On the morning of the third day, Tian Hai Ya Er and the tall and thin man punctually arrived at the gate of the Tradition Academy. Quite a few citizens of the capital had already arrived.
Two days ago, Chen Chang Sheng had used up a lot of his spiritual sense, but he still couldn't open the black monolith on the other side of the ocean of sword intent. Today, he decided to stop for a day.
He sat in the library and began to read and study.
Suddenly, a gust of wind arose and then it rained. The sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading, and the sound of cursing outside the wall all rose and fell without disturbing each other.
Chen Chang Sheng could achieve the state where nothing could disturb his mind, but other people couldn't. The citizens of the capital already had an extremely bad impression of the Tian Hai family, and they didn't have any good impression of the infamous Tian Hai Ya Er. When it was noon, the citizens who were drenched in the rain realized that Tian Hai Ya Er's cursing was nothing new and returned to the beginning. Finally, they let out their first boos, followed by mocking laughter.
Tian Hai Ya Er sat in the wheelchair. His face became paler and his eyes more violent. He raised his right hand. Thus, the crowd clashed with the Tian Hai family's entourage. The Li Palace clergy and the Imperial Guard arrived a little late. Two commoners were injured, and one of the Tian Hai family's entourage was beaten by the crowd until he was covered in blood.
The Li Palace clergy was very angry. They demanded the Imperial Guard to immediately clean up Hundred Flowers Street. At the same time, they didn't wait for the result of the discussion and wanted to ask Tian Hai Ya Er and that person to leave. At this moment, Tian Hai Ya Er slapped his injured leg and mournfully yelled, "Murder!"
"The Li Palace is powerful, they want to force people to death! They forced Liang Xiaoxiao to death, forced Zhuang Huan Yu to death, now they want to force me to death! "
"Come, you! I want to see, after you force me to death, how will you explain to my aunt! "
The Li Palace clergy were very angry, but they couldn't do anything to him.
Ever since the Divine Empress took the place of the previous emperor to review memorials and manage the court, in the past two hundred years, the Tian Hai family had already replaced the Chen royal family and became the number one family of the continent. Now, the Zhou court was filled with the descendants of the Tian Hai family. The most important thing was, all the juniors of the Tian Hai family had the same aunt – the Divine Empress.
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Looking at the bright and dazzling plum blossoms in the room, and then at the tired bishop, Priest Xin's mood was somewhat complicated. He said, "If this goes on, it will be too embarrassing."
Mei Lisha slowly opened his eyes, looking at a certain place outside the window. "In any case, the Tianhai clan has already lost face for so many years, they don't care."
Priest Xin said, "How should we deal with it? If it really doesn't work, I'll bring people to drive Tian Hai Ya Er away. "
Mei Lisha expressionlessly said, "Could it be that you still don't understand that this is a smokescreen?"
"Illusion?" Priest Xin suddenly recalled the news that had come from the Li Palace. Slightly surprised, he asked, "Are you talking about the matter that the two archbishops brought up a few days ago?"
Within the Orthodoxy, there were the so-called Six Prefects. Whether it was in terms of seniority or status, Mei Lisha was undoubtedly the head of the Six Prefects. However, the other five were also rather frightening figures. Mao Qiuyu was no longer the Principal of the Heavenly Dao Academy. He took over as Archbishop of the Hall of Illustrious Persons, becoming one of the Orthodoxy's Six Prefects. The two archbishops that Priest Xin spoke of were respectively in charge of the Hall of Subjugation and the Hall of Shadow Steps.
Several years ago, these two archbishops used the reason that the demons were flourishing and that the Orthodoxy needed to increase the combat ability of human cultivators as a reason. They proposed a proposal — in the Six Ivies, with the exception of Star Seizer Academy, teachers and students of the other academies could challenge each other as long as they were of the same level. If there was no sufficient reason or special permission from the Li Palace, the challenged party could not refuse. Of course, there were also many rules and restrictions.
No matter how one looked at it, this proposal was reasonable and necessary. As a result, when it was proposed, it received the support of all the halls and academies. The Imperial Court also praised it, and Star Seizer Academy even requested to participate in this plan. The problem was that when these two archbishops proposed this proposal, they were the Pope's most loyal assistants, and now the entire continent knew that they firmly stood on the side of the Divine Empress. Yes, these two archbishops were precisely the two archbishops that Mei Lisha had spoken of a few days ago as turning the corner. When the eyes of the entire capital, especially the attention of the priests of the Li Palace, were attracted by this farce in front of the Orthodox Academy's gate, these two archbishops once again pushed for this matter. Just what did they want?
Priest Xin suddenly understood and couldn't help but feel a slight chill in his heart. He said, "His Holiness the Pope … will not agree."
"The problem is, is there a reason to not agree?" Mei Lisha's voice was somewhat tired.
"The Orthodox Academy currently only has Chen Chang Sheng and Xuanyuan Po. Even if Tang Tang comes out of the Mausoleum of Books, there are still too few people. According to the proposal's rules, it's too disadvantageous for the Orthodox Academy …"
"Two years ago, when this proposal was made, there wasn't a single person in the Orthodox Academy, so you can't accuse them of intentionally targeting the Orthodox Academy."
Mei Lisha finally said, "Right now, the Orthodox Academy only has three and a half students. That is also the Orthodox Academy's own problem."
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At night, Priest Xin went to the Orthodox Academy and explained the situation to Chen Chang Sheng.
"That person is called Zhou Ziheng, he comes from the Temple Seminary and is a priest of the Hall of Subjugation. He has the status of a teacher of the Temple Seminary, and he's also a guest official of the Tianhai clan."
"Crossing the wilderness without a person on a boat?"
"Zhou, the meticulous Zhou."
"What's' Heng '?"
"It's that 'heng'."
Chen Chang Sheng thought of the tall and thin man by the wheelchair, thought of the faint mocking expression on his face, and thought to himself, he truly is a very arrogant person.
"Zhou Ziheng has three identities. No matter which one, it will give him sufficient reason to act, if you act against Tianhai Ya 'er." Priest Xin sincerely said, "Since you've already endured for three days, there's no harm in enduring for a few more days. If the proposal from the Hall of Subjugation really does pass, then we'll see how to deal with it."
"Because Zhou Ziheng is a priest of the Hall of Subjugation, it is inconvenient for the Li Palace priests guarding the Orthodox Academy to do anything to him …" Chen Changsheng fell silent for a while, then raised his head and seriously asked, "Then if that proposal really does pass and Zhou Ziheng challenges me, the Li Palace will not do anything?"
Priest Xin replied, "Yes."
Chen Chang Sheng said, "But he's at the Star Condensation Realm, one level higher than me. According to the rules, I can refuse."
Priest Xin looked into his eyes and said, "He's challenging the Orthodox Academy, and you're the principal. Perhaps there's someone else in the Orthodox Academy that can accept it?"
Chen Chang Sheng looked at him and said, "The position of principal was given to me by His Holiness and the bishops. The Orthodox Academy has no other students. You know the reason best."
Priest Xin was somewhat embarrassed and said, "In short, just endure for a few more days. His Holiness naturally won't let you suffer a loss."
Chen Chang Sheng said nothing more. After escorting him out of the Orthodox Academy, he entered the library and continued to absorb starlight for Purification, continued to cultivate his sword style, and continued to decipher the secret of the black monolith.
The night passed without a word and morning came once more. Tianhai Ya 'er and that expert from the Hall of Subjugation called Zhou Ziheng also came together.
Today, there was still a light breeze, a drizzle, and also obscenities and insults.
Chen Chang Sheng could endure. In the end, those obscenities were not food that was heavy in oil and salt, nor was it a bed covered in dust. There was nothing that he could not endure. Yet in the evening, a rather bad piece of news came from the Li Palace. The proposal of the two archbishops had finally passed. Whether he could endure or not was no longer important.
A letter of challenge was delivered into the Orthodox Academy, signed by Zhou Ziheng.
Seeing that signature, Chen Chang Sheng fell silent for a while, then he continued to absorb starlight for Purification and continued to observe the black monolith.
Now, he could already clearly see the lines on the black monolith, confirming that it was the Heavenly Tome Monolith that Wang Zhice had left in the Lingyan Pavilion. Moreover, he could already clearly sense that on the other end of the black monolith was the Qi of the Garden of Zhou.
Compared to the Heavenly Tome Monolith and the Garden of Zhou, the methods of the Tianhai clan and certain people within the Orthodoxy were really nothing. It was just that when his spiritual sense arduously crossed that ocean of sword intent, he seemed to always be able to see a small boat floating in that vast ocean. That small boat incessantly swayed with the waves, as if it could be destroyed at any moment, yet it never did. It was rather vexing to see.
He had originally believed that Tianhai Ya 'er, who was endlessly cursing outside the academy gate, was the same as that broken academy gate last year, a disgrace to the Tianhai clan.
But now, he realized that although he still believed that his view was correct, who wouldn't be angry when faced with this sort of situation?
On the morning of the second day, Priest Xin once again delivered two pieces of bad news.
Zhou Tong refused to release Zhexiu, and Zhexiu was still imprisoned in that gloomy prison. It was unknown when he would be released. The entire continent knew that Zhou Tong was the Divine Empress' most loyal and most terrifying dog. Compared to him, Xu Shi Ji was nothing. The unyielding attitude that Zhou Tong had displayed in this matter made many people feel that it was an extremely bad omen. A storm was coming, and the city was about to be destroyed. Could it be that the Imperial Court really wanted to shed all pretense of cordiality with the Orthodoxy?
Chen Chang Sheng asked: "This is His Holiness's will. His Eminence has personally come to visit, yet Zhou Tong is still not willing to release him. Just what does he want to do?"
At this moment, Priest Xin delivered the second piece of bad news: "His Eminence's health is somewhat poor. It might be two days before he can go see Zhou Tong."
At last, there was some good news.
Zhexiu could not come out, but a certain person was finally coming out.
At five in the morning, Chen Chang Sheng woke up on time and walked out of the gate of the Tradition Academy with Xuan Yuan Po. At this time, Tian Hai Ya Er and Zhou Ziheng hadn't arrived yet.
There was a very long distance between the Orthodox Academy and the Mausoleum of Books in the south of the city. When they crossed the small river and arrived at the front gate of the Mausoleum of Books, the morning light was already very bright.
As he gazed at the verdant and lush green tomb in front of him, Chen Changsheng very naturally thought of the scene when he viewed the monoliths and comprehended the Dao. Then, for some reason, he thought of the mausoleum in the Plains of the Unsetting Sun. Then, he thought of that night several months ago. Wang Po and Mao Qiu Yu were standing where he was standing right now, while he, Gou Hanshi, and the others were holding the dying Xun Mei.
Mao Qiuyu was no longer the principal of the Heavenly Dao Academy. After taking over as the archbishop of the Hall of Illustrious Persons, his authority was even greater, but he was much quieter. There had been no news of him in the capital for a long time.
Thinking of Zhuang Huan Yu's death and the recent silence of the Heavenly Dao Academy, he vaguely understood the reason behind it, and his heart couldn't help but feel somewhat heavy.
A rumbling sound roused him from his stupor. Accompanied by the slight tremors of the ground, the heavy stone gate in front of the Mausoleum of Books slowly opened.
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