Chapter 1 The Crown Prince

"How long have you been here today?"

The girl was wearing a green cloak, standing in the corridor, looking at the boy sitting under the tree in the garden, and asked the people around her.

She is Zhang Zixi, one of the owners of this manor, and the eldest daughter of the Zhang family with a noble status.

The servant beside him kept his head down and then he answered respectfully when he heard the eldest lady's question: "When you say to me, the young master has been sitting here for three hours."

"Oh." Zhang Zixi wanted to give some instructions, but in the end she didn't say it. She just looked at her brother and sighed softly.

She just wanted to look at her for a while, and she would not see her brother for another year after leaving.

"Princess, it's time for us to leave." An old woman in white with a cane appeared from nowhere and urged Zhang Zixi behind her: "If you stay for a while, you will be a waste of time. Lingnan Road has not been very stable recently."

"Grandma Yu, I understand, don't worry." Zhang Zixi responded to the old woman, and then ordered to the servant standing next to her: "Uncle Nan, I'm going to go back to Beijing soon. My brother is here to recuperate. You have to take good care of him."

"I know, Miss, don't worry." Anan still lowered his head and replied respectfully, but this time he did not receive any response. When he looked up, he found that he was the only one left in the corridor.

The lady and Grandma Yu have left.

Anan breathed a sigh of relief, jumped over the railing by the corridor, and walked towards the young man sitting in the garden, with a thick cloak taken out from somewhere on his forearm.

The boy seemed not to see him, just sat blankly under the tree, not knowing what he was looking at.

"Young Master Fengyun, the lady has left, and we are two of us left here. It's almost winter. It's cold and you're weak. You're wearing this to block the cold."

Anan said in a nagging manner, shook his hand and put the cloak on the boy's body, then leaned down and tied the strap in front of the cloak. He said he had cultivation and was not afraid of this cold, but his young master Zhang Fengyun was different. He was weak and once he suffered from the cold, he would suffer again.

Sitting here is Zhang Fengyun's only activity in the past few years. He comes here every day before the sun rises, and returns to his house after the sun sets, and does not go anywhere else. In this huge house, only Anan and a cook are serving him, and there are the guards stationed in the outer house. Of course, no one goes to other places. Only when Zhang Fengyun's family comes to visit each year will the house be more popular.

However, Anan has long been accustomed to this silence. Since the disaster of his young master, no one has ever interacted with him. In addition to his close relatives who were still worried about his young master's illness, even the people from his own side were a little indifferent to the young master, otherwise the young master's parents would not have sent the young master from Haojing City to this distant mountain city.

Yuanshan City is a small town located in the south of Chaohua Kingdom.

Although this city is not large, it is also a well-known and prosperous place.

Because this is one of the fiefs of the Nanxiang Princess Hua Feiyue.

Unlike other countries, the country of Chaohua has allowed princesses to participate in politics since its founding, and the princesses who can participate in politics are basically powerful. Therefore, as the fiefdom of a princess of the dynasty, even if the far mountain city is remote, it will not fall to a very bad point. What's more, Princess Nanxiang built a house here a few years ago, and every year her daughter Princess Yunxi would come here to live for a while. Although she never sees guests, it has indeed driven the development of the place.

But this place is far worse than that of Haojing City. Anan thought about it this way, but it was not completely beneficial. At least no one here would disturb his young master from time to time.

"Young Master, I don't know when you will get better. This continent has always been respected by the strong. I am afraid that after the elder princess and the marquis die, you will be unsustainable even if you are protected by the princess."

Anan is used to talking about such disrespectful words with Zhang Fengyun every day. He doesn't care whether Zhang Fengyun can hear them or not, but if Zhang Fengyun can really hear them, he will be so happy that he will be so forgetful.

According to outsiders, he is the loyal servant of the Zhang family, and he regards everything about his master more than himself.

But Anan enjoyed this statement very much, and he felt that this was a affirmation of him.

He has been serving Zhang Fengyun for seven years. Since Zhang Fengyun was seven years old, he has been with Zhang Fengyun and witnessed the disaster that happened to Zhang Fengyun with his own eyes.

At that time, Zhang Fengyun was still a famous genius in the entire Tianhua Kingdom. He started practicing at the age of five and successfully became a monk at the age of seven. However, at the age of eight, he was assassinated by an unknown assassin. Although he was finally rescued, the son of the eldest princess, Prince Yun Chenghou, who was very energetic, and the extremely talented cultivation genius, turned into this stupid and stupid look.

It feels regretful to think of it.

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The world where Tianhua Kingdom is located is called Tianyan World. According to legend, the creatures in this world are all in a huge disaster. The bloodline left by God for the survival of the creatures is vast and boundless. To the east is endless seas, north and south are eternal and cold poles, and to the west is an endless desert. The rumored person entering the desert has never come out again. Over time, it has become a forbidden area on the continent.

Chaohua Kingdom is located on the south side of Tianyan Continent. Overall, it is close to the Central Plains and the climate can be said to be pleasant. In contrast, the far mountain city is closer to the south, so it is colder.

Further south of the distant mountain city is a continuous mountain range that stretches from the border of Tianhua Kingdom to the southern polar region.

Compared with the North Pole, the environment in Antarctica is even more harsh. Even the Taixu Realm master who claims to be able to come and go freely in the void is difficult to stay here for a long time.

Therefore, this mountain with pleasant climate grows with countless treasures and treasures, and is considered to be a ruin left by God.

This mountain range is called the sacred mountain on the Tianyan Continent and borders several major kingdoms and forces at the same time. However, strangely, no country or force has ever had any disputes over regional issues outside the sacred mountain. Everyone is in a harmonious scene of love and harmony.

What's even more strange is that even though the sacred mountain is claimed to be a ruin left by God, not many people explore it. Most people stay away from it. Only a few people have entered the depths of the sacred mountain and lived, and among these people, there are only a few who have achieved considerable achievements.

Those who entered the sacred mountain kept silent about the situation inside.

These behaviors are of no use except to increase the mystery of the sacred mountain.

Perhaps, more people have entered the sacred mountain, but they have never come out again.

However, the sacred mountain is just one of the countless strange things on the Tianyan Continent. As time goes by, fewer people explore it. Most people will only talk about it when chatting, and then enter the next topic with awe.

People in the world basically believe that the sacred mountain is mysterious and dangerous.

Unless you are desperate, you will definitely not go to the sacred mountain to encounter opportunities.

"But this time we really have only one choice left."

Zhang Chengxuan sat on the chair in the study and looked at his son and said.

"I went from Diyuan Mountain to Nanhuatai, and the calculation results of Lianshan Palace Master and Zhuang Sheng are the same. Only in the sacred mountain can you have a turning point."

Zhang Fengyun looked at his father and said nothing.

Starting two months ago, he had half an hour of awakening every night. This was the result of his parents calling the secret treasures and holy medicines stored in the treasure houses of the Zhang clan and the royal family to seal the toxicity in his body, otherwise he might have died a few years ago.

He has always been hiding well, and even his sister and Anan, who is serving him in close proximity, don't know about this.

Only his parents and himself knew about this, which was also for safety reasons.

Others may be able to trust, but there are risks. Assassination like the one eight years ago, he can't bear the consequences of doing it again now.

"If this time it still doesn't work, my father will take you back to Haojing City. Your mother has found clues about the assassin back then. No matter how bad this time, our family will be able to avenge a great revenge."

"No hurry, father." Zhang Fengyun covered his cuffs with his eyes calmed down: "In my opinion, the most urgent thing in our family is that you should hurry up with your mother to have another child instead of worrying about my affairs. Now, even if I am cured, I am still a useless person with too low value."

Zhang Chengxuan felt even more sad when he heard this.

"Fengyun, over the years, your mother and I always feel that we owe you a lot. Sometimes, I hope you can be less sensible than you are now."

"You and your mother have never owed me anything, father." Zhang Fengyun said calmly: "You have given birth to me and raised me, which is the greatest gift to me. As for the others, I am just a bad life, so there is no need to force me."

These words made Zhang Chengxuan fall into a long silence.

He stared at Zhang Fengyun's eyes, trying to find a trace of the emotions he wanted to see inside, but Zhang Fengyun's eyes were as deep as ink, without any fluctuations.

As the saying goes, no one knows a son than a father. Although Zhang Fengyun has been in a state of dementia for six years, his personality has never changed.

What a monk’s practice emphasizes is to change his fate against the will of heaven. Now that Zhang Fengyun says the three words “bad life”, it proves that he is already desperate about his life.

At this time, Zhang Fengyun was the most stubborn. So he was unwilling to go to the sacred mountain to get the last chance, but urged his father and mother to have another child instead of him.

"Father, I don't have much time anymore." Zhang Fengyun suddenly said.

Zhang Chengxuan was stunned and immediately realized that what Zhang Fengyun said was that he had not had much time to wake up today.

"Okay, I'll take you back to the room." Zhang Chengxuan stood up. His figure was tall, but the ends of his black hair were faintly mixed with silver and white, which made Zhang Fengyun's eyes feel sore.

That was the proof that Zhang Chengxuan had been running on the road to seek the treatment of his illness in the past six years, and he was struggling to deal with it.

And the mother who was under tremendous pressure to investigate the murderer in Beijing would never be as relaxed. Two months ago, he also met his mother. Although she was still luxurious and graceful, the haggardness in her eyes could not be concealed.

He was just a useless prince. He should have died silently in the high sect, but what is he capable of having such parents and enjoying such warmth.
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