Chapter 1682: Chapter 40: Mountain and Sea Purgatory
Rumble!
The sound of the stone doors being pushed open was like a giant mountain moving.
Judging by the scale, these two stone doors must weigh over ten thousand pounds.
"A hundred thousand pounds." Zuo Guangshu noticed Jiang Wang’s expression and explained from the side, "These two stone doors weigh a hundred thousand pounds."
"With such a senior sitting guard here, why would such heavy doors be needed?" Jiang Wang said in a tone that ingratiated himself with a friend’s elder.
The "Scar Uncle" in the tower made no sound, nor did he change his expression.
Zuo Guangshu, however, grabbed him and hurried inside with his head down.
He discreetly transmitted his voice, "You better stop talking!"
"What’s wrong?" Jiang Wang, caught off guard, stumbled as he was pulled along but argued back through voice transmission, "I’m just trying to build a rapport with your family’s strong one, so that no one can say your Brother Jiang lacks manners. I’m quite familiar with the etiquette of Chuguo! I’ve read books! ’History of Chiseling the Sea,’ have you heard of it? Such a thick, long set!"
Zuo Guangshu looked embarrassed to death and walked on with his head down.
The structure behind the stone doors was not as complicated as imagined.
As the two stepped through the stone doors, the first thing that met their eyes was a long corridor paved with stone bricks.
Array patterns that Jiang Wang couldn’t understand were engraved on the stone bricks.
Yet, as the patterns spread, there was a visible aesthetic beauty.
The people of Chu’s pursuit of beauty seemed ingrained in their very bones. Even the style of the array patterns was quite magnificent.
Flanking the corridor on both sides were many rooms sealed with half-transparent crystal doors, the contents of which were unknown.
The stone doors slowly closed behind them.
Zuo Guangshu then explained, "This isn’t about etiquette. The key issue is that Scar Uncle isn’t stationed here but is being punished here... You trying to get close like this is like insulting him to his face."
So that’s how it is...
Praising someone for being well-suited for guarding is no different from cursing them to spend more years in jail.
No wonder that "Scar Uncle" didn’t show any expression.
Jiang Wang realized he had misspoken, but feeling disrespected by his junior, couldn’t help but mutter, "You could’ve said so earlier."
Zuo Guangshu choked for a moment but ultimately didn’t say the line in his mind, "I didn’t expect you to talk so much," and quickly changed the subject, "Let’s talk about the Mountain-Sea Realm! To achieve great things, we must first sharpen our tools. We must first adapt to the environment in the Mountain-Sea Realm to ensure we have complete combat strength there..."
"Is the environment there very harsh?" Jiang Wang asked.
"It is completely different from the worldly environment." Zuo Guangshu said, "My family has specially crafted this place to imitate the environment inside the Mountain-Sea Realm."
He looked at the corridor ahead, speaking with a lingering fear, "And the name of this place is ’Mountain and Sea Purgatory.’
"Purgatory?" Jiang Wang was somewhat surprised.
Zuo Guangshu replied, "I think the name is quite fitting. Each room before your eyes is a human purgatory."
The young man in front confirmed the hardships of the training in the coming days, but Jiang Wang just smiled, "If I had known these hardships awaited, I might have turned back midway."
Zuo Guangshu glared at him.
"Honestly, I still don’t quite understand," Jiang Wang couldn’t help but ask again, "What exactly is this Mountain-Sea Realm?"
Zuo Guangshu thought seriously, seeming to ponder how to clearly explain to Jiang Wang.
Then he said, "The Mountain-Sea Realm is a place between reality and illusion, created from nothing by Huang Weizhen, a world made by his own hand. It might just be a game, or it might hide earth-shattering secrets. Those who have come out of there always describe its marvel, but no one can ever explain it clearly.
Almost everyone says that their description is only a tiny part, and even if we piece together everyone’s accounts, we can’t come up with a complete picture.
It is more complex and grander than anything experienced by those who have seen it, and it also holds possibilities beyond imagination.
I can only say that I cannot precisely introduce it to you, because I haven’t been inside either.
And the intelligence we have now might only be a glimpse of a leopard or a leaf of autumn. I can’t tell you that the leopard is just a spot, and autumn is just one leaf."
"I’m getting more and more interested," Jiang Wang turned his head to look at the corridor before him, only filled with curiosity, not fear: "Then let’s start with this Mountain-Sea Purgatory!"
Let Mount Sumeru’s Master Zhaowu turn back upon sight, created the Yanfa Pavilion, made Chuguo’s skills the best in the world, known as the most romantic of the three thousand years, Huang Weizhen...
The Mountain-Sea Realm he left behind, what kind of spectacle is it?
When Zuo Guangshu described it, he even used the word "world."
Jiang Wang is truly full of anticipation.
The ancient sages are like the bright moon, always making later generations look up in admiration.
Cultivators historically trace back, to achieve greatness, of course, they must pioneer the future. But before that, at least they must see the scenery the predecessors have already appreciated.
Peeling back the mists of history, exploring the legends silent over time, this, too, is the romance of the cultivators.
"If we want to understand the Mountain-Sea Realm in advance, we are already in the most suitable place."
Zuo Guangshu walked forward in the corridor, reaching out to tap the crystal door of the first room on the left.
"Brother Jiang, you are a good friend of the son of the Zhong Xuan Family, surely you are not unfamiliar with the Power of Zhong Xuan?"
Jiang Wang smiled, "Certainly, I wouldn’t dare be unfamiliar."
He regarded Zhongxuan Zun as an opponent, so how could he not get familiar with the Power of Zhong Xuan.
