Chapter 26: Xiao Chen and Liu Lan

  Since I don't know where I came from or where I'm going, let's put down the doubts in my heart and move forward! One day, I will remember everything. At this time, Xiao Chen's heart was very calm. In this way, our protagonist Xiao Chen, with his first companion in this world, who is also a female companion, embarked on his magical journey in this strange world.

  Let's talk about Jiayuan County again. Although Xiao Chen has left, Xiao Chen's shadow has been lingering in Ding Heng's mind, and it can't be shaken off. After all, in this world, there are not many people who are so kind and full of a sense of justice. Silently gazing at the place where Xiao Chen disappeared, Ding Heng muttered to himself: "Xiao Chen brother, I have a feeling that we will definitely meet again!"

  "General Ding, don't you think it's a bit strange? That little kid named Xiao Chen, I clearly saw the wound on his back, it was this big and bleeding non-stop, he looked like he was about to die. But just now when he left, he was so energetic and lively, as if nothing had happened at all! This guy's life is really big, it's just like a cockroach! No, it's even stronger than a cockroach!" A soldier next to General Ding suddenly interjected.

  "Is that so?" Ding Heng's heart suddenly shook. Yes, an ordinary person who suffered such a serious injury would have died even if they didn't die, at least they would have to rest in bed for a year or two to recover. But why did Xiao Chen leave with a lively and energetic appearance, as if nothing had happened? This young man named Xiao Chen was absolutely not a simple person.

  "Ding Heng, that person called Xiao Chen is really silly and lovely!" A silvery voice suddenly echoed in Ding Heng's ears. Ding Heng hastily looked around, but couldn't find the owner of the voice at all.

  "Fool, have you forgotten that the mysterious power of the Yaoke stone allows me to hide my figure?" The silvery laughter echoed again. It was indeed Huangfu Yanran, this melodious voice was unmistakable.

  "Ow!" The pain from his waist being twisted made Ding Heng grit his teeth.

  "Deputy General Ding, what's wrong?" The soldiers beside Ding Heng felt inexplicable.

  "It's nothing! It's nothing!" Ding Heng smiled. Huangfu's girl was really too formidable, able to hide silently by someone's side like this. If she hadn't made a sound, he wouldn't have been able to discover her presence at all.

  If one treats the journey as a trip, then the long road becomes much more interesting. Along the way, appreciating the purely natural beauty of the scenery, while having an intimate conversation with Liu Lan, Xiao Chen's mood also improved a lot. Xiao Chen slowly discovered that this was a very gentle, considerate and understanding woman.

  At the same time, as time passed, Liu Lan also discovered that he was a very kind-hearted person who knew how to care for and take care of others. A smile from the heart unknowingly drove away the gloom in his mind.

  "Xiao Chen, last night I saw you were so badly injured, but now it seems like nothing happened to you at all. Your body is really amazing!" Liu Lan was also very curious about how Xiao Chen could recover so quickly from such a severe injury.

  "Actually, I don't know why it's like this either!" Xiao Chen smiled and shook his head.

  "Is that so?" Lan's voice dropped a lot. Damn it! How did she bring up the past again, something the other person didn't want to recall?

  As for the sudden change in Liu Lan's expression, Xiao Chen naturally noticed it. But the fact is that he really didn't know! In order not to get entangled in this question again, Xiao Chen had to change the subject.

  "By the way, Liu Lan, why were those bandits who attacked Jiayuan City last night so arrogant? Why didn't the government send a large army to annihilate them earlier? If they had been annihilated earlier, there wouldn't have been so many innocent people dying in vain last night!" Xiao Chen's face turned gloomy as he recalled what happened last night.

  "Are there still officials in our Great Yan country who can truly protect the family and the people?" Thinking of her grandfather's passing, Liu Lan's face was filled with grief and indignation. If the Great Yan country really had officials who could protect the family and the people, last night's scene would not have occurred.

  In the end, all of this is the fault of the imperial court and that scoundrel Murong Yan. As the ruler of Great Yan, he only knows how to indulge in pleasure and never wants to ask about state affairs. Those so-called high-ranking officials of Great Yan are also only interested in extorting money from the people and do not care about their suffering.

  Excessive levies and miscellaneous taxes are rampant, corrupt officials and greedy clerks are also rampant. Even the military rations of a country's pillar, the army, have to be embezzled. To the point where the official army of the great Yan state is not much better than beggars. What kind of combat effectiveness does such an army still have? What can they still rely on?

  If things go on like this, the world will be in great chaos and people's lives will be lost. Murong Yan, you bastard, what are you doing?

  "Liu Lan, you're overthinking it. Maybe things aren't as bleak as you imagine!" Xiao Chen hastily spoke out to comfort her, clearly sensing the low spirits of Liu Lan.

  "That's right, my Great Yan Empire still has the Imperial Tutor, as long as the Imperial Tutor is around, those people won't dare to act recklessly." Huangfu Yan, the current Imperial Tutor of the Great Yan Empire, was the one who single-handedly took on all matters of state when Murong Yan didn't care about governance. It was precisely because of his existence that the petty officials of the Great Yan Empire didn't dare to act wantonly, and the common people were able to catch their breath.

  It can be said bluntly that the State Preceptor is the pillar of the Great Yan Dynasty and the only hope for us common people.

  Moreover, if things really reach an irretrievable point, the true gods will not sit idly by. With the true gods' mighty power and their benevolent hearts, as long as they intervene, everything will turn for the better.

  "True God?" Xiao Chen clearly remembered that Gao Yi had said before, these beings known as gods still lingered in this world, only ordinary people had no chance to see them.

  "That's right, the true gods are the most merciful and benevolent! When it comes to this, Liu Lan's face is filled with endless reverence. "Compared to the heavenly gods who abandoned this world, they will never leave humanity, these seven are the ones that make people extremely respectful."

  "Seven?" Xiao Chen furrowed his brow, this number somehow sounded a bit strange? And it also gave him an unusually familiar feeling?

  "That's right, there are seven true gods in total. If the true gods are willing to show up, everything will get better." As soon as she said this, Liu Lan became excited and cheerful.

  The north of the Great Yan Kingdom is a land of bitter cold, where the barbarians live, and they are also the arch-enemies of the Great Yan Kingdom. Continuing to venture further north, the climate becomes even colder, with thousands of miles of ice and snow all year round, and the coldness of the climate can turn iron into powder. No human has ever had the courage to enter there, after all, life only comes once.

  But who would have thought that in this place where humans dare not tread, there is actually someone existing. At the summit of a high mountain in the far north, amidst the swirling snowflakes, a handsome man dressed in white stands elegantly. The storm rages and the snow falls heavily. However, it's extremely strange that whether it's the fierce wind or the heavy snow, when they approach him, they immediately become tame and pass by his side with trepidation.

  A handsome young man in white clothes suddenly laughed, "Despicable humans, shameless humans, have you forgotten the existence of the heavenly gods who gave you great blessings? You think the heavenly gods have left this world, but you don't know that I, Song Cheng, have never left. The reason I risked being punished by the Heavenly Emperor and stayed in this world is to take revenge, to retaliate against you ungrateful guys!"

  "Foolish humans, wretched humans, just you wait! In the not-too-distant future, a great chaos will engulf the world. And at that time, it will be the beginning of your nightmares. I'd like to see how those seven self-proclaimed true gods' wandering spirits in the underworld will save you then!"

  "Ah, and then there's you, Xiao Chen. I didn't think you, a little bastard, would actually survive! But you're really not very considerate, you should have just muddled through your life in that world, but instead you've come back to this one, as the fourth envoy of the underworld. Pitiful and laughable little thing, I don't know how to dote on you?"

  "And what about Ye Xing that bastard? Didn't he swear to protect you for the rest of his life?"

  "Never mind, such a small matter, the great Heavenly God doesn't have time to bother with it! Xiao Chen, as long as you behave yourself and don't cause any trouble, I won't do anything to you! After all, after all...after all, we're barely considered relatives!"

  "Hahaha!" The man burst into loud laughter, his voice soaring to the sky. "Rumble, rumble! Rumble, rumble!" A deafening roar came, and endless snow on the mountain top went crazy and rushed down to the foot of the mountain.

  It's all over!

  In the southernmost part of Yan, the climate is the most pleasant, the products are the richest, and the humanities are the most outstanding. This place is known as a place where you can get everything you want. Here sits the largest and most prosperous city in Yan. And here, it is also the dream destination for countless people from Yan.

  This is the city of Kuang Chang, which is also the capital of the Great Yan Kingdom. In the imperial city of the Great Yan Kingdom, the most magnificent and majestic building is naturally the palace. Grandiose and beautiful, it is a true portrayal of the palace. And in this mysterious building, the one who lives here is naturally the highest existence of the Great Yan Kingdom, the Emperor of the Great Yan Kingdom.

  In the beautiful back garden of the palace, all kinds of fragrant flowers and rare grasses were everywhere. And in a piece of clean lawn wrapped with fresh flowers, there was a young man wearing gorgeous clothes sitting still.

  The young man, barely twenty years old, had a remarkably delicate face, but the only flaw was that his body seemed slightly thin and pale. "Ah-choo!" The young man suddenly let out a sneeze for no reason.

  "Your Majesty, I told you to wear more clothes when you came out, but you didn't listen. Now look, you've caught a chill!" A slightly reproachful voice rang out, and a middle-aged man of about forty years old with a pale face and no beard appeared behind the young man. He gently draped a large cloak over the young man's shoulders.

  "Thank you, teacher!" The young man smiled and turned around, "In this kind of weather, how could I catch a cold? I'm 80% sure that someone was talking behind my back. I dare to say that it's probably that old scoundrel Huang Fu Yan!"

  "Your Majesty, you are so intelligent and ambitious, why do you always pretend to be a humble and indulgent person in front of outsiders, only knowing how to eat, drink and have fun? Don't you know that everything under heaven belongs to you? But look...” The middle-aged man shook his head and sighed.

  "This world is mine? I've long been an adult, but that old scoundrel Huangfu Yan still refuses to hand over the great power to me, saying I'm too young and need to be tempered a bit more. Scoundrel, what does Huangfu Yan count as, daring to criticize me like this? Don't think that just because Grandfather conferred upon him the title of National Master back then, he can act so recklessly! Is this world his or mine?"

  "Teacher, you also know that the current Huang Fu Yan is an old fox who has dominated the imperial court and is reluctant to hand over power to me. I suspect he must have ulterior motives, if I didn't pretend to be weak and incompetent, I reckon he would have made a move against me long ago!"

  "Your Majesty, this is just your guess, maybe things are not as you think. Is the State Preceptor's loyalty to Great Yan and to Your Majesty not true?"

  "Are you loyal and devoted? Teacher, I ask you, if you were in the position of Huangfu's old fox spirit, would you still be loyal and devoted? You should know that human nature is greedy!"

  "This..."