Chapter 10 Tan Ye Talisman
Chapter 10 Tan Ye Talisman
The room was decorated simply, with plainness as the main theme. The landscape painting hanging on the wall was not a rare treasure. Everything was so ordinary, and there was no trace of the aura of a noble family.
Gu Zhuo was very satisfied with this, both the room and its quietness.
What's more, his world has never been silent for a moment.
At some point, the sound of rain began to fall in the night.
Gu Zhuo did not close the window. He found a suitable chair in the room and moved it outside to sit down.
The wooden box containing the Tan Ye talisman was now placed on his knees.
With the help of the light in the house and the sparse moonlight in the night rain, he began to observe the wooden box.
At the same time, many voices began to emerge in his heart.
“The stuff is real.”
A voice as heavy as the earth sounded.
Gu Zhuo was stunned for a moment and said, "I never thought it was fake."
"Then why have you been looking at this wooden box?" The moonlight lingered in the night rain, vague and hard to see, just like the voice at this moment.
Gu Zhuo explained, "I was just wondering how much this wooden box is worth and whether I can move to the inn as soon as possible."
Although this room is nice, he really has no interest in living under someone else's roof. What's more, Lin Wanyi's attitude tonight is very obvious, that is, she doesn't want him to stay there for a long time.
The sound of rain suddenly faded.
The next moment, the whole world became lively.
"The wood used for this box is Shenyuan Dragon Wood. The price will definitely not be low. You can rest assured."
"I think if this wooden box can be sold, it will be enough for you to stay in the best inn for at least three months. And it's not just an ordinary room, it has to be Room A!"
"Isn't this a bit too extravagant?"
"Wouldn't it be better to open source it then?"
“Why not talk about throttling?”
"Whoever likes to live a poor life has done it, but I don't want it!"
"No, what does poverty or wealth have to do with your rain?"
"Why can't it be related? If I have a heavy rainstorm for a hundred or eighty days, the whole Wangjing will have to live in poverty!"
"Aren't you just being unreasonable?"
Gu Zhuo was used to it and was not moved.
Years ago, he had gotten used to their meaningless quarrels, or rather, idle chats and bickering.
His right hand fell on the wooden box, removed the small lock, and opened it.
The things in the wooden box then fell into his eyes.
It was not a talisman with an incomprehensible pattern on it, nor was it anything else, but a ball of dark light that condensed and persisted.
This ball of light is not big and changes constantly, looking like a flower drifting in the wind.
In fact, it is a flower.
——Epiphyllum.
The two words "Tan Ye" refer to the night when the night-blooming cereus is in full bloom, implying its fleeting beauty.
This talisman is ranked above the ninth level. If it corresponds to the realm of cultivation, it has undoubtedly touched the third realm. It has only one use - that is, to allow the practitioner who uses the talisman to reach the highest peak of life, and then wither and die. During this process, the practitioner's life will be stabilized by the talisman. To put it simply, the person holding the talisman will be immortal.
During the conversation this morning, the reason why Lin Wanyi fell silent after learning that Gu Zhuo wanted the Tan Ye Talisman was not only because it was a relic left by her father, but also because she really could not understand what use this talisman was to Gu Zhuo.
It was precisely because of this confusion, and the curiosity that followed, and the fact that she really needed a reliable ally, that Lin Wanyi finally said to Gu Zhuo that it was a pleasure to work with her.
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A soft sound.
The dim light disappeared and the wooden box was closed.
Gu Zhuo withdrew his gaze, looked up at the sky covered by night rain, and thought that this should be the worst choice.
Compared with the Tongsheng Pill which can directly increase his lifespan, the Tan Ye Divine Talisman cannot directly prolong his life. It can only give him a path that is both ascending step by step and also getting closer to death. It also requires him to expend a great deal of energy on it and he cannot slack off at any time.
But this is his only choice at the moment.
Then, the worst can also be the best. Moreover, whether this is a dead end or not, we can only know it when we reach the end.
"One year left..."
Thinking silently like this, Gu Zhuo slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully with the sound of night rain outside the eaves as his companion.
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In the deepest part of Changzhou Academy, the meeting that was initiated by Gu Zhuo was now drawing to a close.
In the study room of the small building, the senior executives of Changzhou Academy were no longer as energetic as they were during the day, and all looked exhausted.
Only the vice-president was still full of energy.
"still have a question."
He looked at his colleagues present and said seriously, "Before dealing with Gu Zhuo, we must first find out his current progress in cultivation, otherwise we will only make a joke similar to today."
When he said this, there was no trace of abnormality on the old man's face, as if the joke had nothing to do with him.
Many people present were already numb to this and were too lazy to marvel at it.
The vice president hadn't finished speaking yet.
"Besides that, everyone here who should continue to be nice to Gu Zhuo, please do not leak the secret."
Judging from this sentence, the results of today's extremely long meeting at Changzhou Academy seem to be unable to reach a complete consensus.
However, considering the influence of many aspects, this contradictory result is actually quite reasonable.
The reason why Gu Zhuo chose to leave was directly related to the vice-president's breach of trust, and the academy inevitably stood in a moral low point on this issue.
It is easy for those young students to love and hate. All they need to do is throw enough dirty water on Gu Zhuo to make them believe that there is something else going on today. It will not be difficult to reverse their love and hate.
But the professors in the academy who learned of what happened today could not simply get away with this method.
Therefore, the reason the vice-president used to persuade them was very direct - what Gu Zhuo did was to shake the foundation of Changzhou Academy. If the academy remained silent and did not respond or fight back, it would undoubtedly be admitting a mistake. Misleading students can be made, but it must never be admitted.
Therefore, Changzhou Academy must suppress Gu Zhuo, but at the same time, it must show his gentle side to him in secret in order to maintain the relationship and retain a trace of affection.
After all, no one wants this suppression to inexplicably start the rise of an unrivaled strong man, and make Changzhou Academy become a boring clown villain despised by future generations.
Several people in the room turned to the vice president and nodded to indicate that they understood this approach.
Among them was the professor who signed Gu Zhuo's application for withdrawal today.
"Then let's get to the final topic."
The vice president finally showed signs of fatigue, and said slowly: "How did Gu Zhuo get a glimpse of the conversation between Liu Renliang and me? Why did he insist on having the Tongsheng Pill..."
The old man paused, and his voice became much heavier: "And how far is he from entering the country."
As this question was raised, the study in the small building became lively again. People began to speak one after another, and began to make inferences based on the methods Gu Zhuo had shown in the past and today. Just when the professors were ready to go deeper...
Someone pointed out a fact.
"In the past three years, Gu Zhuo has never fought with anyone even once, and he rarely asks us for advice on cultivation. Therefore, our understanding of him... must be described as very little. If we only make judgments based on the information we know at the moment, the conclusions we draw will inevitably be distorted."
"Could it be that he had been preparing for this day when he entered school three years ago?"
"If that's true...it's a bit too scary."
"Is there anything else he hasn't taken into account?"
"We can only send someone to test him. It just so happens that after he leaves the academy, he will also have to fight for a place in the summer festival."
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It was late at night, but the lights in the library of the Lin family mansion were still bright.
Lin Wanyi sighed, stopped looking at this month's account book, and rubbed his eyebrows gently, looking very tired.
She really didn't understand why Gu Zhuo didn't even have the money to stay in an inn.
What she didn't understand even more was why she couldn't even afford to ask Gu Zhuo to stay in the inn for a few months.
What is going on here?
How can this inn in Wangjing be so expensive?
How could she be so poor!
(End of this chapter)