Chapter 197: Crumbling (1/2)
Chapter 197: Crumbling
Translator: Sparrow TranslationsEditor: Sparrow Translations
The black figure came closer and closer, his hat cleaned by the torrential rain. His robe flapped as the wind blew.
Very quickly, the black figure arrived in front of the lady.
Then, he stopped, but he did not speak. He stood still like a black statue about two meters from the lady.
”Do you have something to ask me?” The lady asked as she looked at the black robe man.
”I wouldn’t dare.” The black figure shook his head. He didn’t say he didn’t have a question. He simply said that he wouldn’t dare in an icy tone.
”Ying Shan has another brother?”
”Yes!”
”Which other territory amongst the ten has a vacancy for vice ruler and above?”
”The Dark Territory.”
”Go see to it.”
”Yes master!”
The black figure left, leaving the lady standing in the torrential rain, her white dress dancing in the sea of red.
...
Inside the World of the Sage.
Everyone stared wide eyed at Fang Zhengzhi, who was standing in front of the stone house. Only now did they believe that Fang Zhengzhi had passed the Broken Bridge and the Twin Snow Tablets.
If not...
How could he think of entering the stone house?
Fang Zhengzhi stared at the outside. There was a wooden door.
It was not yet dark. Normally, one should be able to see the inside of the stone house through this door. However, it was pitch black inside.
Fang Zhengzhi could not see anything no matter how hard he tried.
He turned to look at Yan Xiu.
This time, Yan Xiu did not speak.
Then, Fang Zhengzhi turned to look at Ping Yang.
Ping Yang looked at Fang Zhengzhi, blinking her crystal clear eyes over and over again. However, her lips never parted.
”Okay then, I’m going in...” Fang Zhengzhi could guess what they were thinking.
If Ping Yang could not say anything about the stone house, it could only mean that there were absolutely no records about it.
Ping Yang nodded.
Yan Xiu stood icily by the side, neither shaking nor nodding his head.
Fang Zhengzhi stepped forward and pushed open the door.
Having made it into the third round, he was a lot more confident. He had already passed the examinations, ranking was secondary.
There shouldn’t be any threat to his life inside a pocket dimension, right?
Just as he thought about it, Fang Zhengzhi stepped into the stone house and blended together with the darkness in an instant.
...
Inside the Imperial Academy, King Duan felt slightly relieved as he saw Fang Zhengzhi enter the stone house.
Han Zhangfeng’s expression was much more complicated. He wanted to say that Fang Zhengzhi was not getting out of there, but, after the past two incidents, he was losing that confidence.
The Ninth Prince was the calmest of them all. As he saw Fang Zhengzhi enter the stone house, he raised his cup and sipped his tea. Then, he let out a puff of steam...
...
Fang Zhengzhi felt like he had entered a house.
This house did not seem very big. He was able to walk to each end within a few steps. It probably wouldn’t take more than a minute to finish going through the house.
That was what he had thought.
However, when he saw a ray of light in front of him, he realized that he was quite wrong.
The world in front of him was huge and he could not see the end.
Because...
This was a desert, a desert filled with endless sand.
But this was no ordinary desert. There were four doors in each of the four directions, North, South, East, and West.
Each door was made of the same yellow rock. More importantly, all four doors were completely identical.
”It looks like this round is luck?” Fang Zhengzhi immediately knew what this round was about. Choose one of the four. His chances did not seem bad.
A figure appeared in front of him.
This middle aged man wore an academic green tunic. He had broad shoulders, thick eyebrows, and large eyes.
He looked like a ferocious general on the battlefield, but he was a ferocious general dressed like an academic.
The middle aged man looked at Fang Zhengzhi.
Fang Zhengzhi looked back at the middle aged man, his eyes revealing a hint of surprise.
”Mirage? Or hologram?” Fang Zhengzhi could not figure it out and he did not have anyone to explain it to him.
”Choose one, choose one from four, it is very fair!” The middle aged man spoke flatly.
”It is very fair. So what happens if I choose wrong?” Fang Zhengzhi feigned interest.
”Naturally, you’ll be out.”
”Then what if I get it correct?”
”You’ll advance.”
”Can I not choose?”
”No.”
”If I don’t go through any door, I won’t be choosing.”
”You will have to go through the door.”