In Feng'an City, the capital of Emperor Zhao Xin's family, among the majestic and prosperous palaces located due west, there is a slightly dilapidated palace in the southeast. Looking at the degree of dilapidation, you can tell that this palace has become somewhat
It is old, and although it is a royal palace, for some unknown reason, it seems that it has not been protected for a long time. There is an old plaque on the dull vermilion-lacquered palace gate, which reads "Fengluoyuan".
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It was the autumnal equinox, and the only bright thing in the courtyard was a sycamore tree. The large sycamore leaves were shining with golden light, and the golden sycamore leaves had fallen on the ground. The branches and leaves of this sycamore tree were glowing with golden light, which was really beautiful, but in the
Such an environment is even more desolate. A little maid in the courtyard is running around the sycamore tree chasing a little boy about two years old, shouting "Little Master" as she runs.
, please slow down."
A woman stood at the door of the palace, looking at the running little boy. There was endless tenderness in her eyes, but there was also a fleeting trace of sadness. On that snowy night two years ago, she lost
The person I love most, and I have been running away in panic all the way. The person standing at the door is Zhao Qin'er. At this time, Zhao Qin'er is a little older than before, and her current appearance is consistent with her actual age.
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At first, the three of them were teleported to the Black Ice Mountain at the southernmost tip of the Hanlan Mountains by the teleportation array that had been damaged for a long time. After escaping, Zhao Qiner learned the cause of the incident from Uncle Jiang Wu, and was shocked and confused.
, and also had hatred for the Apocalypse Temple. But at that time, when he looked around, the road ahead was unclear. In desperation, Zhao Qin'er told Uncle Jiang Wu about his identity, and finally the two discussed and decided to go to Zhao Qin'er's homeland.
The three of them stayed until dawn. Zhao Qin'er and Jiang Wushu, who were holding Jiang Chen, climbed over the mountains and headed west. They rode horses and used some short and medium distance teleportation arrays. After half a year, the three of them finally arrived.
It is located in the Kingdom of Zhao Xin in Jiunao Prefecture, the westernmost part of the mainland.
Uncle Jiang escorted their mother and son to Feng'an City, Kyoto, Zhao Xin's kingdom. Zhao Qin'er was ridiculed and ridiculed by the clan members. Uncle Jiang had no choice but to show off his skills as a divine formation master, and the Zhao clan members were inexplicably frightened, so they kept silent and dared not speak.
But there are still some tribesmen who do not accept Zhao Qin'er who eloped and gave birth to a child, let alone the infant Jiang Chen. In the end, he became the king of the Zhao Xin clan, his brother Zhao Lingyun and his beloved brother Zhao Lingyun.
The matter was resolved only after Prince Zhengdexian, the eldest member of the Zhao clan, came forward.
Zhao Lingyun arranged for the mother and son to live in the "Fengluo Garden" where Zhao Qin'er once lived, which was named by the late monarch. Then Jiang Wushu spent three months to carve a spirit-sealing formation in Jiang Chen's body.
He told Zhao Qin'er that he was going to find the most mysterious organization on the mainland, the Heaven Defying Alliance, to make some plans for Jiang Chen's future. He then said goodbye to Zhao Qin'er, and there has been no news from him until today.
Legend has it that this organization is composed of a group of cultivators who do not believe in Emperor Hao. The Apocalypse Palace in various states calls them heretics or abandoned ones, and secular people call them demons or demons. There are also legends that this organization has existed for tens of millions of years.
There are many powerful people in the alliance. However, these people never appear in front of the world. Only when signs of the apocalypse occur, these people will appear and embark on the road to conquer the sky.
Zhao Qin'er has been back to her motherland for more than two years. She has watched little Jiang Chen grow up little by little, talking for the first time, walking by herself for the first time, and running by herself for the first time, like an ordinary child.
She loves to make trouble and play, and the hatred in Zhao Qin'er's heart is melting away as Jiang Chen grows up. She just wants to protect Jiang Chen's healthy growth.
It's just that in this cold palace, there was only a little maid playing with him, but it was lonely and boring. Occasionally, Zhao Lingyun would come over to see Zhao Qin'er, and he liked Jiang Chen very much, who sometimes showed talents that were different from ordinary people.
Passed by in this calmness.
Zhao Qin'er just wants Jiang Chen to grow up safely, marry and have children, and live like an ordinary person. She doesn't pray for him to be rich and powerful, and she doesn't expect him to avenge his father. But fate! How can it ever be like someone else's wish?
When Jiang Chen was five years old, Zhao Lingyun brought a colorless crystal pulse test stone to test why little Jiang Chen had spiritual veins. But the pulse test stone showed no reaction. At that time, Zhao Lingyun was in a very complicated mood, thinking about himself.
It’s just that my sister has such a good talent, but this little nephew has not inherited it at all. He is still an ordinary person with no spiritual knowledge. Zhao Lingyun, who has no children, has always been very fond of Jiang Chen, although now he found that Jiang Chen has no spiritual wisdom.
But I still want to do my best to protect Jiang Chen's future life.
As the king of a country, Zhao Lingyun had more than a dozen concubines in his harem, but none of them gave birth to a boy or a girl for Zhao Lingyun. However, Zhao Lingyun himself was not anxious at all, and was devoted to government affairs.
The ministers and members of the royal family wrote many times to advise Zhao Lingyun to consider the future of Zhao Xin's country and give birth to children as soon as possible. However, Zhao Lingyun used the excuse that he was troubled by state affairs and had no intention to take care of other things. Only his former friends knew why he did this.
Like this.
But Zhao Lingyun's attitude gave the ambitious members of the Zhao family opportunities and excuses. The reason why Zhao Lingyun has no heirs is not because he doesn't like children. He loves Jiang Chen very much, even compared to Zhao Qin'er.
Worse than that. After knowing that Jiang Chen could not become a spiritual cultivator, the only thought in his mind was how he could protect this child from living a peaceful life. Of course, Zhao Qin'er knew that the pulse measuring stone did not respond.
The reason was related to Jiang Chen's life experience, so Zhao Qin'er could only acquiesce that Jiang Chen was a person with blocked spiritual veins.
I don't know when, a rumor spread in Feng'an City that the child of the once proud girl turned out to be a waste. Although Zhao Lingyun still protects his only sister as he did when he was a child, he can't stop the long-lasting love.
Everyone could only not mention Jiang Chen's practice in front of his sister. Although the courtyard was deeply lonely, it also blocked those vicious rumors.
The sun sets and the sun rises slowly. Little Jiang Chen cannot live in this secluded palace forever. He will one day come into contact with this complex society. When he steps out of the gate of Fengluoyuan, those rumors will
Like rotten eggs that have been fermenting for a long time, they all hit him with a strong stench.
In the 36.5 billion years of Emperor Hao Continent, in the summer of the twelfth year of the reign of the Zhao Xin clan, the six-year-old Jiang Chen happily carried a small bag and was sent out of the gate of Fengluoyuan by Zhao Qin'er. Little Jiang Chen
After saying goodbye to his mother, he followed a leading eunuch sent by Zhao Lingyun and walked towards the Royal Spiritual Courtyard located in the northwest of the imperial city.
Zhao Qin'er never told Jiang Chen that he couldn't practice. The spirit sealing formation engraved by Uncle Jiang Wu, and the spiritual energy that little Jiang Chen could not comprehend, I believe, would not disturb Tianqi Palace. And these things cannot be done to a six-year-old child.
Jiang Chen explained that when little Jiang Chen came to the spiritual academy to go to school, Zhao Qiner did not deliberately give Jiang Chen any instructions. He just wanted little Jiang Chen to be like an ordinary child, be able to interact with peers, and learn moral principles along the way.
, by the way, to refresh the body, so when Zhao Lingyun suggested that Jiang Chen go to the Royal Spiritual Academy, Zhao Qin'er did not refuse.
The eunuch who received the eunuch led the way with light and silent steps. Jiang Chen, who was following behind, was extremely excited. He rarely left Fengluoyuan, and even when he did, he was always in the vicinity of Fengluoyuan, so everything he saw was novel.
Jiang Chen, who was jumping up and down, followed the eunuch who led him through a long corridor with carved beams and painted buildings, and then passed through a quiet garden with green bamboos and came to an independent palace. On the plaque above the palace door, there are two words "Lingyuan".
The characters are shining brightly, and the couplets to encourage learning are engraved on the door couplets: "cultivate the spirit of heaven and earth to protect the people, and listen to the words of heaven and earth to restrain yourself."
Jiang Chen followed the eunuch and walked into the door, and came to the old man who had been waiting here all morning. The old man had a white beard and eyebrows, and was wearing a white robe. His face was old-fashioned and calm, upright and elegant, his eyes were calm and natural, and he looked at
Jiang Chen showed a sly smile. The eunuch bowed down and said respectfully: "Dean Chen, this is the child of the eldest princess's family. The emperor has granted permission for him to enter the Royal Spiritual Academy to practice."
This old man's name is Chen Ziyao. He is more than 200 years old now. He has been invited to serve as an official in the imperial court since the time of the late emperor, but he has always refused. He has stayed in this royal memorial hall for more than seventy years, which is today's
The teacher of Zhao Lingyun, the king of the Zhao Xin clan, and Zhao Qin'er's former teacher, was the dean of this royal spiritual academy.
And this Royal Spiritual Academy located in the imperial city is not only open to the children of the royal family, but also the children of important officials in the court. Chen Ziyao's reputation is very prominent in the Zhao Xin Kingdom, and the court
When meeting with him, all the ministers must respectfully address him as Mr. Chen or Dean Chen.
At this moment, Jiang Chen also bent down and shouted in a sweet voice, "I've seen Old Master Chen." Old Master Chen waved his hand and said to the eunuch who was welcoming him, "You go ahead."
He took Jiang Chen's little hand and asked in a low voice as he walked: "Why did you call me Master instead of Dean?"
Jiang Chen raised his head and looked at the smiling Chen Ziyao and said, "My mother taught me to call the oldest person I met today Master, so as to appear close."
Chen Ziyao laughed and said, "That clever girl."
While talking, the two of them came to a room full of children of the same age as Jiang Chen. Chen Ziyao calmed down, said hello to the teacher who was teaching "Tianyu" to the children on the stage, and then pointed to an empty seat.
Jiang Chen said: "You can sit there from now on." After saying that, he walked out of the classroom.
Jiang Chen had never seen so many people of the same age since he was a child. He was a little nervous and a little excited at the same time. After sitting on his seat, he looked around. Sitting on his right was a little fat man who seemed a little drowsy at the moment.
Even Mr. Chen didn't notice when he came. On the left was a little girl. The little girl had some broken cake residue on the corner of her mouth. It seemed that she had just eaten shortbread.
The little girl saw Jiang Chen looking at her and looking at the corner of her mouth. She quickly stretched out her hand to wipe her mouth. After wiping her mouth, she threatened and waved her fist at Jiang Chen, meaning that if he dared to sue the teacher, he would
After beating him, Jiang Chen quickly turned his head away.
After Chen Ziyao sent Jiang Chen to the classroom, he took a walk in this familiar spiritual courtyard, but the little figure just now was in his mind, and he couldn't help but sigh, the child of that naughty girl back then is now so old, how time has passed.
Really fast. But how could that girl’s child not be able to practice? The sweet girl of heaven, who left all her peers far behind, returned with her son after disappearing for many years, and the child has such a talent. It’s really
It makes people wonder what to do! That girl has never appeared in front of the world since she came back. Even an old guy like me didn't come to see her. She is not like the little girl who dared to pull out her beard.
"Alas!" Chen Ziyao sighed deeply, thinking about what Zhao Qin'er has been through these years.
Jiang Chen was eating a small shortbread while looking up at the instructor on the stage. The little girl on the right also gave him a small shortbread in order to bribe him. Jiang Chen was not interested in the shortbread.
But he didn't refuse, he just found it interesting. At this time, he was having a great time eating with the little girl, and the teacher was so fascinated by the lecture at the moment, completely immersed in the wonderful text of "Heavenly Language" he was teaching, and he didn't notice it at all.
The two people who were eating secretly didn't notice that the fat man on Jiang Chen's right had fallen into a deep sleep.
Until the little fat man who was sleeping soundly snored, which disturbed the teacher who was reading while walking. The teacher first noticed the little fat man who was sleeping soundly, and then saw the food crumbs stuck to the corners of Jiang Chen and the little girl's mouths.
Suddenly he became angry, knocked the little fat man up with the book and shouted: "Yu Chide, Yue Wujing, and you." He pointed at Jiang Chen and asked: "What is your name?" Jiang Chen lowered his head and replied: "My name is
Jiang Chen."
The instructor looked a little dazed, and he couldn't remember anyone named Jiang among the important ministers in the court. After a while, he seemed to remember something again, and was stunned for a moment, but he didn't show his expression. He said slightly angrily: "You three take it."
Write a book and stand at the door."
Jiang Chen and the others had no choice but to do as they were told and came to the door of the classroom together with their books. The other children looked at Jiang Chen and the others and burst into laughter. After being stopped by the teacher, the classroom became quiet again until the low and deep sound of the bell.
After the sound of the sound, the three returned to their seats to pack their books. The three little people were ridiculed by the other companions again. The little fat man seemed to be used to it, but Yue Wujing became angry and chased the others for a while before starting to prepare for the next step.
The training course to be carried out.
Jiang Chen came to the practice room with Yue Wujing and the fat boy Yu Chide. They had the experience of being punished together, and the three of them were familiar with each other. Compared with the life in the previous five years, the feeling of getting along with peers now is more important to Jiang Chen.
It's an experience I've never had before, and it's very enjoyable.
Childhood is always accompanied by some childish fun, as well as the most innocent friendships we made. We were punished by the teacher together, and we made pranks together. We could get into trouble over trivial things, and we only needed a gentle word to make up.
Apologizing can make us reconcile, and we can laugh all day long after the prank is successful. Many years later, Jiang Chen recalled the time he spent in the spiritual hospital. There were happiness and dissatisfaction. There was that sense of purpose.
He had a close companion, and there were also children who teased and bullied him everywhere. But overall, it was probably the happiest time he had ever spent in his life!