Yuan Sun

Inside the hall, the lights are bright, luxurious and majestic, with a majestic aura. Inside the hall there is a bright lantern, inside is burning a green stone, blue smoke drifts up, swirling in the hall.

That is the sandalwood stone, when burned it will emit a strange fragrance, has the effect of condensing the spirit, it is an item that needs to be prepared for cultivation, but the price of this thing is not cheap, there are Being able to use it as a kind of flavoring like this is enough to show that the owner of this place has an extraordinary status.

Inside the inner hall, a middle-aged man wearing a bright yellow outfit was standing with his hands clasped. He had a resolute face, his eyes showed majesty, clearly had a high status, but behind him was a There was a faint aura rising, like a fire burning like thunder, emitting a low, resounding sound.

However, if you look at his right arm, you will discover that it is empty, because one arm is missing.

There was also a beautiful woman dressed in palace attire standing next to him. She had a slim body and a beautiful and graceful appearance, but her face still showed a pale, weak look.

At this time, even though their status was not low, both of their faces were somewhat worried and uneasy. Looking forward, they only saw a young man about thirteen or fourteen years old on the bed. He was sitting cross-legged, his body seemed skinny, his eyes were closed, his young face should have the bright and cheerful look of a teenager, but it was still wrapped in a blood energy. around.

That strange blood energy ran underneath his skin, faintly like the sound of a dragon's venomous roar emanating from it.

Along with that dragon's roar, the blue vein on the teenager's forehead also twitched, his body trembled, his face became distorted, as if he was enduring pain that was difficult to articulate.

Next to the teenager, an old man with white hair held a bronze mirror in his hand. Above the bronze mirror emitted a gentle light, illuminating the teenager's body, and after the light fell, The strange blood on the teenager's face also began to slowly stop.

The blood struggled for about a stick of incense before finally starting to retreat, eventually retreating into the teenager's palm.

When the white-haired old man saw this scene, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief as if he had been relieved of a burden. Then he turned around, bent down and spoke to the middle-aged man and the beautiful woman in palace attire who were waiting anxiously beside him. :

- Congratulations, Your Majesty, Your Highness has finally overcome this three-year hurdle. The next three years should be uneventful.

When the middle-aged man and the beautiful woman in palace clothes heard that, their faces showed joy, and their clenched fists gradually loosened.

- Tan Su, Nguyen Nhi is also thirteen years old this year. Normal teenagers at this age have already formed eight veins and can start cultivating, so what about Nguyen Nhi?

The majestic man wearing the royal robe looked at the white-haired old man and asked with anticipation.

Hearing him ask that, the white-haired old man's face immediately revealed a gloomy look. He shook his head slightly and said:

- Your Majesty, this time I still couldn't probe the eight veins inside your highness's body...

When the majestic man heard that, his eyes gradually darkened.

In this heaven and earth, the path of practice begins in the human body. In the human body there are countless meridians, the most important of which is the eight major meridians, except in some situations. In particular, in the body of a normal person, the eight veins will gradually form at the age of about twelve or thirteen. At this time, it is necessary to find the eight veins within the body, only when the eight veins are found. only in the body can one begin to cultivate, absorb the energy of heaven and earth, and clear the eight veins.

This is the opening stage, the starting point of cultivation.

As for cultivators, thanks to absorbing the original power of heaven and earth, they automatically reincarnate and change bones, and are also called original masters.

Qin Shi saw the middle-aged man's gloomy face, and felt somewhat unbearable. He sighed and said:

- His Highness was originally born with the destiny of a holy dragon, he would have been amazed by the world, arrogant to the world, how could he have encountered this disaster...

The middle-aged man clenched his fists, the eyes of the beautiful woman in palace attire standing next to him also turned red, then covered his mouth and coughed a few times.

- Please take care of your body, Your Majesty. You have lost a lot of blood and essence to nourish Your Highness, you cannot let your emotions be agitated.

Seeing this, Master Qin quickly spoke up to console him.

The beautiful woman in royal attire just waved her hand, looked sadly at the young man sitting cross-legged on the bed, and said:

- The poison in Nguyen Nhi's body will break out once every three years, each time it will be even more powerful than the last time. If you want to completely eliminate it, you can only rely on itself, but now its eight veins are doesn't appear, what should I do three years later?

Tan Su was silent for a long time before slowly responding:

- Three years later, it will no longer be possible to use external force to suppress it. If it continues like that, I'm afraid your highness's life will be in danger.

As soon as he finished speaking, the inner hall immediately became quiet, the middle-aged man clenched his fists, his body trembled slightly, and the beautiful woman in palace attire covered her mouth and sobbed.

- Saying that... I only have three more years left in my life?

In the silence, suddenly a somewhat immature, but extremely calm voice rang out.

The three people inside the main hall were startled when they heard it. They quickly raised their heads and looked back, only to see the teenager on the bed who had opened his eyes at some point, looking towards them.

The three of them looked at each other, clearly no one expected the teenager to wake up so quickly, knowing that before he had to be unconscious for two or three days before he could wake up.

- Nguyen Nhi...

The young man called Nguyen Nhi was named Chu Nguyen, and the middle-aged man and beautiful woman wearing palace attire in front of him were the king and queen of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Chu Kinh and Tan Ngoc.

Chu Nguyen moved his lips, his young face was pale, perhaps because his body had been thin since childhood, he could only read more books, so he looked like he had a weak literary temperament, so he remained silent. After a moment, he slowly opened his hand.

I saw that in his palm there was a dark pool of blood. That pool of blood was like an imprint from deep within the flesh and blood. It moved slightly, looking like a blood dragon baring its fangs. clawing, vague, as if there was a layer of strong resentment emanating from within it, making people tremble.

- Father, mother... this time, you two should also tell me, what exactly happened to me?

Chu Nguyen stared at what looked like a small blood dragon in his palm, clenching his teeth, it was this thing that made him suffer the pain of life worse than death.

Every three years, this thing would begin to act strangely, as if it wanted to devour every inch of flesh and blood throughout his entire body, bringing immense pain.

Hearing Chu Nguyen say that, Chu Kinh and Tan Ngoc's faces both turned pale without a drop of blood, especially Chu Kinh, clenched his fists, his face showing immense regret and self-blame.

After more than half a day of silence, the atmosphere became heavy. Chu Kinh finally took a deep breath and said hoarsely:

- This thing is venomous dragon poison.

- Vengeful dragon poison?

Chu Nguyen frowned, not sure what it was.

Chu Kinh's trembling hand touched Chu Nguyen's head and said:

- You should know these things now, Nguyen Nhi, you know, you are the holy dragon of my Chu family!

Chu Nguyen couldn't help but laugh bitterly, is there a holy dragon this miserable? Even eight veins in the body were not found.

Chu Kinh sat down next to Chu Nguyen and said in a deep voice:

- Nguyen Nhi, our Dai Chu dynasty today, on Thuong Mang Continent, can probably only be considered a poor small country, but you don't know, fifteen years ago, our Dai Chu It is also a magnificent country, admired by all nations, and majestic in all directions.

Chu Nguyen's small face revealed a bit of surprise. In this heart, there are countless dynasties and empires, and their Dai Zhou dynasty among them cannot be considered outstanding. Did he suddenly have such a position before?

- Do you know Dai Vu dynasty?

When Chu Kinh said this name, he emphasized each word with a strong voice, as if engraved in his heart.

- Dai Vu dynasty?

Chu Nguyen nodded slightly, Dai Vu is one of the leading dynasties in the city, the country is prosperous, has countless original masters, compared to their Dai Chu, it can be said to be a dwarf compared to a giant. .

At this time, Chu Kinh's eyes also became red, exuding deep hatred:

- So do you know that fifteen years ago, the royal family of the Dai Vu dynasty is now just a servant of our Dai Chu dynasty?

A startled look finally appeared in Chu Nguyen's eyes. The royal family of Dai Vu was actually once servants of Dai Chu and the others? Fifteen years ago, was Great Zhou and the others really that powerful?

- …. So why did it become like that?

Chu Nguyen couldn't help but ask.

- During the hundreds of years our Great Zhou was established, the Vu family always followed us to fight in all directions, extremely loyal and devoted. Later, our Great Zhou founded the country, in memory of their merits. , the Vu family should be crowned Vu King, enjoying boundless power, and the Vu family also guarded the border of Dai Chu for more than a hundred years, dominating all four directions.

Chu Kinh's body trembled slightly, his eyes showing blood:

- However, no one expected that fifteen years ago, the Vu family suddenly rebelled. It was not until this time that our Chu royal family discovered that after so many years of hiding their wealth, the Vu family had He has extremely powerful power, and there are many kings in the dynasty who are attracted to him.

- In less than a short year, our Chu family was scattered and fled straight to the south, fleeing to our Chu family's ancestral land, which is also the area surrounding our present Dai Chu.

- I don't know why the Vu family rebelled, their status and the things they enjoy in Dai Chu are not inferior to the royal family...

- Until later, the spy got some information from the Vu family, it was a prophecy that had been circulating in the Vu family for hundreds of years...

- What prediction?

Chu Nguyen was startled.

Chu Kinh clenched his teeth and said word by word:

- The python swallows the dragon, Dai Vu will be happy!

- The python swallows the dragon, Dai Vu will be happy!

Chu Nguyen read it again in a low voice, not knowing what it meant, so he asked:

- What does this mean?

Chu Kinh's eyes were now bloodshot, he stared at Vietnam, his eyes extremely sad:

- I didn't know what it meant before, until that day...

- Our Dai Chu were scattered, I led the remnants of Dai Chu's army, constantly retreating, the Vu family chased after us and did not let go, until we reached Dai Chu's citadel, but the Vu family still did not attack, just like waiting.

- Waiting for something?

Chu Nguyen felt a bit nervous.

Chu Kinh stared at Chu Nguyen, his face showing pain, despair and anger, making Chu Nguyen's heart tremble.

- They are waiting for the baby to be born.

These words of Chu Kinh made Chu Nguyen's heart beat faster and his face looked surprised.

On the other side, Chu Nguyen's mother, Tan Ngoc, covered her mouth, letting out a cry that seemed to be extremely suppressed.

- Do you know what it was like when you were born?

Chu Kinh looked at Chu Nguyen, his eyes were bloodshot:

- Nguyen Nhi, right at the moment you were born, there was a strange phenomenon in the sky, death appeared, there was dragon energy wrapped around your body, the dragon's roar echoed in the sky, it was the holy dragon meteorite.

- Children are born with eight veins that automatically open. As soon as they are born, they pass through the stage of opening the veins, directly receiving oxygen.

- This is the holy dragon's fortune in legend, it's rare for even a million people to have one person, in the future you can enter the great realm, with the same light as heaven and earth, the same life span as the sun and moon, you are the holy dragon Chu Chu. Our family has never had it before!

Chu Kinh's tone was extremely excited, his whole body trembled. As soon as Chu Nguyen was born, how excited he was. Heaven did not spare the Chu family, in such a dangerous moment, let the Chu family welcome them. welcome the birth of the holy dragon.

Chu Nguyen also opened his eyes wide, clearly he did not dare to believe that when he was born there would be such a strange vision.

- So…. Why….

His hands trembled as he hugged his shoulders. If he was born with eight veins that had already opened, why couldn't the eight veins in his body be found now?

Chu Kinh's excited voice suddenly stopped, the light in his eyes seemed to have disappeared, leaving only deep sadness and a gray expression:

- Because right at the time you were born, Vu Vuong's wife outside the city also gave birth to a boy and a girl. The boy had the qi of the dragon, and the girl had the qi of the spirit bird, which was also the body carrying the qi. luck!

- According to the information we received, King Vu's wife was pregnant for three years, but never gave birth, but suddenly gave birth that day...

- At first I didn't understand the reason, but then I finally understood. Rumor has it that people born on the same day and month can devour each other's fate. It turns out the Vu family has been plotting for many years. , what they want is not only my Great Zhou, but also my Great Zhou's dragon!

Chu Nguyen opened his mouth wide, his whole body felt cold:

- This is a conspiracy!

There is no such coincidence in the world. It is clear that for more than a hundred years, they have always been planning a separate plot to target their Chu family, even... specifically targeting him.

Because this time, they even used tricks to make King Vu's wife pregnant for three years, just waiting for him to be born!

Chu Kinh nodded slightly and continued in a hoarse voice:

- Indeed, this is a conspiracy. The Vu family has waited patiently for our Dai Chu for hundreds of years, conquering the North and South, gaining enough trust from our Dai Chu, but no one expected, they were patiently waiting for more than a hundred years. Another year is waiting for you!

- That day, King Vu entered the city, threatening the lives of countless people of Dai Chu, wanting to steal your holy dragon's destiny right in front of me and your mother...

Speaking of this, Chu Kinh's eyes even shed tears of blood.

On the other side, Tan Su's expression was also extremely painful, he also said in a low voice:

- That day, in order to protect His Highness, the King fought a big battle at Dai Chu Son with King Vu, but could not defeat him, and he cut off one of his arms, if it wasn't because King Vu was afraid of those people. If he destroys His Highness's holy dragon's luck and ends up in harm's way, I'm afraid the king will die in his hands.

- In order to easily rob His Highness's luck, King Vu made an oath that within a hundred years, Dai Vu would not set foot even half a step into Dai Chu.

The terrifying and terrifying scene from the past reappeared from the depths of his mind. Tan Ngoc on the other side could no longer bear it anymore and knelt down in front of Chu Nguyen Nguyen Nhi, raised his arms to hug him tightly, crying loudly. like tearing my intestines apart.

- Nguyen Nhi! My Nguyen Nhi! The mother is sorry for her child!

The cruel memories of that time were reminded again. She still remembered clearly, Nguyen Nhi had just been born at that time, was taken as the eye of the formation, and placed on the altar arranged by King Vu.

And inside the altar were the two newly born children of King Vu.

The only thing is, one person was robbed, two people were accepted.

Luck is stolen. Like separating flesh and blood, that kind of pain is hard to imagine.

At that time, Tan Ngoc had just had the joy of having a child, but could only watch helplessly as his baby son lay on the cold altar, suffering immense pain, the baby's cries rang out until hoarse voice.

That kind of despair and helplessness almost made her unable to bear it and fainted.

Phew.

Because his mood was too excited, Tan Ngoc's face instantly turned white, and he spit out a mouthful of fresh blood, soaking Chu Nguyen Nguyen Nhi's hair red.

- Mother?! What's wrong with you?

Chu Nguyen was frightened and quickly wiped away the blood at the corner of Tan Ngoc's mouth.

Tan Su, standing next to him, quickly walked over, his palm emitting a gentle aura, casting a spell at the top of Tan Ngoc's head, helping her stabilize the blood in her body. He glanced at Tan Ngoc's pale face. , then turned to Chu Nguyen and said:

- Your Highness, don't blame the king and queen for not being able to protect you. That year, the king tried everything and almost died.

- As for the Queen, after her luck was taken away, she infused her own blood into her body. From then on, she had to give him a blood transfusion every year, thanks to which Her Highness was able to live until today. But because of that, the queen also paid a very high price. Every time she wanted a blood transfusion, her life had to be shortened by three years. In the past twelve years, her life has been reduced by thirty-six years, greatly damaging her vitality. less than ten years to live.

- What?! What do you say!

When Chu Nguyen heard that, it was like he was struck by lightning, the blood in his eyes spread quickly. Before, even though he heard his luck being taken away, he did not have such intense emotions, after all. That also happened when he was too young, he couldn't remember anything, so he didn't have much regret for the so-called holy dragon's energy. Even if it was taken away, he only felt better. just startled and surprised.

The Vu family plotted against him for more than a hundred years. Although it also caused a few ripples in his heart, it was still possible to control it, but they caused his beloved mother to fall into a state of exhausted life force, causing her to become exhausted. For the first time in Chu Nguyen's heart, an irrepressible killing intent was born.

Therefore, when he heard these words from Master Qin, Chu Nguyen finally could no longer calm down, the blood from his whole body seemed to be boiling and rising to his brain, causing his face to become red, his appearance pale. The immature tu also became somewhat fierce.

- Vu family, you dare to harm my mother! Damn it!

Chu Nguyen's whole body trembled, his eyes turned red, an overwhelming anger and killing intent rose in his heart.

Chu Kinh hugged Tan Ngoc, helping her lean on the jade bed. His hair now seemed to have become more gray, his majestic aura from before had also disappeared, leaving nothing behind. He said dully:

- In heaven and earth, there are legends about luck, the Vu family's internal situation is weak, if you want to establish a country, prolong future generations, and influence the four directions, then you must have enough luck to support you, and the holy dragon's energy Your luck is the best.

- King Vu stole his son's luck and passed it on to his children. From then on, Dai Vu and the others had the protection of dragons and phoenixes, prosperous national fortunes, and all the prosperity that the Dai Vu dynasty had. Thanks to luck, they robbed me.

- If you carry the holy dragon's destiny and are forcibly taken away by the life of the python, it will inevitably give rise to strong resentment. Vu King intentionally sealed this resentment in your body, creating resentment and dragon poison. It will devour your essence and blood, constantly growing stronger, until one day it will explode and completely devour your vitality.

- At the same time, my holy dragon's roots were destroyed, the eight innate veins also disappeared, until today the eight veins have not appeared, the path of practice is full of hardships...

Chu Kinh's voice was filled with sadness, revealing immense helplessness. It was hard to imagine how much despair that day had brought to the Chu family.

That day, outside the city, the pythons gathered, their light was thousands of meters long, and they changed their appearance.

That day, the holy dragon roared in the city, turned into blue smoke, and disappeared.

That is the python that swallows the dragon.