The Book of Troubled Times

The Imperial Ancestral Temple of the Great Xia Palace is a rather special place.

Xia Longyuan grew up in the grass, very similar to Zhao Changhe, as if he suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Zhao Changhe at least had a "testable" Zhaocuo origin. At that time, the villagers were massacred, and his parents and relatives should also have died in this incident. This matter is not only witnessed by the famous knight Yue Hongling, but also the head of the Tang Dynasty personally heard Zhao Changhe mention it when he scolded Luo Zhenwu, which can basically be regarded as a historical record.

As for Xia Longyuan, no one really knows where he came from or who his parents are. After he unified the world, he did not follow the customary posthumous title for his parents. He did not even build an imperial temple, and there was not even a spiritual tablet in it.

There is no ancestor worship, and the court's Ministry of Etiquette cannot go on talking about "ancestors" every time.

Only Zhao Changhe knew that Xia Longyuan's family members were alive and well in this world and not dead. Who would find trouble and set up a magic tablet to curse their family members to death?

He should have come from the same time as himself, but was placed here by a blind man twenty or thirty years ago. Based on Xia Longyuan's understanding of time and space, he should know that there is still a chance to return to where he started. His parents are still there, but he is older than his parents... I don't know if he still has the idea of ​​​​going back, seeing how he is having so much fun now , I'm afraid there is no more...

Logically speaking, it would be better not to have an Ancestral Temple in this situation. An empty Ancestral Temple would be criticized, but Xia Longyuan built one anyway, meaning that I will save the Ancestral Temple for future use.

Therefore, the Imperial Ancestral Temple, which was very solemn in any dynasty, was deserted with only a few palace servants doing daily cleaning during the Youxia dynasty.

Huangfu Qing first suspected this temple when he entered the palace, but he quietly visited it and found nothing.

Naturally, I knew at this time that it wasn't because I didn't discover it, but because I didn't practice enough at that time to notice the trick. But now I broke through the three levels of secrets, so I could notice it, "guess where Manatsu Ryūyuan is."

The reason why Xia Longyuan built the Ancestral Temple at this location is obviously because there is an isolated secret realm here, and the construction of the Ancestral Temple is an extremely special formation that takes into account both concealment and a special function that cannot be determined for the time being.

There is a certain possibility that the choice of building the capital here and the location of the palace are related to this.

Huangfuqing took the young couple to the Ancestral Temple. Looking at the teleportation formation that appeared inexplicably in the center of the Ancestral Temple, Huangfuqing stared at it for a long time and whispered: "It's best not to go in and let him come out to talk."

Zhao Changhe shook his head: "It makes no sense."

Huangfu Qing glared angrily.

Zhao Changhe smiled and said: "If you are worried, you can provide support outside."

Huangfu Qing thought for a while, nodded slightly, and suddenly disappeared: "If you can't get out, the capital will be reduced to ashes within one breath."

This was a warning and threat to Xia Longyuan... Xia Longyuan did not respond.

Xia Longyuan is not without any scruples. Huangfuqing has been observing for so long, and at least he can confirm one thing. Xia Longyuan still needs to maintain the existence of the Great Xia Empire, no matter how unstable it is, it doesn't matter, just exist.

This is likely to involve a method such as human energy. Huangfu Qing cannot analyze it for the time being, but he knows that there must be something related. Otherwise, many of Xia Longyuan's actions cannot be explained at all.

Zhao Changhe may have blindly promoted Xia Longyuan's strength in his heart, but in the hearts of the best people in this world, as long as someone wants something, he is not invincible, no matter what it is.

Therefore, almost everyone was staring at Xia Longyuan, and everyone was waiting for him to show his fatigue.

He is indeed not invincible.

Zhao Changhe held Xia Chichi's hand, and the two slowly stepped onto the teleportation array. A soft white light flashed, and they disappeared instantly. The light from the teleportation array on the ground also disappeared, as if it had never existed here.

When the white light faded, there was an extremely strange scene ahead.

Xia Longyuan sat cross-legged on a high stone platform. The stone platform was square in shape and nine floors high. Each floor was smaller in proportion to the lower floor. On the ninth floor, it was still dozens of feet wide, making it appear that the nine-story stone platform was quite tall. It looks lower.

But all around was a dark dome, covering all directions like a dome. The star map above the dome flickers, outlining the shapes of stars in the sky.

Zhao Changhe's first reaction was "Ye Di", but he soon knew that was not the case.

This is actually the worldview cultivation of Tianyuandiji, a necessary step on the path of "overlooking the world" and "controlling the universe".

The Night Emperor is just the one who has walked the farthest on this road, so he is called the Night Emperor, but this is not exclusive to him. Xia Longyuan is obviously on this path, and it is unknown how many references to the White Tiger Saint and the Green Dragon were combined.

In short, Xia Chichi looked at such a dome, and the anger in his eyes became more and more intense: "You abandoned my mother like a pair of worn-out shoes, but you still use her cultivation intention, you are the best in the world, haha."

Xia Longyuan was not angry. He was not even angry when Xia Chichi said "You are not worthy" before. Instead, he smiled slightly and looked at Xia Chichi with a kind look in his eyes: "You have little knowledge and insufficient opportunities. You see Zhao Changhe won't talk about this kind of issue... come up and talk."

Zhao Changhe squeezed Xia Chichi's hand to signal her to calm down, then took her hand and jumped up to the high platform.

Xia Longyuan's eyes were a little surprised, and he looked at Zhao Changhe seriously: "Your cultivation is faster than mine, much faster."

Zhao Changhe said lightly: "It's an honor."

Xia Longyuan smiled: "I told you before, if you don't like me and want to kill me, then kill me yourself... Although you are already very fast, you still have a long way to go. "

Xia Chichi glanced at Zhao Changhe in surprise. Before in Kunlun, Zhao Changhe had told her about the meeting with Xia Longyuan, including the whole story with her mother, but he did not say this sentence.

At that time, had Zhao Changhe expressed his dissatisfaction with Xia Longyuan? And Xia Longyuan was not angry either. The relationship between these two men seems to be very special... In the conversation between Xia Longyuan and Zhao Changhe, "I" was used all the time, and "I" was not used once.

But I heard Zhao Changhe say: "Although I didn't agree with your point of view at that time, there was no way I could have yelled and killed you. You gave me things and were very kind to me. Especially the previous sentence, 'Father-in-law is not my father?' Let me treat you I have a good impression. This sentence made me feel human. You are not as indifferent to Chichi as you originally imagined. Later, when others said that you were my father, I did not deny it as much as before. Indeed, my father-in-law is also my father. "

Xia Chichi's tangled thoughts of not knowing what to say were dispelled by the conversation between the two, and she became very interested. She actually found a raised stone on the ground and sat down. Watch them silently.

Xia Longyuan burst into laughter: "You don't deny it so much, don't you want to borrow the prince's identity? For example, use Longque to make Tang Wanzhuang."

Zhao Changhe: "...part of it, I admit it."

Xia Longyuan nodded and suddenly smiled and said: "Okay, I hate people who think they are holy mothers... You can admit that you are selfish, at least you are not hypocritical. Sit down, why are you standing in front of me to make you look taller than me?"

Zhao Changhe did not sit down, but straightened up and said: "It is impossible for the Sea Clan to have only one soul of gods and demons. You took action rashly, even regardless of the life and death of Cui Wenjing and me, just to defeat an ordinary Yujing Yin God. I want to know the reason. "

"Why do you need to know this?"

"Look at your gods and demons, and I will take care of my human world. I said at that time, you don't care, I will take care of it."

"When I become a part of ruining your world, you blame me?"

"That's right." Zhao Changhe said: "Cui Wenjing protects your mountains and rivers, and Zhai Muzhi is poisoning the southwest. You ignore Cui Wenjing, but protect Zhai Muzhi, and you are no different from the most rubbish fool by doing something bad. Whether you do it or not, you don't have it anyway. If you’re interested, can you please let someone else do it if you don’t want to do it? Whether it’s Chi Chi or someone else, I think it’s better than you even if you let it go to Tang Buqi.”

Xia Longyuan's eyes were smiling: "Do you know what you said to me and your attitude of scolding me, I can kill you ten thousand times? Are you so reckless in your travels?"

Zhao Changhe frowned and said: "Throughout the dynasties, more than one or two of his critics were killed for scolding the emperor. If no one dared to scold him for fear of death, then humanity would be better off destroying it."

Xia Longyuan burst out laughing: "You actually regard yourself as a critic..."

Zhao Changhe said: "I can't beat you, of course I can only be a critic."

The implication is, if I could beat you, I would have beaten you long ago.

Xia Longyuan was still not angry, shaking his head and laughing.

Zhao Changhe said: "But Lao Xia... I didn't know what I wanted to tell you when I went to Beijing. Now that we have had a conversation, I have a clear idea."

Xia Longyuan nodded: "Say."

"If I were to say that the boat-causing water is the tears of the common people, and you wouldn't know it until Hengliu... would you feel that I'm out of touch, embarrassed, and sneer at you?"

Xia Longyuan was still smiling: "I just like the words of the second graders. Those who are embarrassed or not are just because their blood has run cold, and I am not."

Zhao Changhe was startled, and felt a little bit dumbfounded. That's right, the best person in the world may be Xia Longyuan himself.

Xia Longyuan said: "You seem to be scolding me, but in fact you are really trying to persuade me to take charge of things... You are really doing the things of a critic, which is really strange."

"Is there anything strange? Otherwise, why would I have come to Beijing? You are my father-in-law after all... Even if it doesn't work, I still have to persuade you. It's your business whether you listen or not."

"It's my father-in-law after all." These words made Xia Longyuan's expression change slightly, and he looked at Xia Chichi again, but Xia Chichi didn't look at him, and looked at Zhao Changhe intently.

Xia Longyuan sighed and said slowly: "Then continue, I'm listening."

Zhao Changhe had thousands of words to say, but they were stuck in his throat and he didn't know how to say them.

After thinking for a long time, I finally felt that there was no point in saying anything else, and finally came up with this sentence: "Don't be too confident. You really think that you are invincible. You feel that everything is just a monkey show. As long as you want to control it, you can smooth everything. I Put your words here, if you will die, then the person who kills you may not be a god or demon, but a group of heroes in this world."