Chapter 154 – The Truth

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“Cang Yue Princess …… She is actually the …… Cang Yue Princess ……,” Yun Che murmured with some disorientation. As a citizen of the Cang Feng Empire, the name Princess Cang Yue was certainly not unknown to Yun Che. The current Cang Feng Emperor Cang Wan Gulch had a total of seven sons and one daughter, with the crown prince being the “Cang Dragon Crown Prince” Cang Lin, while the only daughter was the “Cang Yue Princess” Cang Yue. When he was young, the emperor and princess are legendary existence, he and Xiao Lingxi although often fantasize about what the emperor and princess will be like, but never thought there will be contact with the day.

As boys, they would always have a special fantasy about “princesses” because the title “princess” symbolized nobility, elegance, and beauty, and was the most perfect and honorable woman in the world. Yun Che had never imagined that Lan Xueruo was the Cang Yue Princess that he had longed for and fantasized about countless times when he was a child, just like many men.

He was certain that Lan Xueruo’s identity must be incomparably honorable, but he had never thought of her as a “princess”. Because the princess comes from the royal family, and is the emperor’s only daughter, must carry a thick petulance and domineering, but these, from the blue Xueruo body simply can not find the slightest, there is only tenderness and kindness. To anyone is so kind, never arrogant attitude, also never discriminate and look down on anyone, see other people have difficulties, she will be the first time to want to help …… these temperament, and the image of the Cang Yue Princess in his heart, simply completely different. Pressing than the general official family of the woman to be calm and close to people.

She is the Cang Yue Princess …… and himself, just a from a small Liu Yun City, no back. Scenery, no power, no relatives wanderer, why would she treat herself that way in the first place?

“Since she is the Cang Yue Princess, why was she in Crescent Moon City at that time?” Yun Che said, lost in thought.

Qin Wuyou didn’t answer him positively and asked instead, “Yun Che, do you know the current state of the Cangfeng Imperial Family?”

Yun Che thought for a moment and nodded slightly, “More or less, I know a little bit, Senior Brother Sikong briefly mentioned it to said before. It seems that the Emperor is seriously ill, and Crown Prince Cang Lin and Third Prince Cang Shuo are secretly preparing to compete for the next Emperor’s throne, and have hooked up with the Xiao Sect and Burning Sky Sect respectively.”

Saying this, Yun Che’s heart was blocked, the emperor was seriously ill …… No wonder she always hid such deep sorrow in the depths of her eyes, so it turned out to be so.

“There is no mistake.” Qin Wuyou nodded, then recounted in detail.

“About three years ago, the Emperor suddenly fell violently ill and couldn’t look down at all, and the imperial physicians in the palace were all at their wits’ end. Later invited my Cangfeng Empire’s recognized first divine doctor Gu Qiuhong to diagnose and treat for the emperor, came to the conclusion that the emperor has been overworked over the years, has long been all over the body is a dark disease, that time and infected with the wind cold, so that all the dark diseases all outbreaks, injury to the life vein, so that the vitality has become extremely weak, and the life vein is damaged, there is no medicine, can only be complemented by a great tonic day and night to make up for the nourishment, there is no other way.”

“Years of dark disease? Injury to the Life Vein?” Yun Che’s brows immediately locked, there was such a disease?

“Later on, dozens of famous doctors from all over the world were also successively invited, and the conclusions they came up with were that His Majesty was not sick at all, but was just inexplicably weak. And these conclusions, all point directly to the Divine Doctor Gu Qiuhong’s words are true. And ancient qiu hong also said, life vein damage, no medicine can cure, if properly adjusted, the emperor can live through five years at most. As the Cangfeng Empire’s first divine doctor, Gu Qiu Hong in the medical road from no false words, and now has been the past three years, that is to say, the emperor’s remaining lifespan, at most, only two years. Last month, my elder brother also went into the palace to meet the Emperor, and came back to say that the Emperor’s color is extremely poor, his breath is weak, not to mention two years, it’s hard to say if he can support for a year.”

Yun Che: “……”

“Since the Emperor’s life vein was damaged and he was bedridden, smoke and clouds rose in the royal family, Crown Prince Cang Lin began to side-step the Emperor to pass the throne to him as soon as possible, while Third Prince Cang Shuo has been coveting the throne for a long time, the two of them initially only had all kinds of secret fights, but with the escalation of the struggle it began to turn into an open fight that everyone in Cangfeng Imperial City knows about. Crown Prince has the second prince and the seventh prince support, the third prince has the fourth prince five prince six prince support, the two through various means to pull together the forces in the dynasty, and even step by step eating the emperor’s core forces. Both sides have always been evenly matched, and no one has been able to completely overpower anyone.”

“Originally, this kind of battle for the throne was no longer normal within the imperial family, and almost every new emperor would have this kind of prologue before succeeding to the throne. The Emperor had also always listened to it, but, what no one had expected was that Crown Prince Cang Lin had even borrowed the power of Xiao Zong in order to be able to suppress the power of Third Prince Cang Shuo. In order to fight against it, Third Prince Cang Shuo also consequently borrowed the power of the Burning Sky Sect.”

“Alas.” Qin Wuyou let out a long sigh and said, “All along, Xiao Zong and Burning Sky Sect have been harboring secret ambitions, coveting the right to manipulate the world, the royal family has been carefully maneuvering with them all these years, coupled with the fact that the royal family is friendly with the Heavenly Sword Villa, and with the constraints of the Heavenly Sword Villa, Xiao Zong and Burning Sky Sect wouldn’t dare to really seize the royal family’s power. However, them taking the initiative to snatch it and the royal family taking the initiative to borrow their power were two very different concepts. In the latter case, they can infiltrate their forces into the royal family little by little through Cang Lin or Cang Shuo, and at that time, although the royal family still bears the surname of Cang, the sovereignty will be controlled by the Xiao Sect or the Burning Sky Sect, and even if it is the Heavenly Sword Villa, they will not be able to say anything.”

“In that case, it’s more likely that the Xiao Sect and Burning Heaven Sect will take the initiative to lure Cang Lin and Cang Shuo.” Yun Che calmly said.

“That’s right.” Qin Wuyou nodded, “The Emperor was furious when he found out about all of this, but it was too late, because by then, whether it was Crown Prince Cang Lin or Third Prince Cang Shuo, their forces had already spread all over the Imperial Court, and even if he was their father, he was already unable to forcibly shake things up, not to mention that the Xiao Sect and the Burning Heaven Sect were secretly assisting on both sides respectively. Even, if the Emperor didn’t still have a portion of his deeply rooted core forces as well as the shelter of the Heavenly Sword Villa, Crown Prince Cang Lin and Third Prince Cang Shuo might have already forced him off the throne by force.”

Speaking of this, Qin Wuyou’s face was filled with exasperation. After he calmed his mind, a heartbroken expression appeared on his face again, “Over the years, Crown Prince Cang Lin and Third Imperial Son Cang Shuo have become the main protagonists for the royal family, while the Emperor lies in his bedchamber all year round, and has almost been forgotten. The emperor’s seven sons and one daughter, in the end, really wholeheartedly heart in his and accompanied by him, there is only the only daughter left, that is, Princess Cang Yue. Alas …… these three years, really suffered her ah. It’s also good that she’s just a girl, without any power or threat, otherwise, she might have already been secretly persecuted by the Crown Prince and the Third Prince, alas.”

“She wanted to stop the Crown Prince and the Third Prince from leading the wolves into the house?” Yun Che frowned.

“She tried, but gave up because it was simply impossible for her to stop it.” Qin Wuyou shook his head sadly, “In the midst of this fight, our Cangfeng Xuanfu stood in a neutral place, owing allegiance to the Emperor alone, and, at the same time, became Princess Cangyue’s only backing. However, the will of the disciples is beyond our control. Of the one hundred disciples in the Inner Mansion, a large half of them have been drawn under the banner of Crown Prince Cang Lin and Third Imperial Prince Cang Shuo, including Feng Bufan, who is second in the Inner Mansion’s Heavenly Xuan Ranking, and Fang FeiLong, who is third in the rankings.”

“Princess Cang Yue, who has been accompanying the Emperor since she knew that her power was low and that it was impossible to stop the ambitions of the Crown Prince and the Third Prince. Two years ago, in order to fulfill one of the Emperor’s regrets, she joined the Cangfeng Xuanfu as ‘Lan Xueruo’ and left a month later, then left the Imperial City, bouncing around all the major branches of the Xuanfu in the country, searching for someone who could help her father’s wish come true.”

Saying this, Qin Wuyou looked at Yun Che with a fixed gaze.

“I am the person she searched for?” Yun Che said, with no expression visible on his face, “What is her father’s wish? Why would he choose me? Why would you think that I can help her father realize this wish?”

“The Cang Feng Ranking Battle.” Qin Wuyou faintly uttered five words.

These five words caused Yun Che’s heart to tremble and he said offhandedly, “Could it be ……”

“Alas~~” Qin Wuyou sighed once again, and his face became gloomy at the mention of the “Cang Feng Ranking Battle” as he stood up, walked to the bamboo window with his hands behind his back, and said slowly, “When it comes to the Cang Feng Xuanfu, no one knows that it It is the biggest Xuanfu in the entire Cangfeng Empire, established by my Cangfeng Royal Family, and it is the dream place for countless young Xuanmen to cultivate Xuan. However, the Cangfeng Empire is filled with clans and countless powerful people, in the eyes of those large clans, my Cangfeng Xuanfu is nothing but a joke.”

“The Cangfeng Ranking Battle was originally held once every ten years, then it was reduced to once every five years, and a hundred years ago, it was reduced to once every three years. From the first Cangfeng Ranking Battle to the end, there have been exactly ninety-nine sessions. Cangfeng royal family as the core of the country’s power, naturally every session will be invited, but, the whole ninety-nine sessions past, Cangfeng royal family, no one has never been able to enter the top one hundred, never! What a joke and humiliation. When the current Emperor ascended the throne, his greatest wish was to be able to see the Cangfeng Royal Family squeeze into the top one hundred of the Cangfeng Ranking Battle during his reign……. It was just that after ascending to the throne for nearly twenty years, and experiencing the Cangfeng Ranking Battle for six sessions, this wish could never be realized. Now that his lifespan is about to end, this has also become his lifelong regret. Princess Cang Yue in order to be able to help the Emperor realize this wish before he passed away, so she left the royal family to look for a talented Xuan Zi who could represent the royal family in the battle and win the top one hundred. After two years, she chose you.”

“…… So …… so.”

The mystery of why Lan Xueruo would be so kind to him, even going so far as to risk great danger to save him, was a mystery he had finally solved. Knowing the truth, his heart couldn’t tell what it felt like.

“The Cangfeng Royal Family has a special Xuan Gong called the ‘Emperor’s Heart Skill’, which can only be practiced by those with royal bloodline and a pure heart. Among the seven emperors and one princess, Princess Cang Yue is the only one who has cultivated the ‘Emperor’s Heart Skill’, and with the ‘Emperor’s Heart Skill’, one can to a certain extent peer into a person’s destiny and fortune, Princess Cang Yue should have been able to see through the ‘Emperor’s Heart Skill ‘ seeing extraordinary destiny and fortune in you, coupled with your amazing performance in the Crescent Moon Xuan Mansion, so she chose you without any hesitation.”

Yun Che: “……”

“Now, do you understand what I mean by ‘realization’?” Qin Wuyou turned around and said meaningfully.

“Basically, I understand. At the very least, I’m going to represent the Imperial Family to participate in the Cangfeng Ranking Battle for her.” Yun Che’s expression was flat, not knowing what he was thinking.

“No, this alone isn’t much of an awakening. After all, participating in the Cang Feng Ranking Battle is only about success or failure, not about life and death.” Qin Wuyou continued, “Two years ago, the reason why Princess Cang Yue left the Imperial City, searching for the right person was only one of the reasons. And the more important reason was …… to escape a terrifying person.”

“Who?” Yun Che raised his head slightly.

“The fourth place winner of the last Cangfeng Ranking Battle – the eldest son of the Burning Sky Sect’s Sect Master, Burning Broken Soul, who is also the Burning Sky Sect’s Young Master – Burning Jiecheng!”

[PS: Burning Broken Soul’s three sons: Burning Jiecheng (22 years old) Burning Jiebi (19 years old) Burning Jieduan (17 years old)] R1058