Before Su Xuening could get close, the Xuanwu Divine Beast snorted at her, and its powerful aura almost sent Su Xuening flying backward.
"Watch out!" Xuan Yuanzhan quickly stepped forward to protect Su Xuening.
The Vermilion Bird, a divine beast beside it, immediately flapped its giant wings to stop the Black Tortoise, a divine beast.
After the two mythical beasts communicated for a while, the Xuanwu mythical beast finally calmed down and obediently lay down on the ground.
Because the Xuanwu divine beast lowered its body, everyone finally saw Xiao Bao on its back.
Xiao Bao lay on the back of the Xuanwu divine beast, neither crying nor making a fuss, but kicking his legs wildly, and holding a Xuanwu sword in his hand.
"Xiao Bao." Seeing Xiao Bao holding a sword, Su Xuening was terrified and quickly tried to climb onto the back of the Xuanwu Divine Beast.
"I'll go." Since the Xuanwu divine beast had just appeared, Xuan Yuanzhan couldn't figure out its temperament and was worried that it would hurt Su Xuening, so he flew onto the Xuanwu divine beast's back himself.
Seeing Xiao Bao holding the Xuanwu Sword, Xuan Yuanzhan was quite surprised.
He had been using the Xuanwu Sword all along, and no one knew its significance better than him.
This Xuanwu sword is made of high-quality black copper. Let alone an infant like Xiaobao, even an ordinary person who has never practiced martial arts would find it very difficult to wield.
Most importantly, Xiao Bao was holding it up like that, and it looked like he was holding it up very easily.
Xuanyuan Zhan carefully took the Xuanwu Sword from Xiao Bao's hand, and he subconsciously shook it.
It still had that same weight; most people couldn't lift it. How could Xiao Bao wield the Xuanwu Sword so easily?
Xuanyuan Zhan tucked the Xuanwu Sword to his waist before picking up Xiaobao.
When Xiao Bao got into Xuan Yuanzhan's arms, he rubbed against his chest. After rubbing, he seemed dissatisfied and pouted as if he was about to cry.
Upon seeing this, Xuanyuan Zhan immediately picked up Xiaobao and flew down from the back of the Xuanwu Divine Beast.
"Is Xiaobao alright?" Duanmu Junyu and Bai Fuya both came over, looking at Xiaobao anxiously.
"He should be fine." Although Xuan Yuanzhan hadn't checked him carefully, judging from Xiao Bao's condition, he shouldn't have been injured or frightened.
Xuanyuan Zhan handed Xiaobao over to Su Xuening.
Su Xuening took her son back into her arms and began to examine him.
I carefully examined my son's body but couldn't find any injuries. Even the burns from the Xuanwu mark that had just been applied to his skin seemed to have healed a lot. The large redness and swelling had subsided, and the broken skin had even scabbed over.
Su Xuening knew that her medicine didn't have such exaggerated effects. She subconsciously looked at the Xuanwu Divine Beast, guessing that it was the Xuanwu Divine Beast that healed Xiaobao's back injury.
Having gone through this experience, Su Xuening also knew that the Xuanwu Divine Beast would not harm Xiaobao.
After confirming that her son was not injured, Su Xuening put Xiaobao's clothes back on.
"Hiss!" The Xuanwu divine beast roared and stood up from the ground, shaking its body.
The Xuanwu divine beast was so enormous that even a slight tremor or a simple movement of it caused the entire ancestral temple to shake violently.
The people, who were still in a daze, felt the power of the Xuanwu divine beast again and were so frightened that their legs went weak and they knelt down.
"Greetings, Divine Beast Xuanwu!"
The people shouted in unison, which prompted all the officials, imperial relatives, and soldiers around to kneel down before the Xuanwu divine beast.
"Greetings, Divine Beast Xuanwu!"
The waves of cheers were no less enthusiastic than when they had just met Xuan Yuanzhan and Su Xuening.
Perhaps in the hearts of everyone in Dongchu, this Xuanwu divine beast is far more important than any emperor or empress.
"Hiss!" The Xuanwu divine beast raised its head and roared again, seemingly quite satisfied with the worship of the crowd.
Looking at the majestic and spirited Xuanwu divine beast, Xuanyuan Zhan smiled and patted Xiaobao's head, saying with a wry smile, "I never thought that it would be our Xiaobao who successfully summoned the Xuanwu divine beast."
He originally thought he might be able to summon the Xuanwu divine beast, but in the end it was his son who summoned the Xuanwu divine beast.
After all, he was saying that every new emperor would try to summon the Xuanwu divine beast when he ascended the throne, but from the founding emperor to him, none of them were able to summon the Xuanwu divine beast when they ascended the throne.
However, Xiao Bao summoned the Xuanwu divine beast when he was imprinting the Xuanwu mark.
Looking back now, it seems that the founding emperor and his comrades may have misunderstood the matter. The Xuanwu sword and the imprint of the Xuanwu mark were meant to be used to summon the Xuanwu divine beast.
Therefore, it is not necessary for a new emperor to ascend the throne to summon the Xuanwu divine beast, but rather that the Xuanwu divine beast can be summoned after the birth of a person with a unique bloodline of the Xuanyuan family and when the Xuanwu mark is imprinted.
This is probably why the Xuanwu Sword and the Vermilion Bird Seal became national treasures of Eastern Chu and Western Liang, and why royal families of various countries insisted on making rubbings of the divine beast's mark.
Su Xuening hadn't expected that their little treasure could summon the Xuanwu divine beast. When he imprinted the Vermilion Bird mark before, the Vermilion Bird divine beast didn't react at all.
As expected, he is still the eldest grandson of the Emperor of Eastern Chu, even more so than this little treasure of bloodline, who is still biased towards Eastern Chu.
Su Xuening looked at Xuan Yuanzhan with a wry smile: "No wonder the late emperor insisted on recognizing Xiao Bao and on changing his surname back to Xuan Yuan and being included in the Xuan Yuan family genealogy."
Xuanyuan Zhan smiled helplessly. If he knew that his persistent obsession had enabled Dongchu to successfully summon the Xuanwu Divine Beast, he would probably be so happy that he would be brought back to life!
Or perhaps he can boast to the other ancestors of the Xuanyuan family for the rest of his life.
The Kang King and other members of the Xuanyuan royal family were also surprised to find that the Xuanwu divine beast, which everyone in Dongchu longed for, was not summoned by the new emperor, but by the young crown prince.
They can now understand the late emperor's obsession; thankfully, the late emperor insisted on recognizing the young crown prince.
Otherwise, if this young prince were to end up in Xiliang, wouldn't their Xuanwu divine beast in Dongchu have no chance of being summoned again?
Thank goodness, thank goodness, thank goodness we didn't miss it, the late emperor was wise!
Everyone looked at Xiaobao with relief and excitement, but Xiaobao didn't care about any of that.
He kept rubbing against Su Xuening's chest, kicking his legs impatiently when he couldn't get any food; he was clearly hungry.
Su Xuening blushed and looked at Xuan Yuanzhan, saying, "Now that the sacrificial ceremony is over and Xiao Bao has been recognized by his ancestors, can we go back now?"
"Hmm." Xuanyuan Zhan nodded and returned the Xuanwu Sword to Prince Kang.
Prince Kang did not dare to accept it and quickly bowed, saying, "Your Majesty should keep the Xuanwu Sword safe. I am afraid I cannot keep it safe properly."
As he spoke, King Kang presented the scabbard of the Xuanwu Sword.
God knows that when the Xuanwu Sword flew out, he felt like the sky was about to collapse.
If he were to lose the Xuanwu Sword, he would be guilty of a sin that would be unforgivable.
Xuanyuan Zhan did not refuse. He took the scabbard, put the Xuanwu Sword back into its sheath, and tucked it into his waistband.
The Xuanwu Sword is the national treasure of Eastern Chu. Perhaps its true purpose is to summon the Xuanwu Divine Beast. Now that the Xuanwu Divine Beast has been successfully summoned, the Xuanwu Sword may no longer be of any use. However, a national treasure is a national treasure, so it is best to take it back to the palace for safekeeping.
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