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Chapter 1 The Ancient Yue Kingdom

Qin Di sat blankly in the Qin Mansion School, his mind was confused. The fragments of memory kept churning, not knowing which one was real and which one was fake, not knowing whether it was Zhuang Zhou dreaming of a butterfly or the butterfly dreaming of Zhuang Zhou.

At this time, he had two different memories of Qin Di.

An old Qin Di is nearly fifty years old. He once stayed in school until he was thirty years old and got the so-called highest diploma. After graduation, he lost his energy and was scattered every day. He was in his forties without realizing it. Seeing nothing accomplished, he couldn't help but regret the lost time. The water fell and the flowers passed away. Time flies and grows old without realizing it! One day, he drank alone and drank a little too much. His soul floated out of his body. He crossed countless times and space. When he opened his eyes, he came to an unknown new world.

Another little Qin Di is the seventh son of Qin Guangling, Minister of Rites of Yue State.

The Qin family is a great surname of Yue, with a family of scholars and wise descendants. They are known as 20 Jinshi in one family and 7 Tanhua in the grandparents and grandchildren. It is perfect for celebrating the Qin family.

Xiao Qin Di's grandfather Qin Gaolan was the Grand Tutor and the Grand Prison. He was already eighty years old. Although he was unemployed at home, he received inquiries from time to time from time to time. He was highly respected and a pillar of the country. His father had six brothers, and the lowest was also the fifth-rank prefect. Qin Guangling ranked second, gave birth to seven sons and had five Jinshi. The sixteen-year-old Lao Liu also passed the juren, and the last son was Xiao Qin Di.

Xiao Qin Di ranked seventh in his family and nineteenth in his family. He was only fourteen years old. He was smart, but he didn't like to read since he was a child. He was forced to read many books on the imperial examination, but he was not even a child this year. It is said that he was still young at the age of fourteen, but his brothers passed the boy exam at the age of eight, and the latest one was only twelve, and he achieved results at the age of twelve.

Xiao Qin Di doesn't like reading, but likes reading miscellaneous books, especially the biographies of immortals. He often wanders around and asks about the anecdotes of immortals. He also named himself a different name "Qin Shaoyou", hoping to travel around the country of Yue 100,000 miles. However, when he came to inquire, he heard only legends and did not find a place for cultivating immortals based on facts. If he found it, he might run over secretly early in the morning.

Just this morning, Xiao Qin Di entered the school lazily. Because he was not studying seriously, he was hit by a private school professor and two rulers on his head. Although the professor did not use much force, the position of the attack was accidentally broken, and the three souls and seven spirits swayed, and the life soul was gone, and the old Qin, who was also swaying in the air, took advantage of the opportunity to enter.

After a while, the two Qin Di's soul fragments gradually merged, and in the end, the old Qin Di had a slight advantage. No matter what, his soul finally settled down. Until this time, he could move slightly. It took him more than an hour just now, just like a clay sculpture and wood sculpture, and his arms and legs were almost stiff.

Looking up, he found that the private school professor who was beating people was not the old gentleman he usually invited, but Xiao Qindi's closest uncle!

Qin Di thought to himself: "No wonder he dared to knock on his head with a ruler. Just replace someone else with a thug. Otherwise, who can afford such a big mess?"

Third uncle Qin Guangyuan also worked as a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy in high school. Because he made some minor mistakes when compiling royal history books, he was punished to think behind closed doors for three years. Recently, he had nothing to do, so he came to the family school to teach children.

At this time, Qin Guangyuan, wearing a square scarf, saw that Qin Di had been resurrected for a long time, couldn't help but stare at him and cursed: "Qin Shijiu! Look, you are fourteen years old and have not even read a few scriptures! Still still be insincere with your nephew! Are you embarrassed? Look back and see, your eight-year-old nephew reads the same book as you! You have the nerve to sit there and pretend to be!"

Qin Di's eldest brother is already forty years old, and his second brother is also thirty-eight or ninety. In addition to the descendants of five uncles, there are countless children and nephews.

Qin Di's nephew is the oldest, who is twenty years old, and has already won the juren; five or six of the same age at the age of fourteen or five, and the worst one is also a scholar. Even his eleven or twelve-year-old nephew has had a boy test. Only Qin Di has not made a formality yet! No wonder he was picked up by his third uncle!

There are more than twenty juniors in the school, the youngest is six years old, and the oldest is Qin Di, fourteen years old! When these nephews saw their uncle being criticized, they were all full of eyes and laughed loudly.

Qin Di had just woken up and didn't know what to say, so he could only hesitate and look around, wanting to see if he could find a reinforcement.

In March outside the window, the peach blossoms are already slightly red.

The sun is warm and shining on the windowsill, which is a good time to have a spring outing.

Lao Qin's soul gained the upper hand for a moment, thinking: "There is a bird for learning these scriptures! I learned until I was thirty years old, and I could be said to have read a lot of books, but in the end I was abandoned! Is it interesting to be an official? Just like an old man who is the Grand Tutor, he is not old in age! He finally traveled through time and had to live a thousand or eight hundred years old! The Queen Mother is very beautiful, and Peng Zuwu Xian died several times. His life is short and wonderful, so he also demands immortality!"

Qin Guangyuan gave a few words of advice. Seeing that he was indifferent, he looked around and knew that he had not listened to it. Finally, he could only shake his head and sigh, pick up the scriptures and continue to explain to other children.

Qin Di stared at the wisps of spring outside the window, and continued to merge and digest memory fragments in his mind.

From Qin Di’s limited knowledge since he was young, he knew that Yue Kingdom was an ancient and comfortable country, and had not fought for 30,000 years. An Ning was not because of its strength and no opponent, but because of its special geographical location.

The country of Yue is hundreds of thousands of miles in radius, and to the east is the vast Dead Sea. No one knows how big it is. It is said that it is the Dead Sea because it is deadly silent. Not only does it have seaweeds, but also fish and shrimps, and seals, whales, flowers and wild trees! The most severe thing is that the Dead Sea is covered with a layer of death energy, which is gray and cannot see the sun. That layer of death energy is very terrifying. As long as people smell it, they will lose their minds and then lose their body quickly. They will die within three days! Therefore, mortals dare not approach the Dead Sea, which is the legendary forbidden place for death.

The south of Yue Kingdom is a wilderness with few people. However, because the spiritual energy is very thin, there are only weeds, neither growing crops nor large monsters. Occasionally, there are a few small spiritual lands to see the rare population.

The western part of Yue Kingdom is slightly rich in spiritual energy, which is a steep mountain, with undulating mountains, towering trees, high mountains and dense forests. No one can pass through the dense forests to the other side. Some people say that they have seen Buddhist temples in the mountains, heard monks chanting scriptures, and there are still remains of immortals, but no one has seen Taoist priests practicing.

The best place in Yue Kingdom is the area close to the north of the river.

This big river is very magnificent, a little long or a little wide. The lower reaches of the river lead directly to the Dead Sea, which many people know; the distant upper reaches are said to be connected to Lingshan, but few people have confirmed it. Legend has it that walking up the river, there is a Lingshan thousands of miles away in the west, where immortal gods live. This big river leads to the sky! Therefore, it is also known as "Tongtian River".

On the other side of the river, it is said that there is a country similar to that of Yue, called "Weiguo". The Weiguo and Yue Kingdom are separated by a river, at least tens of thousands of miles away, with no bridge or crossing, with little contact and no ability to send large troops to fight.

The entire territory of Yueguo is thin, and only Tongtian River descends from Lingshan Mountain, irrigates five thousand miles around the banks, bringing some spiritual energy. The closer it is to the river bank, the richer the spiritual energy, so the princes and nobles all live by the river. A string of cities by the river is densely populated, as if pearls are penetrated into a string. The capital of the country is even located at the bend of the river, surrounded by Tongtian River on three sides, so the spiritual energy is relatively sufficient.

The most powerful spiritual energy should be the island of the continent deep in the river. According to legend, it is the base of the Immortal Sect. If the people of Yue want to seek immortality, it is the closest place to stay.

However, Xiao Qin Di had never seen a visitor to the Immortal Family. In his short ten years of life, he had never seen an Immortal Family come to recruit disciples.

There are some damaged Taoist temples in the capital Ningcheng and surrounding cities. Occasionally, the temples of the Buddha Sect can be seen, but they all look very dilapidated. It is difficult to see the masters with Taoism inside. Perhaps because of insufficient spiritual energy, the disciples of the Immortal Sect are unwilling to come here to practice.

Because the surroundings are closed and the spiritual energy is thin, it is not a Feng Shui treasure land, so Yue Kingdom is very peaceful, and has not fought for many years, the people are weak in their customs and culture, and they are beautiful by erudition and wisdom. There are even fewer people who practice martial arts and work hard.

In such an environment, the Qin family could only require children to read the scriptures diligently and enter the imperial examination.
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