"I didn't practice for fourteen years, I only read books, and I went to seclusion for a year. I didn't understand the stele for 20 days, I just sat quietly... I saw all the tombstones in one day."
After the Pope learned about what happened in the Mausoleum of Books today, he made these two comments on Chen Changsheng. Following the deliberate dissemination of some prominent figures in the state religion, these two words spread quickly in the capital like a sunset glow. The people who were shocked looked at the tomb of heavenly books in the south again, with various emotions.
For countless years, only Zhou Dufu has been able to see the entire tombstone in one day, and Chen Changsheng has also done it today. Could he be the second Zhou Dufu? However, some people have already noticed some incomprehensible things. According to the news from the Mausoleum of the Book of Heaven, Chen Changsheng's realm aura has not changed since the stele was unraveled, and it is still in the initial realm of Tongyou. You must know that when Zhou Dufu walked in the Mausoleum of Tianshu, his eyes fell on the inscriptions, and his aura remained unchanged all the time. Take those who entered the Mausoleum of Tianshu at the beginning of this year as an example. There are many people like Tang Thirty-Six who have already seen the possibility of breaking the realm. Logically speaking, after reading the seventeen steles of heavenly scriptures, Chen Changsheng should of course gain some insight. Even if he didn't break the realm on the spot, he should have improved. That's right.
Reverend Xin supported His Excellency Mei Lisha to the Li Palace. After paying homage to His Excellency the Pope, he mentioned the current discussion in Kyoto, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Many people are wondering whether Chen Changsheng used some tricks or not. It’s not even possible that our state religion has done something wrong in the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books.”
"Enlightenment is enlightenment. Interpretation of the stele is always the practice of the ascetic. No one can really change anything."
His Excellency took a wooden spoon and poured water into the green leaf potted plant, and said: "I don't think that child has a chance to catch up with Zhou Dufu back then. After all, it requires great courage and has something to do with temperament. His performance Such a good performance has already made me quite satisfied, and it can even be said to be quite a surprise."
Mei Lisha said: "Now I want to know what his reaction will be when he sees the last monument, and whether he will be as surprised and astonished as we were tossed by him today."
The Pope's wooden spoon stopped on top of the green leaf, tilted slightly, as if he was in a daze because of something, but miraculously, the clear water in the spoon did not drip.
Missionary Xin was stunned aside, wondering in puzzlement, Chen Changsheng had already unwrapped all the seventeen steles in the Mausoleum of the Heavenly Book, how could there be the last one
The Pope shook his head, continued to pour water, and said, "Even if you see it, can you still untie it?"
Mei Lisha smiled and said, "That child has already brought so many surprises, and one more surprise doesn't seem incomprehensible."
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Gan Terrace burned like a giant torch in the richest twilight. The Holy Empress stood by the stage with her hands behind her back, looking in the direction of the Tianshu Mausoleum, with a hint of sarcasm in her indifferent eyes: "It was also a day to see the entire tombstone, but Zhou Dufu really understood it back then. , Chen Changsheng is still far behind."
Among the people who are still alive in the mainland, she and the Pope are very few people who have had contact with Zhou Dufu, and can even be called familiar. Only they know how powerful and terrifying the strongest man in the mainland is. , so they didn't think that Chen Changsheng could be compared with that person at all.
Mo Yu stood behind her, couldn't hold back for a moment, and said, "But seeing seventeen monuments in one day is already quite remarkable, at least much better than I was back then."
The Holy Empress did not turn around, looked at the Mausoleum of Books, and thought about the past and present, those ascetics who watched the monuments in the Mausoleum of the Books, the mocking expressions in their eyes became more and more intense: "What is the purpose of viewing the monuments? Why do some people I still can’t figure it out, viewing steles should never be the purpose of cultivating the Tao, but a means of cultivating the Tao.”
"The empress ruined the list back then, just to teach the world not to go astray, but it's a pity that no one knows the painstaking efforts of the empress." Mo Yu said softly.
"Yes, if it doesn't help the realm and morality, what's the use of reading all the steles on the mausoleum? When I asked Zhou Tong to destroy the stele below the mausoleum, many old people in the state religion cried bitterly. Saying that I don't follow the ancestral system, now that I think about it, I really should have killed all these old fools."
The Queen said indifferently: "Even if the Tianshu tablet is a sacred object, it has to be used by people to be meaningful. Chen Changsheng's speed in untying the tablet is indeed much faster than you, but you succeeded in gathering stars in the Tianshu Mausoleum, what about him? He understands all the steles of the Heavenly Book, but it does not benefit the realm, and it is useless."
The same meaning appeared twice in the two sentences. The first sentence was aimed at all ascetics in the world, while the latter sentence directly pointed to Chen Changsheng.
Mo Yu was slightly startled at first, then laughed, thinking that the empress could speak foul language, it seems that Chen Changsheng's performance in the Mausoleum of Books still made the empress wary.
Of course, what she was wary of was not Chen Changsheng himself, but the state religion behind him.
Mo Yu didn't hide her emotions, which is also the fundamental reason why she has always been favored and trusted by her empress all these years.
She opened her eyes wide and asked curiously: "Then...do you see... does Chen Changsheng have a chance?"
The Holy Empress looked in the direction of the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books, and after a moment of silence, said: "He may be able to see the last monument, but...he is too calm and young, but he has an unpleasant sour smell. He doesn't look like Zhou Dufu. Back then, it was as bright as the morning sun, with a turbulent aura, and cursed the sky, so I had to ask what happened."
Mo Yu frowned slightly, and always felt that every time the empress mentioned that peerless powerhouse, her emotions seemed to fluctuate a little.
"Cultivating the Tao is about cultivating the heart. Character determines the destiny, and it also determines how far the ascetic can go."
The Holy Queen made the final judgment: "Chen Changsheng... no."
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Unlocking the seventeenth tablet, Chen Changsheng came to a green meadow.
In the twilight, the entire Tianshu Mausoleum seems to be burning, and this meadow is no exception. The invisible wildfire spreads and rolls on the grass leaves, and the picture is extremely beautiful.
The sound of roaring water came from the cliff below the meadow, and it was only then that he realized that it was above the waterfall at the southwestern foot of Tianshu Mausoleum.
The water splashed by the cliff wind after the waterfall shattered shattered up and landed on his face, which was slightly damp and cool, washing away his fatigue.
Thinking about the process of unraveling the stele today, although he was still a little dissatisfied, he was unavoidably joyful and felt that he was okay.
Suddenly, he felt something, and the joy on his eyebrows gradually receded, appearing a little confused.
He looked back and saw a stele hut under the white cliff above the meadow.
The seventeen heavenly book steles in the former mausoleum have all been untied, and according to the records in the Daozang, he should appear in the next mausoleum now.
But here is the former mausoleum.
The shape of that monument is no different from that of Zhaoqing Monument and Yinjiang Monument.
Chen Changsheng was very surprised, and thought to himself, could there be a stele of heavenly script in the former mausoleum
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There are seventeen steles in the Mausoleum of the Book of Heaven, this is a fact that everyone knows. Unless someone is covering up that fact. But who can cover it? Chen Changsheng suddenly remembered that in the Taoist scriptures he read in Xining Town, and among the sayings circulated in the world, in fact, at the beginning, there was no such thing as the front mausoleum and the back mausoleum in Tianshu Mausoleum. This statement should have appeared around 800 years ago. What does it mean
Standing in the burning meadow, he didn't hesitate for too long, and walked towards the stele hut, breaking through the weeds all the way, like walking through fire, or like a fishing boat sailing through thousands of scales. river surface.
Walking in front of the stele hut, he stopped, looked down the hut, and saw a picture that he didn't expect at all, and couldn't help being stunned.
There is no Tianshu stele in this stele house. To be more precise, there used to be a Tianshu stele in this stele house, but now the Tianshu stele has disappeared, leaving only the stele pedestal. On the stele pedestal is a slightly protruding remnant stone about half a palm wide. There is only a shallow part of the remnant stone, or is it the remnant of the Tianshu stele
Chen Changsheng's body became extremely stiff, and the previous joy and relaxation had long been replaced by shock.
He was shocked enough that there were actually eighteen steles in front of the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books, but what surprised him even more was that the real last stele was actually a broken stele!
He stood in front of the stele in a daze for a long time before he finally calmed down. He suppressed the strong shock and uneasiness in his heart. When he walked to the broken stele, he found that there was only a small part of the broken stele left. There were no words or words on it. Lines, in this way, the inscriptions should all be on the broken stele.
He reached out and touched the section of the broken stele, feeling the hardness of the stele, and those stubbles that were still sharp after years of wind and rain, and his expression became more and more bewildered.
This stele seems to have been interrupted by a powerful force!
In the first year of Taishi, the Tianshu stele fell to the ground, and the bottom of the stele naturally took root, connecting with the deepest part of the earth.
Among the countless folk tales in Sanqian Dao Zang, it has never been heard that the Tianshu stele can be broken and taken away from the Tianshu mausoleum.
Where did the power come from to interrupt this Heavenly Book Monument
If it is a person, who is that person
How did he do that
Where did he take that Heavenly Book Stele
Chen Changsheng looked at the burning fields outside the hut, and looked around in bewilderment.
As the twilight deepens, when the night is approaching, the mountain wind gradually cools down.
He felt a little cold.
The previous joy and satisfaction are long gone, and the shock after seeing the broken monument has also disappeared.
His mind has become a little numb.
There was infinite awe and even fear in his heart.
Is this really powerful
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Night shrouded the Tianshu Mausoleum.
As the last twilight of sunset in the sky disappears, the stars once again occupy the sky and people's vision.
Chen Changsheng stood outside the stele hut, looked up at the starry sky, and remained motionless.
He has held this position for a long time.
Accompanied by that shadow for many years, he is not an ordinary boy after all.
Although he still couldn't talk and laugh happily before he died, after such a long time, no matter how powerful the power was, it could no longer affect his mind.
He turned around and walked towards the stele house again, standing in front of the broken stele.
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