NOVEL NEXT Chapter 8
Cultivation has no time, a thousand years have passed in a blink of an eye, for Jiang Yun, who has an endless lifespan, a thousand years is just a flick of a finger, but for ordinary people, a thousand years is enough time for too many things to happen.
Thousands of years ago, those who accompanied the founding emperor to fight in the north and south, the military generals who gave advice and the once glorious families they established were mostly submerged in the dust of history, and now in the folk except for those scrolls that have been inherited for thousands of years, there are still sporadic records about Jiang Yun in the scrolls that have been inherited for thousands of years, no one knows about Jiang Yun's existence, even in the palace, only in those top-secret scrolls there are detailed records about Jiang Yun.
The imperial capital has undergone earth-shaking changes in the past thousand years, with high-rise buildings everywhere, streets extending in all directions, and people bustling and lively. The palace has also undergone several major renovations during this period. The current imperial palace is located in the center of the imperial capital, the terrain is very wide, the attic is everywhere, there are splendid palaces everywhere, overlooking the entire imperial capital.
However, no matter how the palace changes, the tower where Jiang Yun is located is always located in the center of the palace, and the kilometers around the tower have been listed as forbidden areas by the emperors of previous dynasties, and no one is allowed to approach except for the palace maids who come to weed regularly. Even the emperor can only enter alone once when he ascends the throne. As a result, the tower also became a top-secret place in the palace rooms.
Just like people will decay, the country will one day go to ruin, the empire with a thousand-year-old civilization has also begun to decline, since the last few generations of emperors, the comfortable life has made them lose their purpose, greedy for pleasure all day long, believe in traitorous ministers, the people's lives have gradually fallen into misery, and darkness has gradually bred in all corners of the empire, but Jiang Yun did not remind them of this.
For thousands of years, Jiang Yun has almost been sleeping and cultivating in this tower, only every few decades when the new emperor ascends the throne is Jiang Yun will wake up and meet the emperor, thousands of years of cultivation, thousands of years of understanding, Jiang Yun's strength has become more and more unfathomable, and the use of his own strength has become very proficient.
In recent decades, Jiang Yun has gradually detached himself from this state of cultivation, as a vampire true ancestor, he is extremely sensitive to darkness, Jiang Yun can feel that the dark side of the imperial capital is increasing year by year, which also shows that this thousand-year-old empire is gradually coming to an end.
Thousands of years ago, before the death of the First Emperor, Jiang Yun promised to protect the empire for him for thousands of years. At the same time, the first emperor informed the crown prince that if he did not ascend the throne on behalf of the emperor in the future, he must be approved by Jiang Yun. Since then, Jiang Yun has been staying in the tower to cultivate.
"Brother, what are you thinking?" A crisp voice like a yellow bird interrupted Jiang Yun's contemplation.
Although he was interrupted, Jiang Yun did not get angry, but touched the little girl's head in front of him affectionately.
"I hate it, I said that my brother doesn't want the teacher to touch my head, and I won't grow tall. The little girl in front of her said, but judging by the look of her enjoyment, she didn't hate it.
The girl's name is Nina, she is eight years old this year, the youngest daughter of a contemporary emperor, and she is lively and cheerful by nature, and she is playful. She has long golden hair, a round face, big eyes, very likable, the current emperor is old and greedy for pleasure, very trusting minister Onest, almost all the court affairs are handed over to him to deal with, and in order to please the emperor, Ornest also handles the court affairs in an orderly manner. And the princes are busy competing for the throne, so although Nina has the status of a princess in the palace, not many people care about her.
One day two years ago, Nina, driven by curiosity, took advantage of the inattention of the patrolling guards and sneaked into the tower where Jiang Yun was cultivating.
After seeing Jiang Yun, Nina suddenly exclaimed, "What a beautiful big brother," although Nina was only eight years old, she was still deeply attracted to Jiang Yun.
Hearing the little girl in front of her describe herself as "beautiful", a row of black lines appeared on Jiang Yun's forehead.
But then Nina's words made Jiang Yun cry and laugh.
"Big brother is so pitiful, why are they locking you up here," Nina said while looking at Jiang Yun with sympathetic eyes.
"Locked up?" Rao is Jiang Yun couldn't help but want to complain. Do you think I'm locked up? Who in this world has the power to lock me up?
Maybe there are few people in the palace who can chat face-to-face with Nina like this, and then Nina talked to Jiang Yun about what she saw and heard in the palace like a small chatter, and from time to time said something that made Jiang Yun feel crying and laughing.
After staying alone in the tower for so many years, Jiang Yun's personality inevitably became a little withdrawn, and through chatting with Nina, Jiang Yun's heart couldn't help but feel a little warm, and at the same time, he couldn't help but have a good impression of this optimistic and cheerful little girl.
But unfortunately, Nina was caught by the patrolling soldiers when she came, and just when the emperor was angry and wanted to punish Nina, Jiang Yun appeared and saved Nina, and told the emperor that he liked Nina very much, and that Jiang Yun's cultivation Tanina could enter casually in the future. This would have killed the emperor halfway, and no one would be allowed to prevent Nina from entering the tower in the center of the palace, but at the same time he told Nina that she must not tell anyone else about the situation in the tower.
After two years of getting along, the two are already very familiar, and Nina also knows that the big brother in front of him is definitely not an ordinary person, which can be seen from his father's respectful attitude towards him, although this is the case, Nina is not afraid of Jiang Yun because of this, she always feels that there is something in Jiang Yun that is attracting her, making her very dependent on Jiang Yun. In the past two years, Jiang Yun has also been deeply infected by Nina's optimistic and cheerful personality, and at the same time, he also loves Nina's little sister.
"Brother, in two days Minister Earnest will bring me seventeen to meet you. Nina said crisply.
"Oh?".
Nina's seventeenth brother is the youngest son of the emperor, the same age as Nina, only eight years old this year, and it is worth mentioning that the old emperor died of illness last month. Before his death, at the instigation of Ornenster, he decided to make his youngest son the next emperor, and handed over the top-secret scroll about Jiang Yun kept in the palace to Earnest for safekeeping, and told him to visit Jiang Yun before the little emperor ascended the throne, and asked for Jiang Yun's consent.
As for the impact of the emperor's death on Nina, children are the most resentful, because the emperor wanted to punish himself heavily two years ago, Nina didn't have much affection for the emperor, so she didn't feel very sad.
"Nina, do you want to leave the palace and take a look outside?" Jiang Yun suddenly said to Nina beside him.
"Really, but the princess can't leave the palace without permission. "
Nina was very happy when she first heard about it, but then she drooped her little head.
"It's okay, after you have seventeen registrations, my brother will take you out of the palace to live. "
Jiang Yun said while touching Nina's head. Jiang Yun has decided that after the little emperor registers, he will leave the palace and live outside, after all, the plot in the original book is about to begin.