Chapter 56 Fairy
Some say that the best swordsmen in the world have all perished in the Twelve Continents.
In the battle of Mingyue Ferry, hundreds of sword masters from Xianling Kingdom came out together and defeated the other three kingdoms. It was a bloody battle. Countless masters in the world died in that battle, resulting in a lack of successors in the four kingdoms and the decline of swordsmanship.
In order to seek a truce and peace, Wuyun, Dongli and Tianshui each sent a hostage to the Fairy King's capital for a period of three years, just to get a respite.
Unexpectedly, the Immortal Emperor waved his sleeves and sent the three hostages out as a reward: "Prince Fengling has been weak and sickly since childhood. Although he has attendants to take care of him, he still lacks a few close friends. So, give them to him in his palace."
As soon as these words were spoken, the court was in an uproar.
Although Xianling is now the overlord of the twelve continents and all the surrounding countries are subservient to him, a soldier can be killed but not humiliated. Those three hostages were also the crown princes in the past. How can they be given away as slaves? !
Prince Fengling has been sickly since childhood, but he was doted on by the Emperor, which led to his becoming a lawless and eccentric person. Not only did he have a habit of cutting off sleeves, he also liked killing and studying torture. A corpse was carried out of the palace every few days. How could the three beautiful hostages get away with it when they entered the palace?
The court officials tried to persuade the emperor, but the emperor would not listen. They knelt down, but it was useless. They could not commit suicide to persuade the emperor, so they could only watch as the three hostages were sent to Prince Fengling's palace.
I heard that he was whipped every day and his body was covered with scales.
I heard that he was imprisoned in a dungeon, surrounded by snakes and insects.
Hearing about all kinds of humiliation, he felt like dying.
I heard that...
I heard that he is not far from death.
[In three years, once those protons return to their country, your death will come.]
In the attic filled with gold and jade, a purple-black heart was suspended in the air, with the electric currents pulsating around it, seemingly out of place in this era.
The four-legged auspicious beast incense burner is placed in the middle of the inner chamber, burning red sleeve marrow worth ten thousand gold taels. The subtle fragrance penetrates into the texture of the bone marrow, like the sleeves of a fairy concubine, leading you into the heavenly palace.
The imperial concubine's couch, carved from rosewood, is covered with white bear skin brought from the northern regions; it is soft and thick, able to withstand the coldest days of winter; the floor is covered with a gilt-and-inlaid carpet, a technique that has been lost since the previous dynasty; it comes alive and colorful under the candlelight.
Jade vase, golden bird,
Carved beams and purple gold pillars.
All the rare treasures imaginable in the world can be found in this room.
Lu Yan woke up in such an environment.
He frowned and opened his eyes, only to feel his mind was empty, as if he had lost some memories and some emotions, and the strange thing floating in the room was undoubtedly the culprit.
"What are you?"
Lu Yan slowly sat up from the bed, his dark eyes full of confusion. He seemed to not know his own name or where he lived.
The system unexpectedly opens:
[You are the third son of the Emperor of the Fairyland, Fengling King Lu Yan.]
Its tone was flat, like the words of a dead person, but those words seemed to have magic, drilling into Lu's brain one by one, making his thoughts follow the other party uncontrollably.
[You are cruel by nature and like male homosexuality. You once privately asked the emperor for three hostages sent by other countries. You brought them back to the palace and imprisoned and tortured them.]
[Three years later, the emperor passed away and the hostages returned to the country. They gathered their troops and attacked the capital of the Immortal Spirit Kingdom. They pulled out your tendons and skinned you, and hung your head on the city wall for public display.]
"Cramps and peeling skin?"
Suddenly there was a chuckle in the air.
"If I had been stripped of my tendons and skin, beheaded and displayed to the public, how could I still be alive and well?"
Lu Yan's long hair was untied, falling from his shoulders to his waist like a crow's feather, and his skin was as pale as frost and snow. He had a good-looking face that could turn people upside down. He wore a loose red-colored gold-woven royal robe with a collar that opened to his waist, which made him look even more unruly.
The system said, "Oh," [Because that was the ending of your previous life. ]
The man in front of me used his memory and love to exchange for a hundred years of life, just to accompany a human until the end of his life.
Now he is like a blank sheet of paper, at the mercy of others, and the system will paint him in whatever shape he wants.
When playing games, it’s better to have a sense of immersion.
The system's tone was low and confusing:
[King Fengling, I brought you back to life, and I am here to help you survive. ]
[Now that the three protons have just entered the palace, you still have a chance to change your fate. Don't you want to try? ]
Lu Yan felt a splitting headache, and a strange memory forced its way into his mind, occupying all his thoughts: sometimes it was scenes of him whipping slaves and killing people for pleasure, sometimes it was blood flowing, countless wailing and crying, and then later, the emperor died and the fairy kingdom was destroyed...
The three hostages who had been imprisoned in the dungeon by him all ascended the throne as emperors and ordered their skin to be peeled off, their tendons to be removed, their bones to be ground into dust, and only their heads remained, which were hung on the city wall for 49 days.
The common people all applauded and cursed, and the history books wrote about it in great detail and with extremely critical words.
His life passed like this...
Lu Yan only felt a surge of anger suddenly surging throughout his body, with the resentment of a corpse exposed to the scorching sun, and he particularly wanted to kill someone to vent his anger, but he clearly felt that such emotions should not belong to him, and there was not so much hatred in his heart.
Lu Yan panted heavily, his eyes bloodshot: "I...how did I become like this..."
He frowned and covered his heart, unable to speak out in pain: "I am so full of hatred..."
【It’s right to hate. 】
The system came in silently, with a faint smell of blood around it, and asked in a low voice: [You died so miserably in your last life, how could you not hate it? Do you want to repeat the same mistake in this life? ]
Of course Lu Yan doesn't want to!
【Find a way to survive for three years.】
[Only after you live for three full years, this life can be considered truly your own.]
Lu Yanminrui discovered a loophole in the system's language: "What if I don't live for three full years?"
The system suddenly burst into laughter: [If you don't live for three full years, then your mission has failed and you are dead.]
【But don't worry, if you encounter any difficulties, I will help you. 】
A translucent blue control panel suddenly popped out of thin air, and on the prop column above it was a solitary bright red fragment, like a small piece of heart.
Lu Yan seemed to be touched, frowned and asked: "What is this?"
The system said: [This is a person's sincerity, it is worth 10,000 points. When necessary, you can use these points to exchange for life-saving props. ]
Lu Yan's heart couldn't help but beat for a moment when he heard this. He felt strangely familiar: "Whose true love is this? Why is it in my hands?"
The system said nothing: [You will know later. There are still three years before the proton returns to his country. What you should worry about is how to survive.]
It stopped talking and its figure gradually disappeared into the air. Lu Yan sat there for a long time before finally accepting his own identity.
He is cruel by nature and likes male beauty.
He is arrogant and surly, and he is insolent.
He has three enemies who will be skinned and beheaded in the future.
After Lu Yan realized his dire fate, he suddenly opened his eyes:
"Someone come——!"
Hearing Lu Yan's call, the carved and hollowed nanmu door quietly opened, and an old eunuch in black eunuch robes walked in. He wore a crown and had a white face and no beard. He floated in front of Lu Yan like a ghost, and it was obvious that he had good martial arts skills. "Your Highness, what do you want?"
The memory in Lu Yan's mind was confused, so he couldn't extract any useful information: "Where are the three protons now?"
The old eunuch bowed her head, her expression unchanged: "According to your orders, they are all locked up in the dungeon, not allowed to eat or sleep, and are whipped thirty times a day. However, they are still very stubborn and would rather die than serve Your Highness."
Lu Yan wondered if he had been so perverted before.
"Take me there to have a look."
"Yes."
Although the immortals were already the nominal overlords of the twelve continents, the emperor put too much pressure on them, causing resentment among the other countries, and many of them wanted to take the emperor's life.
However, the imperial city was impregnable and full of experts, so the assassins could not get close. Those people had to focus their attention on Fengling King Lu Yan.
Who made him the emperor's most beloved son?
On the way to the dungeon, there were at least twenty guards clearing the way on both sides, and another twenty guards hiding in the dark, but Lu Yan felt that the most unfathomable person was the old eunuch next to him, who was said to be a master sent by the emperor to protect him.
In the depths of winter, when water freezes into ice, the courtyard outside is filled with flowers of all seasons in bloom, in all colors of purple and red. The corridor is filled with faint fragrance, which is truly a wonderful sight.
Lu Yan was wearing a fine silver fox cloak, and his loose hair was tied up by a maid with a jade crown. If you ignore the bad reputation he had, he really looked like a nobleman: "The flowers in this garden are blooming red."
The old eunuch bowed and said, "Your Highness, it is naturally red because it is stained with human blood every day."
Lu Yan paused when he heard this and glanced at him: "Find someone to clean it up. Winter should have some winter scenery. It's not a distraction to have so many fancy things."
His mind has always been unpredictable and changeable. It's just plucking a flower, not a big deal.
The old lady supervisor waved her hand, and immediately servants came out from the darkness to clean up the branches. There was no sound from beginning to end.
Lu Yan walked a little further and suddenly asked, "Eunuch He, you said that the three hostages were imprisoned in the dungeon by the king. How are they feeling now?"
The old eunuch had no name or surname, but because of his long and thin neck and the fact that he was good at the Tiger-Crane Double Form Fist, people just called him Crane Eunuch. Upon hearing this, he clenched the whisk in his arm and spat out eight words: "Life is worse than death, I hate you to the bone."
This time, Lu Yan really stopped in his tracks. He suddenly threw the heater to the guard next to him and drew out the long sword from the guard's waist. The sharp sword light was as cold as water and it hurt people's eyes.
Lu Yan pointed his long sword at the ground and asked in an ambiguous tone, "What if I kill all three of them?"
Eunuch He bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, please think twice. When the other countries were defeated in the war, they offered the prince as a hostage. This was a sign of sincerity. If I die in your hands without knowing why, I am afraid that the government and the public will be furious and send troops to attack me."
Lu Yan smiled and said, "So, Your Highness can't kill them?"
Eunuch He: "You can't kill him."
Lu Yan: "Really can't be killed?"
Eunuch He: "You can't kill him."
"All right."
Lu Yan had no intention of killing him. He threw the sword back decisively: "Let's go to the dungeon."
The dungeon was built beneath the palace. It never sees sunlight all year round and is extremely cold and gloomy. The guards here must be replaced every six months, otherwise they will not be able to withstand the increasingly encroaching cold.
When Lu Yan walked into the dungeon, he smelled the stench of dead rats, mixed with the smell of blood and earth, which was really disgusting. He covered his mouth and nose with a scented handkerchief, and then he felt better.
The guard led the way: "Your Highness, the three hostages are locked up in the water dungeon ahead. The Crown Prince Yuzhang of Wuyun and the Crown Prince Quedan of Dongli have not yet given in, but the Crown Prince Wuyou of Tianshui is young and can no longer endure it."
As they were talking, they had already reached the deepest part of the dungeon. They saw three men covered in blood hanging in front of them. Because of the wounds all over their bodies, it was difficult to tell who was who.
Lu Yan walked up to one of the dying men and asked, "Who is this?"
The guard explained, "Your Highness, this is the Crown Prince Zhao Yuzhang of Wuyun State."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man who had been unconscious suddenly raised his head and leaned forward to bite Lu Yan. If it weren't for Eunuch He who grabbed his neck as fast as lightning, half of Lu Yan's ear would have been torn off by him.
Eunuch He's expression remained calm, but a closer look revealed a hint of pity in his eyes: "Prince Yuzhang, assassinating Your Highness is a capital crime, why bother bringing trouble to the country?"
Given King Fengling's temper, Zhao Yuzhang would be severely punished if he didn't die today.
Zhao Yuzhang laughed like a madman: "I'll die if I want to. How can I be afraid of a despicable man like Lu Yan as I am the crown prince of a country? If I don't die today, I will definitely skin him alive and give him back a hundredfold in the future!"
Lu Yan did not seem angry. He calmly waved away the guards who wanted to whip him. He covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, his eyes shining with a hint of lust and obscenity. "Prince Yuzhang is very courageous, but there are many people who want to kill me. You'll have to stand back."
He stopped talking and walked to the second man: "Who is this?"
The guard was on guard this time, and stepped forward to keep a distance before saying, "Your Highness, this is Liu Quedan, the Crown Prince of Dongli."
When Prince Quedan was young, he was well-known in the four countries for his gentleness and gentleness. He was also good at poetry, calligraphy and painting. He was truly a gentleman. Even when he was hung in the dungeon, he did not utter a word of abuse. He just looked up at Lu Yan coldly:
"Pooh!"
Lu Yan quickly dodged the spit attack and didn't care much: "I've heard of the noble name of Prince Que Dan for a long time, how come he can't even spit? I'm afraid he hasn't eaten or drunk anything for many days and his mouth is dry."
He walked over to the third man. The guard was about to introduce him, but Lu Yan pushed him away and asked angrily, "There's only one left. Do you need to tell me?"
The guard laughed and said, "Your Highness is very smart. This person is the Crown Prince of Tianshui, Gongsun Wuyou."
Gongsun Wuyou looked quite young, with a round and pretty face. I didn't know if he was sixteen or not. He was the only one among the three who cried hard and gasped for breath: "Feng... King Fengling... please let me go..."
"I'm so hungry... so thirsty... I miss my mother... please let me go, wuwuwu..."
I heard that Tianshui is a fertile place with abundant fruits and vegetables. The people there are not good at fighting and have simple customs. The emperor and empress there only gave birth to one precious son, Gongsun Wuyou, who was brought up to be ignorant of worldly affairs. However, under the threat of the immortals, they had no choice but to send him here. Unexpectedly, he was tortured into this state.
Lu Yan wanted to tease him: "If I let you go, how will you thank me?"
Gongsun Wuyou stopped crying when he heard this. Before he could say anything, Zhao Yuzhang beside him scolded him coldly: "Gongsun Wuyou! You are the crown prince of a country, how can you submit to such a despicable villain!"
It’s over, it’s over, Eunuch He sighed inwardly, Prince Yuzhang’s life might be in danger.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yan ignored Zhao Yuzhang and looked at Gongsun Wuyou with a half-smile: "How about this, if you call me good brother three times, I will let you go?"
Gongsun Wuyou still had tears in his eyes. Hearing this, he sobbed and asked, "Really?!"
Zhao Yuzhang was anxious: "Of course it's fake! He lied to you! Lu Yan, if you have anything to say, come to us. Bullying a child is worse than a beast!"
That’s right, Gongsun Wuyou is only sixteen years old this year. According to the rules of Wuyun Kingdom, he has not yet performed the coming-of-age ceremony, so he is not considered an adult.
Lu Yanrao looked at Zhao Yuzhang with interest: "Come for you? Why, Prince Yuzhang also wants to call me good brother three times?"
Zhao Yuzhang was furious: "You beast, you will not die well!!"
Lu Yan said lazily: "Since Prince Yuzhang is unwilling, then don't say anything. People who don't know would think you are jealous of Prince Wuyou."
"you!!"
The guards promptly blocked Prince Yuzhang's mouth with something to prevent him from saying anything more unpleasant. Prince Fengling did not have a good temper. If he was upset, everyone in the palace would be implicated.
Lu Yan looked at Gongsun Wuyou again, smiling like a caring brother: "What do you think, do you want to scream or not?"
Gongsun Wuyou asked cautiously, "If I call you, will you really let me go back to the hostage house?"
Although the hostage house is cold and dilapidated, it is much better than being hungry and beaten every day here.
Lu Yan: "Hmm, my words are trustworthy."
Gongsun Wuyou didn't take it seriously at all, thinking that it didn't matter if he yelled, so he mustered up his courage and said, "Good brother, good brother, good brother."
"Very well behaved."
Lu Yan only said this one sentence, then turned around and waved to Eunuch He: "Release all three of them and send them back to the hostage house."
When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked, even the silent Prince Quedan raised his head in surprise.
Gongsun Wuyou widened his round eyes: "You are really willing to let us go?!"
Hearing this, Lu Yan dropped the handkerchief covering his mouth and nose. His eyes were like stars, and his smile was carefree and affectionate, making the dark dungeon a little brighter. "Since you have called me good brother three times, I will naturally not let you suffer any loss."
These three troubles cannot be killed or released if left in the palace, so we might as well throw them back to the hostage palace and let them fend for themselves.
The guard stepped forward to unlock the shackles and shackles on them, and made a gesture of invitation: "Please come in, everyone. I will send the three hostages back to the palace."
Gongsun Wuyou and the other two looked at each other, and only when they saw that Lu Yan did not look like a fake did they dare to leave with the guards. But after taking two steps, Prince Yuzhang suddenly remembered something, gritted his teeth, turned around and knelt in front of Lu Yan, his knees hitting the ground with a dull sound, which scared everyone:
"Can King Fengling please forgive one more person?!"
Hearing this, Lu Yan slowly raised his eyes. When his mother was alive, she was the most beautiful woman in the four kingdoms. He inherited her good looks. His eyes were so charming that they moved people: "Who?"
Prince Yuzhang looked up at the wall behind him, his eyes revealing a trace of sorrow that others could not understand. He then lowered his head and said word by word through gritted teeth:
"Prime Minister Wuyun, Shang Junnian!"
There was actually a person imprisoned in the iron prison behind the wall!
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