Chapter 45 The Emperor's Eldest Son (2)
"Hehe, the son of the Great Emperor."
Thousands of miles away in a mountain cave, Changqing opened his eyes and let out a cold laugh.
The original owner was Yue Changqing.
He is the only son of the Qinglian Emperor, the number one person in the world, but he is also the shame of the emperor.
Emperor Qinglian was a man of noble character who devoted himself to the human race. He guarded the Imperial Pass with only his sword for hundreds of years and built the Imperial Pass City. He was a hero of the human race and was respected by everyone.
However, his son was indeed an incompetent and ignorant man. He was over thirty years old and had only just entered the mortal realm. He spent his days idly, harassing women and doing many bad things. He could be said to have a notorious reputation, a tiger father and a dog son.
Almost everyone spits out the name of the Azure Lotus Emperor's son.
But what can we do?
His cultivation level wasn't great, but he had a lot of treasures that allowed him to defend himself, escape, and hide. Even if someone's cultivation level was two realms higher than his, they couldn't do anything to him.
The old guys couldn't take action because they were concerned about the Emperor's reputation and their own status, and the younger generation couldn't subdue him. So, he was allowed to run rampant and do evil for many years.
But the emperor still doted on her.
He only had one son. When someone complained to him, he would often pay compensation to settle the matter, and then the whip would be raised high and then gently brought down as a minor punishment to serve as a warning.
Moreover, ordinary people don't have the ability to complain to the emperor.
And so, the original owner became a villain in the entire cultivation world, feared by everyone.
Changqing:...
He could sense that his cultivation level was not high, only at the late stage of the Master realm.
Mortal Realm, Master Realm, General Realm, Marquis Realm, King Realm, Emperor Realm, and Sovereign Realm: This is the classification of cultivation system in this world. The Mortal Realm mainly focuses on body refinement, while the Master Realm involves cultivating magical power. The higher one goes, the higher one's cultivation level becomes. By the time one reaches the Sovereign Realm, one can move mountains with a single thought and pluck stars from the sky with one hand. It would not be an exaggeration to call them immortals.
"So the original owner's cultivation level was indeed a bit low."
Changqing sighed inwardly.
The original owner is now thirty-two years old. In this world where cultivation can prolong life, he is considered young. Reaching the late stage of the Master Realm at this age is not bad among ordinary people, but he is far inferior to the geniuses of major sects. Not to mention that as the son of the only Great Emperor at that time, he is completely inadequate.
However, this cannot be blamed on the original owner.
Changqing snorted coldly.
Having read the entire plot, he naturally knew that the original owner's state was intentionally orchestrated by his father, the Great Emperor.
First, although the cultivation technique taught to him was his natal technique, the Azure Lotus Technique, it was modified. Not only was the progress extremely slow, but it was also easy to damage his meridians, leading to a predicament where the more he cultivated, the slower he became, which undermined his confidence.
Secondly, provide him with a variety of magical treasures besides those for attacking, including top-tier defensive, escape, and hiding abilities, so that he has no sense of crisis and his motivation to cultivate diminishes.
Furthermore, by punishing him severely for his mistakes from a young age, the father unreservedly displays his favored and loving father image.
Of course, he also had many people around him who were specifically tasked with leading him astray.
"Is this my biological father?"
Changqing couldn't help but have doubts.
That's true.
However, this emperor father did not love the original owner's mother.
When the Great Emperor was young, he lost his cultivation. His mother, who was engaged to him, came to break off the engagement. This incident became a hurdle in his heart. Later, he rose again, and the woman's family sought peace. Given the strength of the woman's family, the two still successfully became Daoist partners.
However, that woman was no longer in his heart; all he felt was hatred.
He hadn't touched his wife, whom he had married into the family, for many years.
Until thirty years ago, during the great war between humans, demons, and monsters at Diguan, he led the righteous heroes to fight against the allied forces of demons and monsters. In the end, he was seriously injured and, while in a semi-conscious state, mistook his wife for someone else and had a relationship with her, thus giving birth to the original owner of the body.
Yes.
He treated his wife as someone else, his white moonlight, the love of his life.
It's not surprising that these cultivators would marry many wives, but as the first emperor of the human race, he always strictly demanded of himself and treated his wives with respect in front of outsiders.
He is a legend, and countless people take him as their role model, inspiring many young people of the human race.
This reputation also became his shackles.
This prevented him from being his true self, instead forcing him to wear a mask and play the role of the perfect emperor in the eyes of others.
"So, the original owner's birth was not what his father had hoped for at all."
Changqing frowned.
It's normal to hate someone because of their family; he hated that woman, and of course he hated the son she bore. However, given his status, he couldn't openly hate the son of his legal wife. So, he took a series of actions against the original owner of the body.
He never intended for this son to be his successor.
He has only one heir in mind—
That is Su Bai, the son born to Su Rongrong, who accompanied him during his low period, and who is now being fostered at his uncle's house in Tingyun Pavilion.
"Hehe, this is interesting."
Changqing recalled the scene of the hero saving the beauty not long ago. The young man who suddenly appeared was the biological father of the current emperor, Yue Cangwu.
It seems... he's only seventeen years old now.
His cultivation level has reached the late stage of the Marquis realm, and he is only one step away from being crowned a king.
This is a true prodigy!
Moreover, he was cultivating the most orthodox Azure Lotus Technique, though he himself was unaware of it. His four protectors were ostensibly arranged by his uncle, the Pavilion Master of Tingyun Pavilion, but in reality, one of them was his biological father's man.
My biological father had already made arrangements.
Once the original owner dies, find an opportunity to acknowledge the other son.
"Tsk tsk, what a happy family reunion."
Changqing gave a cold laugh.
As for the arrangements for the original owner, they had already been decided long ago.
The Imperial Pass has been setting up the Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Array for many years. Once the array is ready, the core of the array needs to be filled with the bloodline of the Great Emperor, and the original owner of this body is a ready-made material.
That's certainly true in the storyline.
Anyway, the original owner had a bad reputation, and everyone wanted to kill him.
According to the plot, before the formation is completed, the original owner will commit a heinous crime, namely, insulting the purity of the Holy Maiden of Yaochi Holy Land, which will arouse the wrath of the masses. Yaochi Holy Lord is a peak Emperor Realm expert. In his anger, he summoned all the victims and they came to the Imperial Palace in a grand procession.
The original owner's father, Yue Cangwu, was greatly surprised.
He never imagined that his son would commit so many crimes and cause so much trouble outside. This time, he was moved to tears and did not defend his son again.
"It is because I, the Emperor, have been busy defending against the invasion of the Demon Realm and the Monster Realm that I have neglected the discipline of my son. Now a great mistake has been made, and this son's crime is unforgivable. I, the Emperor, will never let personal matters interfere with public duty."
Just in time, the grand formation is about to be completed.
Using it to fill the array's core can be considered atonement.
The original owner thus filled the array's core, atoning for his sins.
The Emperor is still the Emperor that everyone reveres.
Who can blame the Great Emperor, who was wholeheartedly guarding the Imperial Pass for the sake of the human race, for failing to properly manage his son?
After all, many of the things the original owner caused didn't reach the Emperor's ears. Ordinary cultivators had no way to complain, and even some with some backgrounds, out of consideration for their reputation and the Emperor's prestige, often kept quiet.
Moreover, when the Great Emperor learned of what his son had done, he was furious and showed no favoritism. Instead, he offered his son's life as atonement. Such courage and magnanimity make him the number one human being.
The death of the original owner did not damage the emperor's reputation; on the contrary, it made him even more famous. Even later, when several people attained the Dao and became emperors, he was still the number one human.
"What a clever scheme."
Changqing couldn't help but applaud.
Even a father can be calculating against his son, calculating every detail meticulously.
Even until his death, the original owner believed that his father had been forced to treat him that way because he was coerced.
Changqing sighed.
In the end, the biological father reunited with his new family, while the original owner sacrificed his blood to the array, his soul locked within the array, transforming into the array spirit.
Changqing carefully recalled the original owner's evil deeds.
His expression turned even uglier.
He discovered that most of these attempts were guided by others, yielded very little profit, and often resulted in "accidents" of being caught by others. In fact, the number of times he actually succeeded was very limited, while he offended a lot of people.
This guy didn't even do a good job of doing something wrong.
Even he felt frustrated.
"Hehe, anyway, the original owner was a villain that everyone hated, so I don't mind being even more of a scoundrel."
He grinned, revealing a sinister smile, already having made up his mind.
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