Chapter 247: Wind and Rain Outside Zhou Garden (Medium)
You are Chen Changsheng? He is Chen Changsheng? Who is Chen Changsheng? After the Qingteng Banquet, to be precise, since the marriage contract with Xu Yourong spread throughout the continent, these are the three sentences that Chen Changsheng heard the most, with time, this situation has not improved in any way, but with his reputation appearing more and more, so that sometimes he himself is about to figure out who he is.
Human curiosity is not much different from that of cats, and the Holy Queen Niangniang can't block the mouths of the people in the world, from the very beginning when she heard those discussions and saw those eyes when she was nervous and restrained to slightly resist, until now, Chen Changsheng has been silent and numb, but at this time it can't be dealt with as usual, because the person who asked this sentence is Zhu Luo who drinks alone under the moon, and he is a senior master who must be courteous when leaving the palace.
He took a few steps forward and bowed to the grass hut outside the forest in the distance, dignified and orderly.
Outside the quiet evening forest, there was a slight commotion, and countless pairs of eyes fell on him.
Chen Changsheng's expression was calm, but where could he really be calm, thinking about the scene when he entered Wenshui City, thinking about the deliberate greeting or deliberate cold-eyed eyes of some people along the way, he was very helpless, inexplicably thinking that being a celebrity is really not a happy thing, how did Xu Yourong spend all these years?
Compared with the commotion and excitement in Kyoto and Wenshui City, the crowd outside the evening forest quickly quieted down, because it was Zhu Luo who was asking Chen Changsheng at this time, who dared to disturb?
Bafang Fengyu is the top powerhouse in the human world, and the strength realm alone is not below the five saints, although the matter of Zhou Yuan's opening is important, but it is enough for Zhu Luo to sit alone, with this one of the strongest people in the world watching, unless the demon lord or the black robe is in person, there will be no problems at all.
Zhu Luo didn't look at Chen Changsheng, but looked at the peak of the snow-capped mountain behind the forest, the long hair scattered on his shoulders burned along with the snowy peaks in the distance, giving people a particularly wild feeling.
"Merissa is so confused, how can you let such a young child be the director of the Anglican Academy. ”
Hearing this, Lin Wai became more and more quiet, and many people looked at Chen Changsheng, their eyes were full of all kinds of feelings, there was sympathy and pity, and naturally there was ridicule and schadenfreude.
Although he had the merit of summoning the starlight of the Heavenly Book Tomb that night, Chen Changsheng was only fifteen years old after all, and he became the dean of the National Religious Academy at such an age, and for a while, he didn't know how much discussion and criticism he had caused in the world, but no one dared to question the Pope's decision in public.
Although Julo is stormy in all directions, it is inconvenient to challenge the will of the Pope in public, so he is talking about Merissa, and of course everyone knows who he really wants to say.
Merissa is the archbishop of the Cardinal, one of the six giants of the state religion, and his status is just similar to that of Zhu Luo, who said two sentences with mockery, not to provoke the state religion, nor to bully the weak.
Priest Xin walked up to Chen Changsheng and whispered a few words. Only then did Chen Changsheng know that Zhu Luo, as the head of the second family of Tianliang County, had been close to the Chen royal family from Tianliang County hundreds of years ago. Because the Holy Empress was in power and suppressed the imperial family, this peerless powerhouse has always had a bad relationship with Kyoto, and he is also extremely cold to the palace, but he is very close to the old forces of the state religion represented by Merissa, and he is an old friend of Merissa. It stands to reason that he should take good care of Chen Changsheng.
Why would this peerless powerhouse embarrass himself?
Chen Changsheng thought about it very seriously, and realized that Zhu Luo was ridiculing the bishop, not himself, no matter his age or generational strength, in Zhu Luo's eyes, of course he was a child.
In the eyes of the world, the National Education College has long been in decline, and Chen Changsheng is only in name for himself as the dean, don't you see that the academy in the depths of Baihua Lane now has only three or two students? But for a senior master like Zhu Luo, the significance of the National Education Academy is far from this, thinking that the National Education College was really infinite under the leadership of that dean, even the Lishan Sword Sect in the last few years can not be completely compared, thinking that such an academy actually made a teenager like Chen Changsheng the dean, Zhu Luo naturally felt a little emotional or uncomfortable. A big man like him naturally couldn't imagine how much pressure his casual words would bring to Chen Changsheng and what kind of expectations would be brought to those spectators.
It was quiet outside the evening forest, and people looked at Chen Changsheng, wondering how he would answer Zhu Luo's question, or mockery or pity, and there were very few people who were worried about him. At this moment, Chen Changsheng remembered what the Pope had said to himself when he was trying to award the results in the Great Dynasty - bow your head to be able to bear the crown.
So he bowed slightly, then bowed his head.
He saluted Zhu Luo again under the grass house, did not speak, turned and walked back to the carriage.
What is this? Is this ignorance? There was a slight commotion in the audience again, thinking that Chen Changsheng was only afraid that he would offend Zhu Luo miserably, as everyone knows, among all the peak powerhouses in the mainland, Zhu Luo's temperament is the most cold, how will he teach Chen Changsheng a lesson?
To everyone's surprise, Zhu Luo didn't get angry, didn't say anything more, picked up the wine bag with two fingers and brought it to his lips to take a long sip, and then looked at the stars on the mountain and was silent.
He said that to the palace, to Merissa, and to the Pope, to clearly express his dissatisfaction, but not to Chen Changsheng.
Chen Changsheng naturally didn't need to answer.
If you don't answer, that's the best answer.
Priest Xin wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at Chen Changsheng and whispered, "Go to the city to rest?"
Chen Changsheng shook his head and said, "If you don't enter Hanqiu City, just wait in the car." ”
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With the arrival of the morning light, people kept coming from the official road, and more people rushed to the scene from Hanqiu City.
Merissa came to the court under the guard of dozens of priests. Chen Changsheng knew that it was his old man who presided over the opening of Zhou Yuan this year, but he didn't know when he came, why didn't he go with his group, the cultivators of other sect academies looked at this bishop, and their reactions were different, some people thought about what Zhu Luo said last night, and subconsciously looked at the grass house.
The spring breeze traveled through the grass house, and with a light coat, Zhu Luo closed his eyes and half-leaned on the railing, as if he had been drunk to the past, and did not want to wake up.
Merissa looked over there, smiled and shook her head, and then motioned for the entrance ceremony to begin.
Every ten years, the Zhou Garden is opened, the opening time is 100 days, after 100 days, everyone must come out, otherwise they will be directly torn to pieces by the changing spatial turbulence in the Zhou Garden, which is an iron law that has been proven several times many years ago. There may be the inheritance of Zhou Dufu in Zhou Yuan, and there are also many inheritances of strong people who were defeated under him back then, which is also a fact that has been proven.
Entering the Zhou Garden can be said to be an adventure, it can also be said to be a trial, the rules set by the human world for this are very simple, no matter who finds any treasures or exercises in the Zhou Garden, as long as they can successfully bring them out of the Zhou Garden, then they belong to the sect or academy where the cultivator belongs, and they can snatch each other in the Zhou Garden, except for the strict prohibition of killing competitors, there is no restriction on the use of any means.
At that time, some people had questioned whether such rules would be too cruel and bloody, and the Tianji Pavilion, who was entrusted by the saint to formulate the rules, explained that if he could not face the bleak encounters and dripping blood in the Zhou Garden, he would face the ruthless and murderous demon powerhouses in the future, and he would die after all, so why waste resources? If human beings want to survive on this continent, they must be ruthless to the young people who will carry the heavy responsibilities of the future.
The priests who explained the rules gave stern warnings to the practitioners who entered the park, and many more priests were distributing things to the registered visitors, and in cloth bags were two things, a water bottle that counted the time, and a gray thread.
Some people don't understand why there is a need for a special water bottle to keep time, even if the sun and stars in the Zhou Garden can't calculate the date in the real world, but as a cultivator of the Netherworld, it is impossible to count the days wrong. As for the role of the gray line guide, it is very clear, if someone encounters an insurmountable danger in the Zhou Garden, or feels that their harvest has been satisfied, or does not dare to continue the in-depth exploration, they only need to light this gray line guide, and they will be directly teleported to the gate of the Zhou Garden.
Zhu Luo was guarding outside the Zhou Garden - there was no moon in the human world, and he could only drink alone under the stars, but no matter how drunk he was, as long as people saw him, he was safe.
Chen Changsheng listened to the priest explain the rules, and took the cloth bag that Priest Xin helped to hand, but his mind was somewhere else, his eyes moved back and forth between the crowds outside the forest, slightly nervous.
The senior sister of the Holy Maiden Peak came to Hanqiu City with him, and it was Ye Xiaolian who was accompanied by Ye Xiaolian, at this time the two of them were standing with several women, it should be the same door of the Holy Maiden Peak, he looked very carefully, but he didn't find that anyone looked like her - he hadn't seen her, but he heard that she was extremely beautiful, so he should only need to look at it to recognize it.
Did Xu Yourong come? If so, where was he at this time?
As the morning sun grew, the fog showed no signs of dissipating, and between the trees and the peaks, the fog became thicker and thicker, and the rays of the morning sun diffracted and dispersed into all sorts of strange lines.
Suddenly, there was an exclamation from the crowd.
People look at the clouds, only to see a small bridge faintly appearing in the middle, under the bridge is flowing water, see the corridor, the corner is an old plum, quiet and beautiful, a garden.
Is it Zhou Yuan?
This quiet garden in the fog seems to be false, but it is also real.
Like a mirage.
The moment Zhou Yuan appeared, Zhu Luo opened his eyes.
He looked at the quiet garden in the fog behind the mountain forest, and his eyes welled up with complicated feelings, and he remembered many things.
His hand landed on the railing, tapping continuously.
Merissa also opened her eyes and said slowly, "Go ahead, don't be greedy and forget the time." ”
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(Today's three chapters, this is the first chapter, although it will definitely be written, it will definitely be very slow, because a toothache is not a disease...... Chapter 2 strives to come out before half past twelve. )