Su Pengcheng and Pei Jingzhi reached a highly unified consensus on this matter. After all, both were civil officials, excelling in essays, and they analyzed these five sentences with perfect logic.
Especially when Su Pengcheng translated the ancient text above to Pei Jingzhi one by one, Pei Jingzhi also fell into deep thought and discourse.
I shouldn't be in the car, this sentence has a deeper meaning. A car means being confined, trapped, and bound. Saying one shouldn't be in a car perfectly captures the helplessness of being unable to control one's own body and fate. It is practically written in blood and echoed in tears!
I feel that two and a half years is even more worth chewing over. Two and a half years seems like ordinary time, but it actually hides a celestial secret. The ancients considered one year a cycle, and half a year a remnant. Two and a half years is two springs and autumns, half a lifetime wasted!
Exactly, when she asked how long it amounted to, she wasn't asking for a number. She was asking if the deep affection of two and a half years couldn't match a single seductive word from that harlot empress? Could two and a half years of planning not exchange for a single backward glance from the Emperor? Could two and a half years of waiting not result in obtaining justice? This is not an arithmetic question; it is a question that pierces the heart!
Especially this last sentence, Alone I drink to get drunk. Alone implies being solitary and helpless. Drink means drowning sorrows in alcohol, only to become more sorrowful. Drunk means living a drunken dream, unwilling to face this cold, deep palace.
That's right, this is the swan song of the White-robed Chancellor as someone who fell out of favor, the elegy of the defeated. She fought, she snatched, she loved, she hated, and in the end, she was left all alone!
...
The two men spoke with eloquence, making it sound like heavenly flowers were falling, leaving Wang Ming and Wei Shuo beside them full of envy.
Especially Wang Ming.
After all, Wei Shuo just had a low level of education, not zero level, but Wang Ming was limited to recognizing a few characters and having a rough grasp of writing, which was usually enough in the military.
Now, seeing such great scholars.
He instantly felt a profound gap.
These guys are amazing!
Alas, if only he could do the same!
Otherwise, he too would be carefully analyzing the deep meanings within to serve the Duke.
Only Ren Tianye frowned slightly.
After listening for a long time, he felt something was off.
Why did he feel like these two were doing reading comprehension?
After all, these phrases sounded incredibly familiar to him.
Thus, he interrupted the two who were still discussing and said directly, You two, recite the words left by the White-robed Chancellor to me one by one.
Yes.
Su Pengcheng agreed.
And explained them one by one.
Your concubine!
I was careless!
Shouldn't be in the car!
Planned for two and a half years, how long is that equivalent to?
Alone I drink to get drunk!
Ren Tianye: ...
Holy crap, these two really are doing reading comprehension.
Should he ask them what good night means?
However, he didn't have much free time, so he said, According to my intention, try them one by one.
Su Pengcheng was startled. Duke, you... you already know?
Pei Jingzhi was also startled.
Such complicated and obscure words, without any couplet structure to speak of, and the Duke already understood the reason behind them? Does the Demon Suppression Division have this much power? It had only been established for a few days, yet they had already completely figured out the messy relationships between the late Empress, the late Emperor, and the White-robed Chancellor.
This massive faction was truly shocking!
The two were also full of curiosity, so they followed Wang Ming to the dial mechanism.
They heard Ren Tianye say, Look and see if the characters after Your concubine can form this sentence.
Your concubine cannot do it!
Wang Ming quickly went to look, and then said in pleasant surprise, Duke, yes, these characters are here.
Alright, just these characters.
As Wang Ming turned the wheel in order, the characters in the groove connected to form Your concubine cannot do it! and a click was heard in the stone chamber.
Su Pengcheng knew quite a bit about this.
This means the first question is answered correctly. Duke, you are truly no ordinary mortal.
Ren Tianye continued, Second question: I was careless, I didn't dodge!
As soon as these words came out, Su Pengcheng froze.
For the first question, he could still figure out a thing or two; it was probably the White-robed Chancellor's painful statement.
But this didn't dodge...
What the hell did that mean?
He looked at Pei Jingzhi, who was also looking completely bewildered.
What does didn't dodge mean?
At this time, Wang Ming turned the wheel, the characters appeared, and a second click sounded in the stone chamber, indicating that the second question was also correct.
Two consecutive questions completely confirmed it for Ren Tianye.
This Third Palace Master Liu Qingyan was a freaking modern transmigrator. She had actually used modern classic internet quotes as the secret codes for the Concentric Alliance.
He said, Third question: I shouldn't be in the car, I should be under the car!
Wang Ming turned it, and a click sounded.
The third question was correct again, without any surprises.
Su Pengcheng and Pei Jingzhi were dumbfounded again.
Not riding a horse, not walking, but under the car?
Was the White-robed Chancellor's status in this love triangle really that low?
Wei Shuo, on the other hand, was full of admiration.
Such complicated and obscure codes that made one's head spin just listening to them, yet the Duke solved them so easily?
Ren Tianye solved the fourth question.
Two and a half years equals one Kun year!
Wang Ming turned the wheel, but this time there was no clicking sound. After waiting for a while, Wang Ming said in confusion, General, it seems this sentence has a second half!
There are obviously not enough characters filled in here.
Hmm?
Ren Tianye was surprised. Was this... a mistake?
Damn, could it be that this Third Palace Master Liu Qingyan had changed it on her own? Did she change a perfectly good classic quote into something else?
Ren Tianye quickly leaned over to look.
His gaze swept across, and he quickly saw a few scattered characters that instantly formed a phrase in his eyes.
Little blackie!
Then, looking at the others, Ren Tianye understood in his heart.
Oh my!
I didn't expect her to be a hater of giegie too!
So, he said to Wang Ming, After one Kun year, add: Little blackie, you exposed your chicken feet.
Wang Ming did as he was told, and this time, there were no more surprises.
Click.
The fourth question was successfully passed.
And at this moment, Su Pengcheng and Pei Jingzhi's eyes were wide open.
These words...
What do they mean?
How did two and a half years become one Kun year?
What book was that ever in?
And... what is a little blackie?
Why did they have to expose their chicken feet?
The most crucial thing was that the Duke actually grasped such difficult things in an instant.
The Duke definitely hadn't read as many books as they had, yet he could be so brilliant. Could it be that the Duke was truly the chosen one?
Ren Tianye couldn't be bothered with these two guys who loved doing reading comprehension. He went straight to the mechanism, operated it himself, and wrote down the answer to the fifth question.
Alone I drink to get drunk, drunk I pair up the beauties!
Click!
The fifth question was clearly also answered correctly.
Immediately after...
Clunk, clunk...
The mechanism began to shake slightly, as if some iron chains were pulling. As Wang Ming and Wei Shuo shielded Ren Tianye behind them, the sarcophagus slowly pushed open by an inch!
The sarcophagus was completely opened!
...
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
