novelRona 301. Holy Tomb
301. Holy Tomb
"The holy mausoleum has three floors, and each time there is a heart-knocking test. Only merit messengers who pass the three tests can enter the resting place of the holy body."
Old Liu looked around the field and said with a smile, "Do you think it's quite simple, but it's actually that simple!"
"But, I have to tell you guys, the heart-knocking trial is not a joke. If you don't have enough concentration, your mind will deviate..."
He deliberately paused before continuing: "The light ones will suffer mental damage, and the severe ones will be deprived of their merit envoy status on the spot and reduced to civilians!"
After the voice fell, there was a slight commotion in the field, and many people began to whisper, look at each other, and exchange opinions.
"Don't worry, we don't force everyone to enter the Holy Tomb. Now let's clarify the stakes. If you want to quit, you can leave the meeting room immediately. I guarantee that you will have no worries."
After the old Liu Tou finished speaking lightly, he stood aside and waited with his hands behind his back.
And everyone in the audience buzzed again. After a while, someone finally raised his hand bravely and said: "I still have a wife, children, and children. I'm sorry everyone, but I choose to quit."
Old Liu raised his eyelids and saw that the person speaking was a middle-aged man with a handsome face. He nodded immediately and said, "Send him out and leave the camp."
Someone took the lead, and after the rest of the people hesitated for a moment, some people raised their hands to sign out one after another. Old Liu head looked as usual, watching these people leave quietly.
Not long after, the meeting room, which seemed a little crowded, became a little empty.
Chen Youcai looked behind him, and saw that most of the visitors had already left, and now there were only a hundred or so people standing still.
"In the last 10 minutes, it's the same sentence. We don't force it. If you want to leave, please feel free."
Old Liu Tou's voice sounded again, and Chen Youcai's heart skipped a beat, and the figures of his father Chen Dazhuang, Aunt Xu and others appeared in front of his eyes.
To be honest, he is not a person with the whole world in mind, and coupled with his low strength, even if he can pass the heart-knocking trial in the holy tomb, he may not be able to inherit the mantle of the first sage.
But if it fails, what should father and the others do?
For a moment, the corners of Chen Youcai's mouth were tightly pursed, and he couldn't help feeling a little withdrawn.
"You are talented, you still have a father who needs to take care of you, and a family who needs to be taken care of... If you want to leave, just leave, no one will blame you."
At this moment, Lu Ningxiang's gentle voice sounded beside her. Chen Youcai gritted his teeth and remained silent for a moment, before finally shaking his head.
The so-called family, country and world are really going to the point where bloodshed is needed, how can he back down so easily?
I believe that even if my father knows the truth, he will definitely support his decision...
Thinking of this, Chen Youcai's eyes became a little firmer, he smiled at Lu Ningxiang, and stood there silently waiting.
As time passed by, more than a dozen of the hundred or so people who stayed originally hesitated, turned around and left silently.
Chen Youcai had complicated eyes, looking at the backs of those people, a little envious and a little disappointed.
"Okay, time is up! Remember your own decisions!"
Old Liu came down from the stage, stared at everyone with a sullen face, and said loudly: "Time is running out, everyone set off immediately, someone will provide you with equipment and food on the way!"
"Old Liu, can I ask, where is the holy tomb?"
Chen Youcai hesitated for a while, and boldly called out to stop Old Liu who passed by.
"East, not far."
Old Liu took a look at Chen Youcai, and said with a gratified smile, "To be honest, I really didn't expect you to stay."
Chen Youcai: "..."
Well, it seems that the impression I have in Old Liu's mind is not very optimistic.
After leaving the underground hall, Chen Youcai and Lu Ningxiang parted ways temporarily, and were taken into a transport vehicle, where they changed into special white heat-insulating clothing.
A long queue of cars had already assembled at the exit of the camp, and it was almost impossible to see the end at a glance. Chen Youcai sat in the empty car, looked around for a while, then looked away, and smiled at several young people sitting across from the car.
"Chen Youcai."
"Wu Guo."
"Xu Qingjie..."
There were a dozen or so people in the carriage, and everyone reported their names, which was a simple greeting. Chen Youcai silently listened to their discussion, and as the carriage rose and fell, he leaned against the carriage wall and slowly fell into a deep sleep.
After an unknown amount of time, he felt someone pushing his shoulder, woke up immediately, opened his eyes and saw that it was the thin young man named Wu Guo.
"We've reached the boundary of Jingzhou, and we're all parking for repairs, so you should come down and have something to eat."
Wu Guo was still holding a steaming pancake fruit in his hand. God knows where he got it, and he was eating it until his mouth was full of oil.
Chen Youcai smiled, nodded, and followed Wu Guo to jump out of the carriage. At this time, the sky was getting dark, and on the other side of the horizon, a round of orange-red sunset, like salted egg yolk, was slowly sinking into the ground.
The place where the convoy stopped was some flat wilderness. A few burly men set up a stove not far from the carriage. The pot was steaming and the smell of meat was overflowing, making Chen Youcai swallow his saliva.
The meals are simple, one serving of twice-cooked pork and one serving of braised homemade tofu.
After eating in twos and twos, everyone packed up the cooking utensils and got into the carriage to continue on their way.
"Listen to your accent, I'm from Jiangbei, I'm from Suhang City, Jiangnan Province."
Perhaps because Chen Youcai felt a bit dull, Wu Guo came over and smiled at Chen Youcai: "We are half fellow villagers, can you tell me what level of merit envoy you are?"
This topic obviously seriously involved personal secrets, and other people in the carriage stopped talking immediately and looked over.
"...I don't have any malicious intentions. It's just that it's extremely difficult to meet other meritorious messengers since I was a child, so I'm a little curious about everyone's promotion speed, hehe."
Wu Guo came back to her senses, and seemed to realize that she had asked something she shouldn't have asked. She scratched her head in embarrassment, and explained to Chen Youcai with a smile.
"It's nothing, I'm an intermediate merit messenger now."
Chen Youcai hesitated for a moment, then spoke calmly.
After the voice fell, the carriage fell silent, and everyone looked at each other with strange expressions.
"You, are you an intermediate merit messenger?"
Wu Guo opened her mouth wide, slapped her forehead after a while, and quickly apologized to Chen Youcai: "I don't mean to look down on you, do you know that Mr. Liu actually has an unspoken rule for summoning all the meritorious messengers of the Dao of Goodness this time?"
"What unspoken rules?"
Chen Youcai was stunned for a moment, and someone from the other side of the carriage interrupted: "If you want to pass the heart-knocking test in the Holy Tomb, you must have extremely high mind control ability."
Another person went on to say: "Generally speaking, the cultivation of intermediate-level virtuous messengers hardly involves things related to mind control, so...the ones who respond to the summoning order this time must be at least high-level virtuous messengers."
Chen Youcai: "..."
His mind was a little blank, and when he came back to his senses, his whole face turned black... What the hell, old Liu didn't say it earlier, it's a good thing he has been fighting the battle between man and nature for a long time!
If he had known that what he needed was a more powerful high-level merit envoy, then what was he, a rookie, so eager to do?
It's cheating, it's really cheating!
"It's okay, it's okay, don't worry too much, at worst, when you get to the Holy Tomb, you just stand on it and watch, don't go down."
Wu Guo comforted Chen Youcai, moved her body intentionally or unintentionally, kept a distance from him, and started talking enthusiastically with other people.
This is... being disliked by all the bosses, so you don't bring yourself to play? ?
Chen Youcai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he thought about it. After all, he was the weakest existence in the carriage, so it was bound to be difficult for him to get involved in their conversation.
Since he was not the same person, there was nothing to talk about, so Chen Youcai simply continued to put on the earplugs, squinted his eyes and began to catch up on sleep.
Driving in the wild is obviously even more bumpy. Fortunately, Chen Youcai is not a wealthy person. He has been used to sitting for three times since he was a child, but he has a special ability to adapt to the bumps and ups and downs of the carriage.
He gradually fell into a deep sleep. In his dream, he saw his father Chen Dazhuang, saw Aunt Xu and the others busy laughing and talking in their small courtyard, and saw Song Yiyi and other girls smiling sweetly...
"Hey, don't sleep, don't sleep, the holy mausoleum is here, Mr. Liu told everyone to get off!"
Someone pushed his shoulder suddenly, and Chen Youcai woke up from his dream in horror.
Opening his eyes, he saw that everyone in the carriage was jumping out one after another, only Wu Guo was left alone.
"Ok, thanks."
Chen Youcai thanked him, Wu Guo waved his hand, and jumped out with a nonchalant expression on his face, Chen Youcai followed him and jumped out of the car, looking forward intently.
Under the dim night, a gigantic monster stands proudly between the sky and the earth, making people feel extremely small.
Then, it is the famous Tianshan Town in the Jingzhou area!