words, the Nameless Tower's attitude towards Chu Ziheng has changed one hundred and eighty degrees.
"A long, long time ago, I seem to have heard Daode Tianzun say something that meant the same thing, and I can't remember exactly what Tianzun said. However, what you said this time, in terms of the subtleties and the understanding of the Tao and reason, is not far from Tianzun! ”
Chu Ziheng laughed secretly in his heart, he may not believe it when he says it, but in fact, this is still what Daode Tianzun said, it is just the reincarnation of Tianzun's corpse after psychic-Lao Tzu. Lao Tzu wrote this passage into the "Tao Te Ching", taking the philosophical meaning of "morality" as the outline, discussing self-cultivation, governing the country, using soldiers, health preservation, refining the body, and the way of supernatural powers, and became the "king of all classics" of Taoism.
"Where did you hear these words?" The Nameless Tower didn't think that with Chu Ziheng's realm, he could comprehend so many ways of heaven and earth.
"Elementary school memorized." Chu Ziheng replied smoothly.
Nameless Tower: ???
Chu Ziheng reacted and hurriedly changed his words: "I saw it from an ancient book." ”
"Is the ancient book still there?" He could see that the Nameless Tower was extremely eager for this, and hurriedly asked.
"It's just a coincidence, it's no longer there." Chu Ziheng can only say this, after all, the "Tao Te Ching" will not be written by Lao Tzu until more than 2,000 years later.
"It's a pity......" The Nameless Tower sighed very much, and then it remembered again: "You said you came here to participate in the trial, what trial?" ”
"Don't you know, senior? It is said that the Ancient Emperor left something behind in the depths of the Crucible World. ”
"Oh... You said that the kid of the troubled ancients..."Only an old antique like the Nameless Tower can call the Emperor of the Troubled Ancient a kid, after all, in terms of the years of life, it can top a hundred ancient times.
"What he left behind...... it... Looks like it's me! The Nameless Tower reacted suddenly, and then said angrily: "It's too much, how can I become what he left behind!" ”
"Huh? What the Ancient Emperor left behind is you? Chu Ziheng looked confused, this nameless tower still listens to poor mouths, but it doesn't feel strong.
"What, you look down on me?" The Nameless Tower heard the deep meaning of his words, and protested with an unhappy face.
"I'm on par with the Famous Tower, so do you know where the Famous Tower is now?"
Chu Ziheng shook his head, he didn't know what the Famous Tower was, he knew where it was.
"Well, I don't know." The words of the Nameless Tower made Chu Ziheng have the idea of wanting to beat him, I don't know if you are a ghost!
"However, although I have been here for a long time, the famous tower has been passed down through the ages, and it has another name, called the Deserted Tower!"
Deserted Tower!
Chu Ziheng was suddenly shocked, the desolate tower in the sky is the treasure of the human race, and it is the existence of the Emperor who surpasses the Extreme Dao, and even the existence of the Qing Emperor is also after clarifying his own Dao, he was able to suppress the god of the desolate tower and put his own divine thoughts into it.
If the nameless tower in front of you is really comparable to the existence of the barren tower, then its value is naturally far beyond the inheritance of the ancient emperor!
"How's it going, do you know how good I'm doing?" The Nameless Tower is triumphant, and it's a feeling like a schoolboy showing off that he has a game console.
Chu Ziheng was speechless: "Damn...... Mentally retarded ......"
"By the way, I heard that this furnace was formed by the ancient volcano of Heavenly Court falling Beidou, what is going on?" Chu Ziheng finally caught such a living fossil, so he naturally had to solve the recent puzzle.
"It's not an ancient volcano, it's a heavenly lake in the Heavenly Court."
"Skylake?"
The Nameless Tower sighed, "Speaking of which, it was a long time ago, when the Heavenly Court was still there, and there was a lake formed by magma, called the Heavenly Lake. There were even poems written at that time - Tianhu was once filled with ancient magma, and the ancient desolation and embers wept. ”
"Magma Heavenly Lake......" Chu Ziheng just thought about it, and felt that this scene must be incomparably spectacular and amazing.
"It's a pity that I've been trying to say two more sentences, but I haven't been able to come up with them for so many years." The Nameless Tower is a pity.
Chu Ziheng smiled secretly, he didn't expect this nameless tower to be quite commotionous. Maybe it's time for him to see how powerful the high school Chinese class representatives are.
"The Eastern Wilderness is buried in the earth's crust, and Beidou has no light for a moment!"
Chu Ziheng pondered for a moment and then said such a sentence, and the eyes of the Nameless Tower lit up when he heard it.
"Good sentence, although the pattern is a little smaller, but the courage and talent are excellent!" The Nameless Tower was amazed and said happily, "Okay, you will pass my first test." ”
Chu Ziheng was stunned, why did he pass the first test? How can I say that this nameless tower is also a treasure of the human race on a par with the barren tower, is it so easy to get hold of?
So he casually asked, "How many tests are there in total?" ”
As a result, the Nameless Tower over there was silent... After a long time, he said very firmly: "Four hundred and sixty-seven heavy ...... If I'm not mistaken. ”
Chu Ziheng was shocked, and gasped, there are still four hundred and sixty-seven weights, and he feels numb on his scalp when he thinks about it.
"What are these four hundred and sixty-seven tests, they can't all be poems."
"Of course not, let me think about what it is." The Nameless Tower was silent for a long time and then spoke: "There are literature, gossip, truth, painting, music, morality, self-cultivation, governing the country, using soldiers, divine sense, exercises, understanding, arithmetic, history, ............."
Chu Ziheng's two eyeballs were about to pop out, what kind of hell test is this, and there is no humanity anymore?
He hurriedly interrupted the Nameless Tower, which was still babbling, "Okay, I see, what if I finish these tests?" ”
"What's the hurry, you only completed one, and the remaining four hundred and sixty-six items ensure that you can't complete it in a year." After the Nameless Tower finished speaking, it began to count the contents of the test.
"I mean, tell me what the reward will be after passing the test, so that I can have enough energy!"
"Hmm......" The Nameless Tower thought for a moment and felt that it made sense.
"I've been here for I don't know how many thousands of years, so I want to go and see the Beidou world outside. If you have completed all the trials and have gained my approval, you can take me out, and I will help you appropriately in your time of danger. ”
Chu Ziheng nodded in understanding, and then asked in confusion: "But you are such a big tower, how can I take it out?" ”