"I said I will drown them. This is what I mean by drowning the seven armies." At some point, the folding fan in Tang Thirty-Six's hand had been replaced with a green apple. Holding the green apple, he pointed at the lights in the library and the silhouettes left behind by the new students. "The Orthodox Academy has so many people. It won't be so easy for them to exhaust us to death. On the contrary, I can exhaust them to death."
Chen Chang Sheng shook his head and said, "I don't believe it."
Tang Thirty Six was silent for a while and said, "This is the beginning."
"Beginning?" Chen Chang Sheng really didn't understand.
"Your beginning is also the beginning of the Tradition Academy. This place always needs to recruit students ….." Tang Thirty Six looked at the academy in the night and said, "The Tradition Academy for one person sounds cool, but in reality, it's not the Tradition Academy. It's just you. Then it became two people, three people, three people, four people ….. but it's not the Tradition Academy. Only now is the Tradition Academy. "
The night was getting late, but the lights were still bright. Chen Chang Sheng followed his line of sight and murmured, "But, what do we need so many people for?"
"There is strength in numbers." Tang Thirty Six looked at him and said, "Right now they are still very weak and very young, but what about in the future?"
"In the future ….." Chen Chang Sheng kind of understood, but he really didn't think about the future because he was used to looking at the people before the age of twenty. But right now, looking at the Tradition Academy that was brightly lit, looking at the new students who were quietly reading by the window, looking at the back of the young boys and girls by the lake, he remembered the old scenes he imagined when he first entered the Tradition Academy. Those young boys and girls who used to study in this academy and look at the lake dozens of years ago. His face gradually showed a smile. He thought that no matter what would happen in the future, this was good. Didn't you see that the forest that had been silent for so many years seems to have woken up?
Tang Thirty Six said, "Don't forget, in the future, you will be the Pope."
The entire continent knew that Chen Changsheng would become the Pope in the future, but only he himself did not have any real feelings about this matter. He felt that it was too far away, and he had never thought that he was already the Principal of the Orthodox Academy, only a few steps away from ascending to the limitless throne of Pope. His actual authority was naturally far inferior to Mao Qiuyu and Daoist Siyuan, but purely in terms of the Divine Sequence, he was already completely equal to them. According to Archbishop Mei Li Sha's words, the current Chen Chang Sheng only needed to bow to His Holiness, no one else needed to do so.
"Pope … is not easy."
"Of course it's not easy." Tang Thirty-Six replied, "If His Holiness the Pope did not stand behind you, powerful figures like Daoist Siyuan and Linghai Zhiwang would be able to crush you with a single finger … In truth, I believe that the most important reason they so firmly stand with the Tianhai clan is because His Holiness the Pope has chosen you as his successor. If you want to become the Pope in the future, it will not be such a simple matter."
Chen Changsheng thought about the recent undercurrents within the Heavenly Orthodoxy, thought about the All-School Martial Exhibition proposal that was clearly aimed at the Orthodox Academy, and knew that Tang Thirty-Six's conjecture was correct. Compared to Linghai Zhiwang and the other true Prefects of the Orthodoxy, besides the support of His Holiness the Pope and the legacy of Archbishop Mei Li Sha, he had no foundation within the Orthodoxy. If he wanted to become the next Pope, he would inevitably have to endure countless problems and challenges in the years to come. How could he handle them?
"The Orthodox Academy is your foundation. In the next few decades, the teachers and students that walk out of this academy, whether they are willing or not, will all be regarded as your people."
Tang Thirty-Six looked at him and said, "The Tianhai clan and those two archbishops definitely have many tricks up their sleeves. They might even want to use the matter of challenging the Orthodox Academy to directly challenge His Holiness the Pope. But now that we are directly pressuring them in front of the Orthodox Academy's gate, all the pressure will inevitably be borne by the Orthodox Academy alone. You must get used to this, because in the next few decades, you might face these problems at any time."
Only after hearing these words did Chen Changsheng realize how complicated this matter was. Ashamed, he said, "I really don't understand these things. In other words, it's fortunate that I didn't go to the Li Palace?"
"Even if you go to the Li Palace and ask His Holiness for help, if his venerable self is sure that the Orthodox Academy can still hold on, he won't say anything."
Tang Thirty-Six looked into his eyes and said, "Because His Holiness thinks the same as us. We hope that you can get used to this pressure as quickly as possible and then mature as quickly as possible."
"These things … are too complicated." Chen Changsheng sincerely said, "No matter how I think about it, I would never have thought of these things. How did you all manage to understand them?"
Peeling silk from cocoons and guessing at the hearts of people — these were the things that Demon Military Advisor Black Robe and Zhou Tong were most skilled at.
Chen Changsheng had always felt that this was the most difficult thing in the world, countless times more difficult than the Intellectual Sword.
Tang Thirty-Six just happened to recall the sword that Su Li had taught Chen Changsheng and said, "You can even learn the Intellectual Sword, so how can you not understand these things? It's just that you're too lazy to think about them."
Chen Changsheng shook his head.
"I'm not trying to console you." Tang Thirty-Six looked at him and said, "That day, you said that I was very similar to Su Li. In truth, later on, I also thought that you were very similar to someone."
"Wang Po?" Chen Changsheng expectantly looked at him.
"That frowning fellow … just how is he similar to you?" Tang Thirty-Six said, "I'm talking about His Holiness the Pope."
Chen Changsheng was a little startled by these words. He couldn't understand just how he was similar to the Pope.
"When I was little, my grandfather told me that back then, the Orthodoxy only had two successors: the Pope and your master. Whether in terms of cultivation talent or intelligence, the Pope could not compare to your master. Later on, the two of them went to study at the Heavenly Dao Academy and the Orthodox Academy, and the gap between them grew larger and larger. But after not even ten years, His Holiness the Pope caught up. Because he was not as sociable as your master and had a close relationship with the Imperial Court, he only studied at the Heavenly Dao Academy and had no distracting thoughts, so his cultivation advanced very quickly."
Tang Thirty-Six said, "I said that you and His Holiness the Pope were very similar precisely because the two of you are extremely focused and treasure time."
Chen Changsheng thought about it and said, "That does seem to be the case."
Because of that shadow, he always lived very seriously, focused on xiu xing, and treasured time. But he didn't expect that His Holiness the Pope was also this kind of person.
Tang Thirty-Six looked at him and said, "Actually, I always wanted to know why you treasure time so much. In other words, you are always so anxious … what are you anxious about? What do you want to do? "
Chen Changsheng was silent and didn't say anything.
"It's fine if you don't want to say it. If you say it, it will probably sound crazy again. Just like when you said you wanted to get first place on the First Banner in the Great Trial. You want to become the second Zhou Du Fu? "
Tang Thirty-Six didn't wait for him to answer. He looked at him and smiled, "No matter what it is, it must be very interesting. In the future, I will watch you do it."
Chen Changsheng thought about it and still didn't say "thank you". He asked back, "What about you? What do you want to do? Why have you become so serious recently … why do you want to help me? "
Most of the time, the question "why do you want to help me" could easily make the atmosphere turn bad. But he and Tang Thirty-Six were already very close. He didn't care and Tang Thirty-Six was the same.
"Before I came to the capital, I never thought about what I wanted to do in the future." Tang Thirty-Six walked under the big banyan tree and looked at the dots of starlight on the lake. He paused for a while and said, "Or in other words, what I want to do in the future has already been decided, so I don't need to think about it."
Chen Changsheng stood next to him and glanced at him. He found that his expression was extremely calm, which was very rare.
"When the Proclamation of Azure Cloud was updated, do you still remember Elder Tian Ji's comment? He said that I was lazy, otherwise I would have entered the top ten of the Proclamation of Azure Cloud. "
"Yes, I remember it very clearly. That's why when I saw your appearance outside the Mausoleum of Books that day, I really didn't expect it."
"Lazy ….. means I don't want to do anything. Because ever since I was young, I really didn't need to do anything."
The night wind gradually died down and the surface of the lake gradually became flat. The starlight that fell on the water also gradually became clearer.
Tang Thirty-Six looked in that direction and said, "No matter who becomes the Emperor or who becomes the Pope, as long as humans are not enslaved by the demons, my family can live very well. And I am destined to become the master of the Tang family. I don't need to do anything and I can live a life of wealth and power. I will live in the most luxurious manor in the world. I will marry the most virtuous and quiet wife. I will drink the most expensive wine, ride the fiercest horses, organize the best theatrical troupes, and the people who come and go are the most powerful people in the world. Since all of this has already been decided, why should I still work hard? "
Chen Changsheng thought about it and asked, "Then, what about cultivation?"
Tang Thirty-Six said, "Elder Tian Ji said that if I work hard, I can enter the top ten of the Proclamation of Azure Cloud, but ….. that's still not as good as Xu You Rong, Zhe Xiu, and you."
Chen Changsheng remembered. Other than in the Plum Garden Inn, he had also mentioned this matter.
At that time, the words Tang Thirty-Six used were: that woman who makes people speechless and that wolf cub.
He looked at Tang Thirty-Six and explained, "Being able to enter the top ten of the Proclamation of Azure Cloud is already very good."
"Indeed it is good, but it's still not as good as you freaks. Even if it's just a little bit, it's still not enough." Tang Thirty-Six paused and said, "If I can't do my best, then what's the point?"
Chen Changsheng didn't know how to respond and asked, "Then why aren't you lazy now?"
Tang Thirty-Six said, "Elder Tian Ji said in the Proclamation of Azure Cloud that it's because I met with fortune."
"What fortune? How come I don't know about it? "
"Idiot, doesn't this mean that I met you?"
"What about me?" Chen Changsheng really didn't think that there was anything special about himself.
But just like what Tang Thirty-Six said a few days ago, being a genius but not knowing it was really something that made people in the same field angry and depressed.
He looked at Chen Changsheng and shook his head, "I have never seen someone like you. People like you are probably even rarer than pure white unicorns in the world. Because you live ….. too seriously, too righteously. Although I still don't know what you are pursuing, that feeling ….. is very interesting."
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