Rebirth of the Anti Demon Gate

An imperial decree summoned the fifth prince, An Yi, to have an audience with the imperial study.Xuan didn't know why the emperor who had left his son in the corner for 18 years suddenly thought of him, and just watched Qinglian happily busy in the room.

"What kind of clothes should Your Highness wear to meet the emperor?" The girl found out all the clothes in the closet, and gestured at Xuan's body one by one, "This color is good, but it's a bit old."

"Is it so troublesome to wear clothes? I'm not your woman." Xuan took out a white robe from among the many clothes, "Just wear this one."

"That's not what you said." Qinglian snatched the robe from Xuan's hand, "This is the first time the emperor has summoned His Highness, so you must be more cautious."

"Qinglian, why do you think the emperor wants to see me?" Xuanzui asked Qinglian to put on a blue robe for herself.

"Your servant doesn't know, but it should be a good thing." Qinglian pulled Xuan to sit down, and began to tie his hair. "Your Highness has always wanted to see the emperor, but never had the chance. This time your wish can finally come true."

"Really, it looks like a good thing." The slender fingers tapped on the table again and again.

Men in Anguo like to tie their hair into a bun and fix it with a crown on top of their heads.Xuan didn't like it, it made him feel very restrained, Mo hair has always been casually draped behind his back, and only when going out, Qing Lian took a hair tie to tie it up casually.

The little eunuch who came to summon him saw the master and servant coming out of the house, and hurriedly greeted him, "Fifth Highness, we can go now, don't keep the emperor waiting."

"Please, father-in-law, lead the way."

Qinglian was worried that Xuanxuan would go out alone, and insisted on going to the imperial study with him, and the group left Jinghu Garden.

The willow catkins are flying all over the sky, and the girl's silver bell-like laughter can be heard from the imperial garden. In the gazebo of the rockery, two men and a woman are sitting together around a round table. The melon-seeded face, the red phoenix eyes, and the delicate posture in every gesture.A man in blue was sitting on her right, and upon closer inspection, his appearance was somewhat similar to that of a woman.

"Pingting, you have to be more restrained when you come to Yue, and you can't be as unruly as you are at home." The folding fan in the man's hand in blue lightly tapped the woman's forehead, and his tone was full of doting, "You are married to King Jing." Concubine, please be magnanimous in everything, don't care about other people, and lower your own status."

"Understood, third brother, what you said seems like I'm being unreasonable." The woman curled her lips and looked aggrieved. "It's a pity that brother can't send me to Yue country in person."

"There is no way to do this. After all, the war in the west is not over yet. Father has already ordered me to go to Lingshan later. I can only wrong you."

The blue-clothed man and the apricot-clothed woman are An Jing, the third prince of Anguo, and An Pingting, the seventh princess.

"Well, it's such a long journey to the country of Yue, and none of my relatives are here, so I can't rely on you." Princess Pingting shook An Chen's arm, "Otherwise, the third brother told the emperor to let the fourth brother go to Lingshan, the third brother Let's go to Yue Kingdom with Pingting."

"Fourth brother guards the northern border, how can he come back so casually." An Chen nodded his sister's nose, "Okay, although I can't go, but I have already asked You to take good care of you, you must be safe on the way."

"Hey, brother Murong is going to Yue country too?"

Sitting opposite the brother and sister was a man with a jade-like complexion, clear eyes and vermilion lips, a three-petaled red lotus in full bloom between his brows, the man's lake-colored robe fluttered in the breeze.He is clearly an elegant man, but he seems to be no more than thirty years old, but he has white hair, which makes people feel a little regretful.

Murong You didn't hear the conversation between the siblings, his eyes drifted away from the gazebo, as if he was attracted by something.

"Yu, what are you looking at." Seeing that the other party didn't respond, An Chen tugged on Murong You's sleeve, "What can arouse the curiosity of Sect Master Murong?"

"Ah, Third Prince, what did you say?" Murong You regained consciousness and saw the curious brother and sister.

"Pingting asks you, why did you go to Yue?"

"I'm going to [Southern Sect], and I want to borrow their heart seal scriptures."

"Heart Seal Scripture, what is that?" Princess Pingting obviously didn't understand things in the realm of comprehension, but An Chen understood somewhat.

"Isn't that the [Southern Sect]'s Zhenzong ancient book? They won't lend it to you easily." An Chen's face suddenly changed, "Could it be that you have reached the day of crossing the catastrophe again."

Cultivators need to go through ten stages of cultivation, which are: Qi refining, foundation building, alchemy formation, Yuanying, crossing the catastrophe, refining the void, combining the body, Mahayana, and ascending.Refining Qi: exercise one's own inner essence by adjusting breath, moving Qi and other methods. This is a necessary stage for practitioners to get rid of distracting thoughts in their hearts.Foundation building: the stage of refining gas.Because people lack energy, through this stage of practice, people can make up for their deficiencies from the acquired to the innate, so as to start practicing.Forming alchemy: the stage of practicing inner alchemy.It is very difficult to go from foundation establishment to alchemy state, and it is normal to practice for decades.Yuanying: Cultivate the Yuanshen and manifest the baby. Simply put, the Yuanying refers to the self-cultivation that condenses the vitality of the whole body and turns it into a pure energy body.This process is very long, but as long as the Nascent Soul is successfully cultivated, the cultivator will have the body of a half-immortal.Crossing the Tribulation: Taoism practiced to the Nascent Soul stage, practitioners can see the way of heaven and get rid of the cycle of life and death, but immortality or magic powers are what extraordinary people should have. This is undoubtedly against the sky. Jealousy, therefore, crossing the catastrophe came into being to test the practitioners.Only after passing the tribulation can the skill be improved to a higher level. If the tribulation fails, the cultivation base will decline at the slightest, and the soul will be scattered at the worst.After crossing the catastrophe, the practitioners have to go through the three stages of refining the emptiness, combining the body, and Mahayana until the final ascension.

In the human world, there are more than 50 sects of comprehension, among which [Lingzong] in Anguo and [Nanzong] in Yueguo are the most famous. Both sects have a history of thousands of years. And [Southern Sect] also has two practitioners who have reached the fusion stage.

Murong You is now the second generation disciple of [Lingzong], and also the suzerain.The seniority in the sect is not based on the order of entry, but according to the realm that the practitioners have reached.No matter when you started, you are called five-generation disciples when you enter [Lingzong], four-generation disciples who reach the foundation-building stage, three-generation disciples who reach the alchemy stage, and second-generation disciples who reach the Nascent Soul stage. Cultivators are called disciples of the first generation.

The stage of foundation establishment is very easy to reach, and the average cultivator can reach it in more than ten years, but it is extremely difficult to go from foundation establishment to alchemy stage, it takes decades, or even hundreds of years.Some people reach the foundation building stage in their twenties, but when they reach the alchemy state, they may have reached the age of seventy.Cultivators who have reached the realm of alchemy will no longer age and maintain a permanent posture.Every time the realm rises, the cultivation becomes more and more difficult. Among the existing cultivators, there are only a few who have reached the foundation-building stage, and those who are at the Nascent Soul stage are even rarer.And Murong You is obviously a special one among the rare.

Murong You entered the [Spiritual Sect] at the age of 12, reached the alchemy stage at the age of 25, and reached the Nascent Soul stage at the age of 50. After 30 years of cultivation, at the age of 80, he became a Nascent Soul and got the opportunity to cross the catastrophe.He can be considered a genius in the cultivation world, but unfortunately he failed the first time he crossed the tribulation. Although he didn't lose his soul, he was seriously injured. His black hair turned into white hair, and his skills degenerated to the early stage of Yuanying.It has been another 25 years since the failure of crossing the catastrophe, and his Nascent Soul is about to be refined again, and will welcome the day of crossing the catastrophe again.

"About another year." Murong You stroked his long white hair. Although he was one hundred and five years old, because he reached the alchemy stage earlier, he maintained his appearance in his twenties.

"It will definitely succeed this time." An Chen firmly patted Murong You on the shoulder.

"Success or failure doesn't matter, it's just a necessary stage of practice." Murong You smiled slightly.

"You cultivators are really in a good mood." An Chen shrugged his shoulders, "By the way, what were you watching just now, so engrossed."

"I'm looking at someone."

"Who, where?"

"It's right there." Murong You pointed to the direction behind An Chen.

The third prince and Princess Pingting looked back at the same time, only seeing a blue figure leaving behind them.

"Hey, who is that person?" Princess Pingting blinked curiously, "I don't think I've seen it before."

"Well, it's really unfamiliar, but the eunuch next to him should be by the father's side. It may be that the father summoned someone from outside the palace. Recently, strangers often come and go in and out of the palace, which may be related to the war in the west." Ann Chen turned around, "Yu, what happened to that man, is there anything worth paying attention to?"

"It's nothing, I just feel a little different." A trace of doubt flashed in Murong You's eyes, why, when that person passed by just now, he clearly felt an aura belonging to the demon clan, could it be an illusion?

When passing by the Royal Garden, Mr. Xuan felt that a pair of eyes fell on him, which should be the white-haired man in the gazebo.Some cared about that gaze, with an inquiring look, as if there was some secret in him.Arriving at the entrance of the Imperial Study Room, Qinglian was left outside the courtyard, and Xuan Yi walked in with the little eunuch.Outside the study, the head manager Zhao Jin had already been waiting there. Seeing Xuan walking in, he immediately sent a message to the people inside, "The fifth prince has an audience with His Majesty."

"Xuan!" A deep voice came from inside.

The bamboo curtain in front of the door was lifted, Xuan walked in, a smell of ambergris came over his face, followed the chief eunuch through the outer hall, and came to the inner room, where Emperor Jing was sitting at the table reviewing the memorial.

This was the first time Xuan had seen his father with this body. He looked about 40 years old, and it could be vaguely seen that he must have been a handsome man when he was young.

"My son kowtowed to the emperor." Kneeling on the ground, his eyes fell on the floor.

"Zhao Jin, you go and guard outside, no one is allowed to enter without my call." Emperor Jing's majestic voice sounded from above his head.

"Yes." There was the sound of footsteps leaving, and the room fell into silence.

For a long time, no one spoke, Xuan just felt that there were eyes on him, and he didn't know what the other party wanted to do.

After a long time, he heard the sound of clothes rubbing, someone walked in front of him, and a pair of strong hands helped Xuan up from the ground, "Yi'er, get up."

Xuan looked at Emperor Jing in surprise, not as indifferent as imagined, this Emperor Jing seemed to have a very good attitude towards him, didn't it mean that Emperor Jing didn't like the Fifth Prince?

Sensing Xuan's strange look, Emperor Jing sighed, "Outsiders all know that I don't like you, but they don't know that among my children, you are the most important thing."

"Father?" Xuan frowned suspiciously.

"Originally, I planned to tell you about this matter later, but the current situation, I can only let you know in advance." Emperor Jing pulled Xuan to the chair next to him, asked him to sit down, and sat next to him At this moment, the two of them looked like father and son from ordinary families, sitting and chatting together.

"Yi'er, how much do you know about the Yao Kingdom?"

"Yaoguo?" Xuan didn't know the intention of Emperor Jing's question, but he still came to Anguo, heard or mentioned in the history books about Yaoguo's records one by one, "Yaoguo is located on the west side of Lingshan, 1000 Years ago, a huge thunder fell from the sky and landed on a part of the Lingshan mountain range. The boulders rolled down and the flying stones were shattered, forming a moat that opened up the east and west sides of Lingshan mountain. There is another world, the world of demons.

My son has never seen the people of the Yaozu, but only read the records in ancient books, saying that the people of the Yaozu have strange appearances, and their life expectancy is about two to three times that of ordinary people. Some of them have bird-like wings and can fly over In the air, some have fish-like tails, can dive underwater, some can call wind and rain, and some can manipulate water and fire. "

"That's right, as you said, they have great power and are a serious threat to us. The non-human race must have a different heart. In order to prevent the demon race from harming the human race in the future, the people at that time gathered , launched a war against the demon clan." Emperor Jing interrupted Xuan's words, and then continued:

"Although the Yaozu possess supernatural powers, they are very few in number. People think that they can destroy the Yaozu by relying on the advantage of numbers and clever methods, but we obviously underestimated the power of the Yaozu. Until later, the Yaozu began The counterattack against the human race, death spread, and the hatred between the two races deepened, and finally became two incompatible parties. The war lasted for thousands of years. At the beginning, because the human race was far greater than the monster race in number, even though they were With supernatural powers, we can also maintain an evenly matched state with them. But later, the demon race captured many human races in the war, and these human races were brought back to the demon kingdom and became slaves. In order to increase their population, they and the captured human race The combination of human women gave birth to mixed-blood descendants. Due to the differences in races, the abilities of these born mixed-blood babies are far inferior to those of the pure monster clan born by the tribe, but they have also become the descendants of the monster clan. The original balance has been broken, and we are at a disadvantage in this war with the demon country, so we can only temporarily propose peace to the demon country in order to gain some time to regroup and try to win again."

"This minister knows that the prince has already gone to Lingshan, so he doesn't know how the peace talks are going?"

"I invited you here this time for this purpose." Emperor Jing got up and went to the desk, picked up a scroll from the table, and handed it to Xuan.

Xuan untied the rope on the top, opened the scroll, and several clauses were densely written on the white paper.

"The Demon Emperor Ji Nanfeng put forward one item in the peace agreement, hoping that Anguo would send a prince to marry Princess Tianmu of the Demon Kingdom and keep the Demon Kingdom." Emperor Jing pointed to one of them and said to Xuan.

"Father wants me to go, right?" Hearing this, Xuanyue thought about the intention of Emperor Jing to summon him this time.

"Yes, I hope you can go, you are the most suitable candidate."

Looking at Emperor Jing in front of him, Xuan knew that he couldn't refuse at all, this was the king's order.Suddenly thinking of Qinglian, the girl will probably be disappointed when she finds out, it turned out that it was not a good thing at all.It is said that it is a marriage, but the selected prince is actually An Guo's hostage in the Yao Kingdom.Since one had to be sacrificed, it was natural to sacrifice the most useless one, the most valued son, just to make him willingly go to the demon kingdom to comfort him.

"Since the emperor has made a decision, the son should follow his orders."

The corners of Xuan's mouth curled up slightly. He is not An Yi, so whether it is Anguo or Yaoguo, it doesn't make any difference to him, it's just going from one place to another.However, Emperor Jing's next sentence made Xuan's smile froze, which was something he never thought of.

"Because you are also a demon, so Yi'er, you are the most suitable candidate."