#403 - Chapter 402: You were not allowed to watch it when you were a child, watch it now!
Jiangzhou is located in the extreme south of the Tianxuan Continent, adjacent to the Abyss Sea, and is rich in products throughout the four seasons.
Back then, Ye Qinglian led the army, pushing all the way to the end of the continent, where there is still a statue of Ye Qinglian in armor and holding a sword.
This place was also the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty back then.
Hearing the words Jiangzhou, Chu Tianran also realized his location, hugging Zhao Ling'er's waist from behind in mid-air, pressing her against his body.
"The territory of the former Great Zhou Dynasty is now my eldest sister's fiefdom, and also Si Wang's fiefdom."
Zhao Ling'er felt very strange.
Yesterday you said you were a prince, and I pretended to believe you, but why are you still addicted to it?
One moment it's a palace, and now it's 'Wang' this and 'Wang' that?
"But my eldest sister is now in the God Realm, not in the Tianxuan Continent. This place is temporarily managed by six different-surname kings, whose fathers all followed my mother in conquering the world and pacifying other holy lands and cultivators. But now they have all become hereditary, and they are eager to move against the dynasty..."
"What does 'hereditary' mean?"
"The dynasty confers titles and positions, similar to the Upper Pillar Kingdom and other royal titles. Generally, it is a system of weakening feudal lords, and the title decreases by one generation with each generation. Hereditary means that it will never decrease. As long as the dynasty does not perish, it can always be a marquis."
Zhao Ling'er seemed thoughtful, observing the mountains and rivers under her feet, and the most distant horizon was a black line.
"That is the Abyss Sea. There is a statue of His Majesty there, about six hundred miles away from here."
Hearing this, Chu Tianran said with a smile: "If you enter the sect in the future, you will have to change your address..."
Zhao Ling'er sneered.
She felt that Chu Tianran must be crazy.
You really think you are a prince...
Isn't that kind of reason a bit outrageous, because they might think outsiders are going to attack you, so they sent you out to protect you, and they didn't even send a master to protect you.
At least send a Seventh Realm one, but that Little Bing doesn't seem to have any realm, right? If you are really a prince, isn't that too hasty?
But Chu Tianran's family background must not be too low. At least his family is an official. You can tell from that jade pendant, and his demeanor and conversation are far better than those young masters I've seen before.
He might even be a high-ranking official, but he was sent out because he made a mistake. And the Asked Mountain Villa can protect anyone, no matter how high the opponent's realm is. Buying a year of life can protect you for a year, but not many people know about it.
Jiangcheng, Fufeng Town, the two quickly landed.
Immortals are not uncommon in the Daqian Dynasty.
Young sword-wielding immortals are also not uncommon.
The spiritual energy is abundant. Just in Fufeng Town, a dozen Celestial Phenomenon Realm cultivators can be found, but they are all relatively low-key. When they see government officials, even if that person has no realm, they have to walk with their heads down. And the rules for cultivators are terrifying. No sword-wielding is allowed in the city. Any cultivator fighting must not harm mortals. Cultivators above the Seventh Realm must leave towns and villages to fight. Once civilians are injured, if one person dies, two cultivators will be executed together!
In the early years, no one was afraid. After all, the spiritual energy was abundant, and everyone's cultivation base soared, so they were naturally proud and complacent.
Then they went their own way. They had no chance to reach the Ninth Realm Celestial Phenomenon Realm in this life, but they reached it in two or three years, thinking they were geniuses, and even provoking the government...
In the first year the ban was issued, tens of thousands of cultivators lost their heads in various places, and cultivators above the Seventh Realm accounted for more than 90%!
Even if you are in the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, dare you be arrogant with the government?
If you have the ability, kill me, crush my soul, and I can still stand in front of you tomorrow, and then bring a cultivator who can kill you in seconds to trap you and behead you in public!
However, the dynasty has suffered losses in the past two years.
Rumor has it that the Emperor's cultivation has been greatly damaged and has fallen from the Celestial Phenomenon Realm.
Some idle wild cultivators have begun to gather. The prelude to chaos is the weakness of the central dynasty.
Even the number one holy land in the world, the Taixu Holy Land, has left the palace and disappeared!
The law is still here, and no one dares to be arrogant, but the people's hearts are already in turmoil.
There needs to be a leader to provoke the Emperor, and then see if it's true.
Emperors take turns, maybe I can do it!
All the way inside, the prosperity of the market made Chu Tianran very curious.
But Zhao Ling'er didn't care, after all, she had lived here for many years.
"Ling'er, what is that?"
"That is a windmill."
"What is a windmill?"
"It will move when it touches the wind."
After speaking, she waved her sleeves, and the windmills on the entire shelf shook.
Chu Tianran was filled with emotion.
"There is such a wonderful thing in the world..."
Zhao Ling'er rolled her eyes.
You haven't even seen this before, and you're still a prince...
However, Chu Tianran's behavior later became even more outrageous.
"What about this one?"
"A rattle-drum, you shake it..."
Dong dong dong ~
"Boss, I bought it, how much is it?"
"Fifty copper coins, guest..."
Chu Tianran reached into his pocket, but had no money, and looked over embarrassedly.
Knowing that Chu Tianran had no money, Zhao Ling'er stepped forward to buy it, and then Chu Tianran took the rattle-drum and shook it all the way.
"This thing is truly magical."
Zhao Ling'er rolled her eyes again...
"Doesn't your palace have this?"
"My dad doesn't like to play with this. He likes to take my mom to write poems in the yard when he has nothing to do. Many poems are written about my mom."
"shi....... Not pull of......."
"Uh... that's poo, no no no, I'm talking about poems, like 'golden needle pierces the peach blossom pistil' and the like. My dad loves to write these."
"What does that mean?"
"I don't know, I also don't know how to associate golden needles and peach blossom pistils. Maybe it has some unique meaning. My mom blushes after hearing it, so maybe she likes it?"
"By the way, he also wrote a book called 'The Plum in the Golden Vase'. Maybe you can buy it here, but my dad always doesn't let me read it, saying it's not good for me to read that kind of thing. Otherwise, shall we buy a copy and take a look?"
Zhao Ling'er rolled her eyes.
"I can't understand it anyway, I won't buy it."
"I can read it to you?"
"That's okay, then let's go take a look."
Soon, the two came to a bookstore.
Hearing 'The Plum in the Golden Vase', the boss looked over strangely.
"You... you're so young to be reading this... isn't it inappropriate?"
Chu Tianran cupped his hands and bowed: "Since childhood, I have read poetry classics and viewed tens of thousands of books. I have admired this for a long time and want to borrow it for a look. I hope you can fulfill my wish."
"Oh dear, the key is this book..."
Zhao Ling'er directly slapped the silver on the table impatiently: "Either you have it, or if you don't, we'll go to another store!"
"Hehe, yes, but this book is more expensive, five taels of silver may not be enough..."
A moment later, Zhao Ling'er looked grief-stricken, feeling her heart bleeding!
"Selling a book for thirty taels of silver, what kind of broken book is this!"
Chu Tianran looked at 'The Plum in the Golden Vase' in his hands.
"It even has illustrations, it seems to be worth the money. Ling'er, this kind of book is generally not cheap, after all, it is a scholar's thing. It's okay, I'll read it to you tonight."
"Okay..."