[In the 43rd year of Kaiyuan, Tianshan Ji Que is about to die, and he comes to challenge the martial arts legend before his death. You successfully survive his challenge, survive a massacre, and get the survival reward - the immortal cultivation skill 'Tianxin Lei Fa']
Jiang Changsheng sat on the bed with a smile on his face.
As expected of a master, the rewards are extraordinary!
Jiang Changsheng began to happily inherit the Tianxin Thunder Method. As he became stronger and stronger, and he stayed in Longqi Temple all the time, the survival rewards were not much, so he was always looking forward to it.
In fact, he could have chosen another path, which was to travel the world, fighting and killing every day. The survival reward would surely explode, but that would be too inappropriate as it would delay his cultivation. The survival reward only gave him a method for cultivation, and did not directly make him stronger.
Besides, with too many enemies, he always felt that he would be in trouble.
The one who can make it to the end is the protagonist, and those who die halfway are supporting roles or even villains.
Ji Que of Tianshan died in battle at Longqi Temple and was buried in the Heroes' Tomb. This news went viral in the martial arts world within just one month.
Although Sword Maniac and Crazy Blade are strong, they are not yet at the level of Grandmaster.
After this battle, the status of the Hero's Tomb was deeply rooted in the hearts , and even a saying emerged.
The greatest happiness for a man in the underworld is to be buried in a hero's tomb.
Of course, more people sneer at this. They are more looking forward to destroying Longqi Temple and stepping on the hero's tomb to create their own martial arts myth.
…
Autumn time.
Jiang Yu led his army back to the capital. After learning about the emperor's arrangements, he was furious. He stormed into the palace and confronted Jiang Yuan in the imperial study.
Jiang Yuan is now in his twilight years, lying on the dragon couch with his eyes half closed.
"Father, you are trying to harm my child. If you support Ziyu, won't that cause trouble for Zihan? When I ascend the throne, I will definitely appoint Zihan as the crown prince!"
Jiang Yu shouted angrily, not treating Jiang Yuan as the emperor at all.
Jiang Yuan said weakly: "Zi Han is too arrogant and cruel. You don't want to see your descendants killing each other, do you?"
Jiang Yu frowned, but remained silent.
Although he fought with his brothers, he did not want to see his son fight.
Jiang Yu came to the table and sat down, sighing, "Father, I suddenly feel very tired. The throne is not as easy as I thought."
The arrogance he had in his heart was smoothed away during the two years of fighting outside.
Jiang Yuan didn't answer, as if he had fallen asleep.
Jiang Yu began to recount his experiences over the past two years. Even though he invited experts from the Mahayana Dragon Tower, he was unable to turn the tide. Although there were only three Gu Khan masters, each of them was as powerful as Zong Tianwu. The experts from the Mahayana Dragon Tower could only restrain them. As for the army, the Gu Khans were stronger and had more people.
The most crucial thing is that the Jin Dynasty also joined the war, completely defeating Jiang Yu.
Dajing and Gu Khan had been fighting for many years, which had cost the people a lot of money and resources and weakened the national strength, but the Jin Dynasty had been recuperating and its strength was slightly stronger than that of both Dajing and Gu Khan.
"Longlou has gone too far and forced me to restore Chu. If I don't, they will not send more and stronger masters to support me. The same is true for the five great masters of Dajing Wulin. Father , is Dajing really doomed?"
Jiang Yu gritted his teeth, clenched his hands in his sleeves, and felt difficult to calm down.
When Jiang Yuan heard the word "Fu Chu", his emotions remained unchanged.
He no longer had the energy to think about so many things. Now he was completely dependent on Jiang Changsheng's medicine.
Jiang Yu spoke for a long time, venting his anger. He stood up, looked down at Jiang Yuan on the dragon couch, and said, "Father, it's time for you to die. Let me make the decision to restore Chu. This will not tarnish your reputation. But if you keep holding on, it will be a stain on your life as an emperor."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Jiang Yuan opened his eyes with difficulty and looked in the direction he left, with regret and unwillingness in his eyes.
"I still... lost this game..."
…
At the end of the year, Eunuch Li came to see Jiang Changsheng and said that the Emperor had summoned him. Jiang Changsheng had a premonition and went with Eunuch Li.
They came to Jiang Yuan's bedroom. The Queen was feeding Jiang Yuan medicine. When she saw Jiang Changsheng coming, Jiang Yuan coughed excitedly.
Jiang Yuan is now so thin that his bones are visible, his face is covered with spots, and his vitality is about to be lost.
"All... go down..."
Jiang Yuan said with difficulty. Seeing him waving his hand, the Queen had to retreat with the palace maids. When passing by Jiang Changsheng, the Queen looked at him worriedly, sighed, and left, closing the door.
Jiang Changsheng came to the bedside.
Jiang Yuan held his hand, very excited, his hands were shaking, but he couldn't speak.
Seeing his red eyes filled with tears, Jiang Changsheng couldn't bear it anymore and used his rejuvenation technique to help him regain his vitality.
In an instant, Jiang Yuan clearly felt the pain in his body disappear, replaced by a strength that he had almost forgotten. He sat up tremblingly and said in a trembling voice: "Changsheng, this is definitely not martial arts... But I am already a dying man... I summoned you to make up for the regret and guilt in my heart..."
Jiang Changsheng remained calm and said, "Your Majesty, you are now old enough to die of old age. Why should you feel regretful? The country has its own destiny. Trust future generations."
Jiang Yuan held his hands with both hands, his chest heaving. He tried to calm down and said, "I have something to tell you... I don't want to tell you, I want to take this secret with me to the grave, but I'm afraid..."
Jiang Changsheng asked, "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that someone will let me down, or that someone will target me and you don't know?"
Jiang Yuan was stunned and looked at him in disbelief.
Jiang Changsheng said: "My dear father, I have always known that the mysterious person you saw that night was none other than me."
Jiang Yuan was struck by lightning and subconsciously let go of Jiang Changsheng's hands.
Jiang Changsheng remained calm.
Jiang Yuan suddenly understood, but still puzzled, and asked: "Who told you? Eunuch Li? Or those guys who were beheaded by me?"
Jiang Changsheng said: "Just treat it as my destiny."
Hearing this, Jiang Yuan's expression changed from gloomy to bright, and finally turned into a bitter smile.
"None of it matters anymore... The reason why I want to tell you about my life story is that the prince's mother also knows about it. It's nothing originally, after all, you are a martial arts master... But the prince wants to restore Chu. Once Chu is restored, you and your other brothers will have to die. The prince has mastered a peerless magical skill that can absorb people's true energy. I'm afraid you won't be able to defend yourself..." Jiang Yuan gritted his teeth.
His face was full of regret.
Jiang Changsheng said: "Thank you for the reminder."
Jiang Yuan looked at him again, his eyes full of guilt, and asked: "Qian'er... Changsheng, do you hate father..."
Jiang Changsheng said: "When I learned the truth, I did hate it, but now I have let it go. I am not interested in the throne, but I hate others deciding my fate, so I also resisted."
Jiang Yuan said helplessly: "Changsheng, you are indeed very strong, and now you are the supreme master of the martial arts world, but father still gives you a piece of advice, don't underestimate this world, the Thirteen States of Dajing is just a corner of the vast world, behind the prince is the Mahayana Dragon Tower, a holy place that has stood for a thousand years. There may be more holy places like this Dragon Tower. In order to monopolize the martial arts resources of this land, the Dragon Tower asked the Chu Dynasty to issue a martial arts restriction order. The martial arts of the Thirteen States are not the strongest, and are even behind other places. Although the Mahayana Dragon Tower will not participate in the change of dynasties, I promoted the spirit of respecting martial arts, which angered them, so they taught the prince magical skills, absorbed my true energy, and then prepared to restore Chu..."
Weapons restriction order?
Jiang Changsheng didn't know about this, but he knew that the Chu Dynasty did value culture over military affairs.
"The Mahayana Dragon Tower is very strong... You are definitely not their match, leave the capital as soon as possible..." Jiang Yuan was too excited, and he couldn't help coughing again when he said this.
Jiang Changsheng said: "Really? What if I destroy the Mahayana Dragon Tower?"
Jiang Yuan was stunned, thinking that Jiang Changsheng was fooling around, but when he met Jiang Changsheng's eyes, he felt that the other party was not lying.
“So what if you destroyed Longlou… No matter how strong you are, this world will not belong to you. You have no status, and the Dajingjiangshan will still be taken away by others…” Jiang Yuan shook his head.
He couldn't announce to the world that he had restored Jiang Changsheng's identity as Crown Prince. If he did that, he would be infamous for eternity and would be a joke for the rest of his life.
Jiang Changsheng felt a little disappointed, and he continued, "It doesn't belong to me, but it can belong to my son."
son?
Jiang Yuan widened his eyes and stared at him in disbelief.
"Who is your son... King Wei? Impossible... I asked you to be the King Wei's master... How could you have planned that..." Jiang Yuan asked in a trembling voice.
Jiang Changsheng said expressionlessly: "I will imitate you, my respected father. The two idiots in the Mahayana Dragon Tower were completely unaware. Tell me, what kind of threat can such a Mahayana Dragon Tower pose to me?"
Jiang Yuan was trembling all over.
Jiang Changsheng said: "You should be thankful that I left you a grandson. This Dajing can last another hundred years. This is also my way of repaying you for giving birth to me."
He turned and prepared to leave.
That is enough for now.
Jiang Yuan raised his hand, subconsciously wanting to keep him, but thousands of words were stuck in his throat and he could only watch him push the door and leave.
Jiang Yuan lay down slowly, and suddenly he smiled with tears in his eyes.
"I never thought that in my life, Jiang Yuan, I would ultimately rely on the child I abandoned... Hahahaha, destiny lies with Jing..."
Jiang Yuan's eyes changed, and the former Emperor Kaiyuan seemed to have returned.
…
At the end of the 43rd year of Kaiyuan, Emperor Jiang Yuan of the Dajing Dynasty passed away. He was posthumously named Wuzu and Jingwuzu, and the whole court wept.
Crown Prince Jiang Yu ascended the throne and became emperor, and established the reign title, Zhenyu.
The new year is coming, it’s a wonderful year.
This year, Jiang Ziyu was fifteen years old.
Longqi Temple.
Eunuch Li came to visit. He had been expelled from the palace and demoted to a commoner. Although his status had declined, he was still a top master and would have no worries about food and clothing in the future.
Wang Chen led Eunuch Li to Jiang Changsheng's courtyard.
When Eunuch Li saw that there was another person in the courtyard, his eyes widened.
He knelt down immediately and said, "Empress..."
He didn't expect that the mysteriously missing queen was actually in Longqi Temple. He thought that the queen was killed by Jiang Yu's men.
The queen, who was wearing a simple Taoist robe, stood up and said, "I am no longer the queen. You two can chat."
She turned around and went back to her house, her steps shaky, because she was already old, and she had only taken the anti-aging pill. If Jiang Changsheng refined the pill for her, she would have followed Jiang Yuan. But even so, she would not live long, because her heart was dead.
Although Jiang Changsheng is an excellent doctor, he cannot help people live longer. He is just a cultivator, not a real god.
Eunuch Li walked up to Jiang Changsheng and said, Ping'an, Jiang Ziyu and Xu Tianji were not there. They were going to the city together today.
Jiang Changsheng sat at the table, playing with his teacup, and said with a smile: "Eunuch Li, now that His Majesty has passed away, you still come to see me, aren't you afraid of death?"
Eunuch Li was moved and instantly understood what the other party meant. His heart was filled with turmoil.
"So, Your Majesty..."
Eunuch Li knelt down in fear and kowtowed, saying, "Your Highness... Back then, I also obeyed your Majesty's orders..."
The box in his arms fell down.
Jiang Changsheng frowned and asked, "What is this?"
He felt a hint of extremely yin energy, and suddenly remembered the mysterious black energy he saw when his soul left his body that day. The energy was exactly the same as that of this box.
Eunuch Li looked up and said quickly, "This is a gift from His Majesty to the King of Wei. I hope you can pass it on to the King of Wei. This is the foundation of the country. I wonder if Your Highness knows where to put the head of the execution."
Jiang Changsheng snorted, "Don't call me the prince. I don't want this identity. I know the chief criminal. Then what?"
Eunuch Li replied, "Xing Shou is in the box. He is not a human, but an evil spirit in the mountains. Your Majesty asked the sages of the world to save his life, and he has served your Majesty ever since. He usually uses a trick to transform into a human form. Because he is an evil spirit, people only know his name but not his real existence. He is your Majesty's secret knife, the sharpest knife. Now your Majesty will pass this knife to the King of Wei to help him..."
"Save the Dajing Dynasty!"