39 CHAPTER 32

In the Great Martial Hall; The Crown Prince

Meets the Crown Prince

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Xie Lian knew, this ring must be something left by Hua Cheng. He held it in his hand and turned his head, wondering what it was.

When Xie Lian was still a crown prince, he grew up in the palace of Xian Le. The Kingdom of Xian Le has such characteristics as always enjoying beautiful and precious things, collectors are spoiled by such abundant goods, and therefore of course the royal palace itself looks so magnificent and so dazzling. The gold column, stepping steps, countless treasures and precious jewels, even the children of nobles there played with various colorful gems that were valuable like their own toys.

Xie Lian himself was so used to seeing treasures or valuables like that, and he decided to look at the ring in more detail, the ring seemed to be made of diamonds. However, the shape is very beautiful; maybe even the most skilled jewelry maker would not be able to make the same jewelry with the beauty that emanated so finely from the ring. In addition, of all the natural diamonds he had seen, the stone used to make this ring was extraordinarily clear, sparkling like crystal, dazzling and looked so noble, making it quite difficult to determine precisely what material the ring was made from.

Still, even if he didn't know where the ring was made from, it was definitely a very significant item. Besides, if this necklace and ring were found around the neck, this was not something that was accidentally dropped, and most likely it was a gift from Hua Cheng as a memento for him. Xie Lian was a little surprised to receive a souvenir like this. He smiled softly, decided to treat him well, then asked the boy what the gift meant when they met again at their next meeting. The only place it currently has is this broken temple; there was no right place for him to hide this precious treasure, so after thinking for a while, Xie Lian decided that the best place to hide and keep it was on himself, and Xie Lian then put the silver chain necklace around his neck once more, hiding it safely in his clothes.

After returning from going around to Mount Yu Jun and also the Small Road Inside Ban Yue before, Xie Lian lay helpless inside the Pu Qi Temple helplessly for several days. If it wasn't for some villagers who were too eager to come to him and offer bread or porridge, he might remain helpless for several days. Only until he felt the strength within him had recovered, Xie Lian decided to return to work and carry out his duties. As usual scavenging and then go home to rest , repair the temple and others.

He continued to spend his days there until one day, Ling Wen suddenly sent him a notice: Return to heaven now.

Judging from the tone, something bad will happen. Xie Lian could guess what a bad situation it would be and began to mentally prepare herself.

"What happened?" He asked, "Is this about the problem of the Small Road Inside Ban Yue?"

"It is true." Ling Wen replied, "When you return to heaven, come straight to the Great Martial Hall"

After hearing the words 'Great Hall of Self Defense', Xie Lian froze. Jun Wu * must be back.

[ Jun Wu is the title for Heavenly Heavenly Emperor Martial God. 'I am the god of all' or 'God is me'. ]

After the third increase, Xie Lian still hasn't greeted Jun Wu. As the number one Martial God in heaven, Jun Wu has spent his days cultivating Closed Doors or patrolling in the mortal realms, securing the world, and therefore it is difficult to meet this number one Martial God. Now that Jun Wu has returned, Xie Lian must travel to heaven to meet him, and therefore he ascends once again to heaven only after days of rest in the mortal world.

The heavenly court has one main road called: Martial Deity Avenue. Although there are many such paths that have been built to commemorate Jun Wu in the mortal world, they are only shadows and copies of the true path in heaven.

Xie Lian walked through such a vast road and headed for the heavenly court. Along the way, many temples from various deities filled the heavenly palace land, forming a large city, each temple looking so different in style and design, beautiful architecture, parks, sculptures and murals. Spiritual aura floated around him, and on the ground, several soft clouds spread with every step he took. On the way, there seemed to be so many heavenly officials in a hurry, and no one dared to greet or even greet him.

To be honest, usually there will not be many heavenly officials who will greet or greet him when he visits the heavenly court. However, 'not saying hello' in this case means that no fellow official will approach him or start any discussion with him; they will only nod their heads as an appropriate form of greeting. At this moment, everyone was pretending that Xie Lian was not there, as if even just glancing at him would get them into big trouble. If they were in front of them, they would hurry away; if they were behind him, they would slow down, leaving him with a large space, looking afraid to just approach him. Xie Lian himself was already accustomed to this kind of treatment and decided not to think so much about it; After all, what he was doing was dragging the popular and newly rising Little General Pei. Of course everyone will stay away from him.

As he walked, a voice suddenly rang out to him from behind, "Your Majesty!"

Xie Lian looked shocked when he heard his name being called, wondering who was still brave enough to call him at a time like this. But when he looked back, a junior official who had just called out with a noble name hurried past him, and ran towards someone who was going further ahead. He kept calling out as he ran, "Jesus, Your Majesty! How could you possibly forget the passing token to go to the Great Martial Hall? How will you be able to enter later?"

So there you have it.

Of course the nickname 'His Majesty' the junior official earlier shouted was not addressed to him. There are a number of crown princes in heaven, so some of the confusion that sometimes arises due to such things is not extraordinary.

But when he glanced and looked at the other crown prince, he stopped.

The young man had thick eyebrows and bright eyes with a big smile. This smile is very different from the smile that many other heavenly officials have; it is a pure and genuine smile without any intention behind it. Adding a young man's aura to his handsome face. To have a more violent official, like Mu Qin, to comment on what he had just seen, however, he might call it an air of ignorance. The young man was wearing armor, seemed to be filled with an aura of pride and heroism; but the armor he wore did not arouse blood and fighting, but it gave him an atmosphere of royal nobility, looking honest and brilliant.

Xie Lian stopped in his tracks and looked at the young man. The young man in front of him seemed to feel a gaze coming from behind and then turned to face him. When the junior official saw who that person was, his expression immediately changed. Xie Lian lightly nodded his head and smiled at him, "Greetings, Your Majesty."

The other crown prince is clearly someone who doesn't mind everyday details and doesn't seem to recognize his face, so when he sees someone greeting him, he immediately returns it with a bright smile and shouts, "Greetings!"

The junior official next to him gave him a little encouragement, and hurriedly said, "Let's go, Your Honor. We still have to go to the Great Self-Defense Hall."

The young man, still unaware and completely unaware of what was happening, seemed strange to the junior official behind him who suddenly pressed to push him, "Why are you pushing me ???"

Xie Lian let out a laugh and immediately changed her expression. The junior official seemed more in a hurry and continued to urge the crown prince to keep going, "The Great Self-Defense God may be waiting for us, please let us go immediately, Your Majesty!" The other crown prince could only give Xie Lian a confused look before turning to leave. As they walked away,

Xie Lian remained where he stood. And immediately, a few whispers from lower ranking officials floated and sounded into his ears from afar.

"... Well, that's strange. The world is a very small place."

"But the two of them are officials in heaven, it's only a matter of time. If you ask me, the issue of General Nan Yang crashing into General Xuan Zhen is more interesting."

"Hahaha, is it so rushed? They will immediately collide with each other! That will be fun! They are all waiting for him in the Great Self-Defense Hall, aren't they?"

Then, someone commented, "It doesn't matter if the world is so small, people really do something like comparing each other. Each person is really very different from each other; they are both crown princes, but His Holiness Tai Hua is right really someone so noble, and if it were him, he would not do things so shameful even when falling from grace. "

"However the kingdom of Yong An is far more prosperous than the kingdom of Xian Le, so of course Crown Prince Yong An will be far stronger than the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Xian Le. How grass grows depends on the land it grows on. Simple logic."

The northern region belongs to the Ming Guan Palace, with the martial god Pei Ming, the Western Martial god Qi Ying is Quan Yi Zheng, the Southeast Palace of Nan Yang is Feng Xin, the Southwest Palace of Xuan Zhen is Mu Qin, and the Eastern region is owned by Palace of Tai Hua, the martial god of Lang Qian Qiu.

Lang Qian Qiu, when he was still a human, he was a crown prince like Xie Lian. However, he is the crown prince of the Yong An kingdom. The kingdom of Yong An was a country built on the fall of the country of Xian Le, and the founder of Yong An was a rebel general who managed to besiege the capital of the kingdom of Xian Le at that time.

When Xie Lian was roaming the mortal realms, he had also visited the eastern region, and naturally knew that the crown prince of the Yong An kingdom had risen. As heavenly officials, it was inevitable for them to meet each other, so he didn't think too much about it. Maybe for others, that is one ingredient for whispering to each other gossip, even though it isn't really whispering, maybe it won't be to really be heard for fear of retribution. But the words were said without fear of Xie Lian who was clearly able to hear it, maybe even hoped something interesting happened if he accidentally heard it, so Xie Lian pretended not to hear anything, and casually walked away. At that moment, another voice came from behind calling, "Your Majesty!"

'Don't be anymore' Xie Lian thought, but this time when he turned around, it was someone who really called out to him. Ling Wen, with two dark circles in his eyes and his arms full of scrolls, approached him, "Everyone has gone to the Great Martial Hall for a conference. Be more careful once you reach the hall."

Xie Lian understood. "What was given to General Little Pei?"

"Exile." Ling Wen answered.

"That's actually not too bad. Not too bad." Xie Lian thought.

Alienation is considered a 'Temporary Expulsion' for heavenly officials who commit crimes, which means that the sentence handed down can still be negotiated, and there may still be opportunities to continue in their duties. If one day they are found to behave best, they may not be captured; maybe in thirty to fifty years, or maybe in a hundred or two hundred years. But for Xie Lian, 'not too bad' was of course by its own standards. For General Pei it will be a completely different story.

Xie Lian remembered another thing and said, "Oh yes. Ling Wen, what about the search for a boy with human face disease from Mount Yu Jun before? Do you have news?"

"I'm really sorry, Your Honor. I have no news at this time. We are working on it." Ling Wen answered.

Even for heavenly officials, finding someone in such a vast world is not an easy task. Even though heaven might be faster, it's still only the difference between ten years in the mortal world versus two years in heaven. Xie Lian could only say thanks, "Thank you for your hard work."

At that moment, they reached the end of the road, and a magnificent palace appeared in front of him and immediately greeted his eyesight.

The palace has stood for centuries, but it only shows eternal superiority, and nothing seems ancient; a layer of golden shingles looks so shiny in the shape of a pyramid, so dazzling with the l.u.s.ter it has. Xie Lian raised her head and glanced at the words that read as 'The Great Hall of Self Defense' under her golden roof, the words seemed to have been written with strength and with a spirit that was exactly the same as a few hundred years ago, unchanged . He lowered his head and then walked to the hall. Inside, many heavenly officials had gathered, in their own group of about two or three heavenly officials, standing in silence.

The only ones who might enter the hall were heavenly officials who had officially risen, all sons of the heavenly empire or persistent rulers, each full of spiritual power. They looked at each other in silence in a view filled with pride and judgment, their grandeur seemed so extraordinary. And at that time and place, everyone held their breath, not daring to speak. On the throne at the end of the hall sat a martial god who appeared to be wearing pure white armor.

This martial god looks so delicate and dignified, his eyes are closed and his lips don't utter any sentence, looking calm and solemn. Behind him was the Great Martial Hall which was so magnificent, but beneath its feet was a clean white snowy peak. As if feeling Xie Lian's presence entering the hall, he opened his eyes.

The pair of eyes were black obsidian but looked so bright and clear, as if formed by snow melting in a lake that had frozen for millions of years. When he winked, this martial god smiled softly, "Xian Le, you have come."

[ Xian Le is a call from Jun Wu to Xie Lian ]

Xie Lian lowered her head and said nothing.

When Jun Wu opened his mouth, he didn't sound loud, but his deep voice resounded throughout the Great Martial Hall. Then, all the official's eyes were focused on Xie Lian's figure and he knew.

It seems like this conference is not just about discussing the scandal regarding General Pei Little and the Small Road Inside Ban Yue, but rather.

The highlight of the show, it seems like him. Himself.

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