Chen Changsheng felt shaken to the core because he realized that he actually had no understanding of the chains or the array in the wall.
He was well-versed in the Daoist Canon, and after coming to the capital, he had come into contact with quite a few senior experts. His knowledge had broadened. In the Garden of Zhou, he had chatted with Lady Chujian, and in the wilderness, he had conversed with Su Li. Those two geniuses had taught him many things. Yet he still had no way of seeing through this array, not even the slightest clue. He could only sense the unimaginably grand Qi and terrifying killing intent concealed within.
As he knocked off the layer of ice and focused his attention on the connection between the chains and the stone wall, the two deceased Divine Generals carved into the incomparably massive stone wall also seemed to be looking at him.
After some time, Chen Changsheng raised his head and gazed up at the stone wall.
Seeing those two legendary Divine Generals, his heart was shaken.
The experts of that time had truly been too powerful.
Now that he thought about it, the first time in a thousand years that wildflowers had bloomed was inconceivable. He was extremely sure that whether it was Wang Zhice who had laid down this array or these two Divine Generals who had only left a strand of spiritual sense on the stone wall to hold the chains and bind the Azure Dragon, they had all definitely stepped into the Divine Domain. Then, of the twenty-four meritorious subjects of the Lingyan Pavilion, how many were at the Saint Realm?
In Taizong's era, was the human world actually this powerful?
It was no wonder that they could utterly defeat the demons and ultimately drive them back to Xuelao City. And now? Ever since Wang Po left Tianliang County several decades ago, many people believed that the human race had welcomed yet another age of blooming wildflowers. He was also one of them. Then, when would he and his peers of this generation be able to catch up to those people from back then?
"Rest. With your current level of cultivation, it's impossible for you to pull out those chains from the wall."
The Black Dragon's voice echoed in the quiet underground space. She had spoken in human language, so it sounded like a young girl's voice. It was brimming with ridicule, but it also seemed rather satisfied. That's right, she was quite satisfied with Chen Chang Sheng's performance today. Compared to the two simple words of "thank you" just now, his attitude when studying the arrays and chains on the stone wall was very focused. This was what it meant to be diligent.
A cold wind blew, the Black Dragon's mountainous body moved at high speed within the vast underground space. It was unknown how it did it, but in a short amount of time, its head had arrived in front of Chen Chang Sheng, looking down at him from above. It was very dignified, but at the same time, it was deliberately acting very cold.
Chen Chang Sheng looked at the complicated patterns on the chains and shook his head. He raised his head to look at the Black Dragon and said, "Perhaps you need to give me more time."
The Black Dragon said, "I told you just now that time is not important to me. What matters is the result."
Chen Chang Sheng thought to himself, when did you say that? But after thinking about it, he understood that the Black Dragon was referring to that dragon's roar, the problem was, he couldn't understand the meaning behind that dragon's roar.
He looked up at the black dragon and asked, "What did you say to me just now? What do you want from me? "
The Black Dragon replied, "When you understand those words, you will naturally have an answer."
Chen Chang Sheng did not understand why the words of these powerful beings of the Divine Domain were always so cryptic and hard to understand. The Pope was like this, Zhu Luo was like this, and now that he thought about it, only Su Li seemed more like a normal person, even though he himself was clearly not normal.
He could see that the Black Dragon had already made up its mind. No matter how he asked, it would not speak. Just like in the past, it had never been willing to tell him what had happened on the night of the first illumination. Only today, for some reason, did it suddenly want to speak, so it spoke. Then regarding that dragon's roar, perhaps in the future, when it wanted to speak, it would naturally speak … it was just that he was still somewhat curious.
Only now did Chen Chang Sheng realize just how important it was to have a good grasp of a language.
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In the eyes of outsiders and in the records of the court, this was a palace that had already been abandoned. However, only the eunuchs and maids at the Divine Empress's side knew that the Empress would occasionally come to this palace to sit and stroll around, but no one understood why. Especially after a certain day last summer, the Empress had come here even more often, but the number of people who could remain in this palace grew fewer and fewer.
Today, she was the only person in this palace.
The Divine Empress stood by the water bank outside the palace, gazing at the small pond before her for a very long time.
From morning to dusk, and then to night — she ruled over this vast country, the nominal master of the entire human world. Every day, she had to deal with countless matters of state, so time was incomparably precious. Yet she had spent an entire day looking at this small pond.
At the very beginning, it was because after she finished speaking with that old man, her mind felt slightly uneasy. To her, this was an extremely rare occurrence, so she wanted to calm down by the uninhabited water bank.
Afterwards, it was because she recalled the many things that had happened by this small pond, the youth she had encountered.
Afterwards, it was because she had discovered that the youth really had come.
At that moment, she raised her head and glanced at the vast sky of stars that had just appeared in the night sky. The corners of her lips perked up, carrying a hint of ridicule as she thought, this thing called fate is truly interesting.
She had once changed her own fate. She was the person in the world least afraid of facing fate, so she did not leave, but waited for fate to arrive.
In the darkness, the dark green water of the pond suddenly began to move, especially the water in the very center. It was constantly roiling as if it was boiling.
She calmly gazed at that place, allowing the night wind to caress her face.
In the era of Taizong, she was already a world-renowned beauty, not even Zhou Yuren able to steal away her brilliance.
As she became empress, in the eyes of many, she became the world's number one beauty.
When she began to read through memorials for Emperor Xian, deal with the affairs of the state, and was bestowed the title of Divine Sage, no one dared to use the word 'beauty' to describe her.
Power would always be above beauty.
But this did not change the fact that she truly was very beautiful.
No traces of age could be seen on her face. The so-called serenity, steadiness, and maturity were simply a matter of temperament. There was nothing to nitpick about her appearance. She was extremely beautiful, but perhaps because she had ruled over this world for too long, there was a faint divine might and an extremely faint fiendish intent on her face.
At this moment, the night wind lightly caressed her face. The beauty and majesty were all washed away, making her appear extremely ordinary. The fiendish intent was still there, but it had mostly disappeared into the depths of her eyebrows.
The sound of the water in the pond continued, and the night wind did not stop either. It continued to linger around her body. The holy robe that represented her identity and status had become an ordinary cloth dress.
As the night wind caressed her, she had become an ordinary woman. Only that ebony hairpin was still in her hair.
The waves surged, and Chen Chang Sheng emerged from the water.
He swam to the edge of the pond and climbed up. He walked into the thicket and prepared to take out a spare set of clean clothes to change his wet clothes. Suddenly, he felt that something was wrong.
He turned around and looked across the pond. He saw her.
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