Standing in front of the broken monolith, Chen Chang Sheng didn't think about the broken monolith, nor did he try to find the story from many years ago. Instead, he was thinking about his own problem.
He knew that not all monolith viewers could see the broken monolith in front of him.
Then, he really wanted to know what it meant for him to see this broken tablet.
Just as some people in the capital had already discovered, just as the Divine Empress had said to Mo Yu on the Sweet Dew, there truly was something wrong with him reading all the monoliths of the front mausoleum in one day. He had seen and understood those monolith inscriptions, but he had not attempted to obtain any more information from them. As a result, he naturally did not comprehend any true meaning beyond the monolith inscriptions.
He very easily understood the Heavenly Tome Monoliths, but he did not seem to gain anything from them.
But this was not a problem, at least not a problem he was thinking about and worrying about now.
The reason why he did not use the three most common and orthodox methods of comprehending the monolith, apart from some deeper reasons, was that there was a problem with his meridians. True essence could not flow back and forth in his broken meridians, so no matter how abundant it was, it was meaningless. Thus, he had to find a new method.
It looked like he had obtained great success, becoming the second person after Zhou Dufu to see all the front mausoleum tablets in one day. However, he still felt that something was off.
It was just like the regret and helplessness he felt before he decided to start comprehending the monolith.
The method he used to comprehend the monoliths was very ingenious, but it was still a variation of this method.
He had originally believed that after consecutively comprehending seventeen Heavenly Tome Monoliths, he would no longer care about this matter. However, now that he saw this broken monolith, he finally understood that what was incomplete was incomplete. You could deceive the heavens and the earth, deceive the sovereign and the saints, deceive your father and mother, deceive your master and friends, but you could not deceive yourself.
The front mausoleum of the Mausoleum of Books originally had eighteen monoliths, but now one was missing.
Therefore, even though he had deciphered seventeen of the tablets, there were still some incomplete ones.
This feeling of being incomplete was very uncomfortable for him.
It was just like the method he used to comprehend tablets. It was indeed very powerful, but it was ultimately a compromise.
For the sake of going to the Garden of Zhou, he wanted to decipher these monoliths as quickly as possible, so he gave up on the twenty-odd days of bitter searching.
Seeing all the front mausoleum tablets in one day was indeed impressive, but to him, wasn't it also a form of failure?
Because what he cultivated was to follow his heart. In the end, it was hard for his heart to be at peace.
After standing in front of the broken monolith for a long time, Chen Chang Sheng still couldn't understand anything. Chen Chang Sheng walked down the mountain.
The monolith huts along the way were very quiet in the night. There was not a single person.
Accompanied by the starlight, it didn't take long for him to walk past seventeen monolith huts and return to the Reflecting Monolith.
The area outside the Reflecting Monolith's monolith hut was filled with people, a dense black mass.
As it turned out, the monolith viewers who usually sat in front of the monolith hut had all come here tonight.
They were waiting for Chen Chang Sheng.
Seeing his figure appear outside the monolith hut, the crowd became restless.
Tang Thirty Six walked up to him, stared into his eyes and asked, "Seventeen?"
Chen Chang Sheng nodded.
Tang Thirty Six laughed happily and patted his shoulder. He repeated to the crowd, "Seventeen!"
The sounds of discussion came to an abrupt end, and all around the monolith hut was quiet.
People looked at Chen Chang Sheng and were shocked speechless.
Ye Xiao Lian widened her eyes and looked at Chen Chang Sheng, feeling a little strange. In this world, was there really someone that could compare to Senior Qiu? Seventeen Heavenly Tome Monoliths, I'm afraid … even Senior Qiu would find it very difficult to accomplish, right? She thought of the humiliation she had given Chen Chang Sheng that day by the Divine Avenue of the Li Palace. She couldn't help but feel ashamed and lower her head.
Chen Chang Sheng said nothing, and walked down the mountain with Tang Thirty Six.
Countless gazes fell upon his body. Those gazes were filled with envy, and even reverence.
Anyone under such gazes would feel somewhat intoxicated.
If he were to leave now, the gazes and starlight that fell upon his body would all be a form of glory.
But in the next moment, he stopped.
Tang Thirty Six glanced at him in astonishment.
Chen Chang Sheng stood there for a while, then suddenly turned and walked towards the monolith hut.
"What's wrong? What did you leave inside? "Tang Thirty Six looked at him and asked in confusion.
Chen Chang Sheng said nothing. He walked straight to the edge of the forest outside the monolith hut, lifted the front of his robe, and sat down.
Just like he had done for the past twenty-some days, he once again began to view the monoliths. He still sat in the same place. The gray stone was very clean and had already become smooth.
"What are you doing?" Tang Thirty Six walked in front of him and asked in shock.
Zhexiu, Gou Hanshi, and the others also walked over.
After a moment of silence, Chen Chang Sheng said, "I feel that the method I used to comprehend the monoliths was wrong, so I plan to try again."
These words caused an uproar around the monolith hut.
Everyone was flabbergasted, shocked, confused, and at a loss.
Just what did Chen Chang Sheng want to do?
Su Mo Yu asked, "Why?"
Chen Chang Sheng did not answer.
Guan Fei Bai's expression chilled as he asked, "Just why?"
He still did not answer.
Gou Hanshi did not ask, so he probably vaguely understood.
Zhuang Huan Yu mocked from afar, "Pretentious."
Zhong Hui said nothing, but a young scholar from Scholartree Manor sneered, "What are you pretending for? Even if you're amazing, is there a need for you to sit here and humiliate everyone? "
Chen Chang Sheng paid no attention to these discussions. He said to Tang Thirty Six and the others, "It seems like tonight's dinner will have to be prepared by you all."
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Just as the Divine Empress had said, only Zhou Du Fu truly understood the monoliths of the front mausoleum after seeing them all in one day. Besides talent and comprehension, the most important thing was one's personality. Zhou Du Fu was arrogant and haughty. In order to get to the bottom of things, he was willing to tear open the heavens. How could Chen Chang Sheng have such boldness?
Yet she did not know that although Chen Chang Sheng's personality was calm, he cared a great deal about following his heart. His desire to get to the bottom of things might have appeared very indifferent, but in reality, it was equally intense, like a wildfire.
When the news that he had once again sat down in front of the Reflecting Monolith reached the capital, everyone was dumbfounded.
The Divine Empress did not speak for a very long time.
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Some people wanted to see just what mysteries Chen Chang Sheng was playing, but they were chased away by Nian Guang, not allowing them to disturb him.
Tang Thirty Six carried a lunchbox and delivered dinner to him.
Chen Chang Sheng continued to view the monoliths.
He watched as the starlight fell and the monoliths seemed to be covered in snow.
He thought of a line in Xun Mei's notebook, and then he thought of something Gou Hanshi had said when he first entered the Mausoleum of Books.
The Heavenly Tome Monoliths were fragments of some world.
Since these Heavenly Tome Monoliths were once one, then was it wrong to individually comprehend each monolith?
Should he not link these seventeen monoliths together and comprehend them?
He calmly gazed at the Reflecting Monolith under the hut, but it was as if he was simultaneously looking at the Bent Osmanthus Monolith, the River Guiding Monolith …
Seventeen monoliths simultaneously appeared before his eyes.
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(Don't worry, I'll have to comprehend the monoliths for a few more days. My Changsheng understood it instantly yesterday, and tomorrow it will explode! Today's chapter title is slightly awesome. Also, in yesterday's chapter, the sentence about the surname Zhou was wrong. Sometimes, when you're too excited, it's easy for your hand to slip. Also, in yesterday's Xietian Ji Online game, a friend said that he couldn't log in … … this, right now it's closed beta, so there aren't many servers open. It will only be officially released on the seventh. Everyone, don't be angry, don't be anxious.)
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