Chapter 916 Lofty Aspirations

Long Yuan’s entrance certainly had presence.

Yu Huaping,

One of the Four Great Swordsmen of the past;

That night on Xiping Street in Yan Jing, when Zheng Fan assassinated Zhao Jiulang, Yu Huaping single-handedly and effortlessly stopped Li Liangshen, even managing to cleave that carriage with a single strike.

Few people knew about this event, and it was barely spoken of in the martial world;

But Li Liangshen had been trapped in the capital region for several years, then kneaded by the new ruler, and only recently had he finally obtained an opportunity to lead troops to Nanwang City.

His stature as one of the Four Great Swordsmen was long gone.

A sword, well, should either wander the world freely, or rise like the wind, ascending the ranks, at least soaring straight to the top.

Li Liangshen didn't fit either, so his sword became heavier and heavier.

During the invasion of Qian,

By the small river,

Yu Huaping alone held off Baili Jian and the Swordsmith for several days.

Although Baili Jian ultimately died in the Yan army formation, no one doubted that Yu Huaping truly had the strength to take on two opponents at once.

Just like how Prince of Pingxi was forcibly included in the so-called "Four Great Generals" and then it wasn't mentioned again,

The Four Great Swordsmen had also become a thing of the past,

Yu Huaping,

Was rightfully the number one swordsman in the world.

The Prince had teased him a few days ago, asking, "Old Yu, you're the number one swordsman in the world now, right?"

The Sword Saint's answer was very humble: "The world is vast, and there are always those who don't like to be known."

The Prince's answer was even more direct: "If there really are a few of them, we'll send the army to make them famous when they want to be!"

Our Great Yan's Prince of Pingxi cares about face,

How could his neighbor not be number one?

However,

At this moment,

This number one swordsman was really a little too… impatient.

The Great Chu Swordsmith once said that swords mainly rely on the wielder to nourish them. Even a rusted, broken sword in the hands of the world's number one swordsman is still the number one sword!

And Long Yuan, by no means related to a broken sword, is a truly famous and inherently first-class divine weapon!

Just like that,

It changed hands?

This eagerness to jump on board was really too obvious.

It wasn't just impatience, it was almost a forced sale with no room for regret!

Logically, with his status and position, even the highest-ranking officials would have to beg him to take in their children, and even then, it would depend on the Sword Saint's mood;

Baili Jian was a martial arts instructor to the Crown Prince in the capital.

So, the Sword Saint's actions were practically lowering his status to a very, very low level.

But,

The Sword Saint himself really couldn't help it.

He couldn't wait any longer, and didn't want to wait any longer.

A spiritual child to a cultivation master is like a sculptor encountering a top-quality jade, unbearable to resist.

If Da Niu hadn't chosen that sword during the auspicious moment, the Sword Saint might have given up.

But Da Niu had truly chosen that sword,

And,

Most importantly,

She could sense the emotions of Baili Jian's sword spirit!

A sword servant is a natural sword embryo, meaning that the "unity of man and sword," which other swordsmen pursue throughout their lives, is innate to her.

As long as she receives guidance from a famous teacher and grows normally, a Third-Rank swordsman is guaranteed.

Although there are upper, middle, and lower levels within the Third Rank, even the lowest-level Third-Rank swordsman is an undisputed grandmaster in the martial world.

And Da Niu, not to mention her spiritual child physique, is born with the ability to sense the emotions of the sword spirit, and can achieve the same mind as the sword…

What does that mean?

It means that the path to opening the Second Rank, which he has pondered for half his life, is a smooth road for Da Niu!

Using the sword's body in place of the human body, using the sword's intent in place of the human intent, the power of the Second Rank enters the sword, entering the self to open the Second Rank.

This is the Sword Saint's way of the sword,

Da Niu,

Perfectly matches the Sword Saint's way of the sword.

So,

Yu Huaping didn't hold back, he couldn't hold back. If he missed this opportunity, he would go crazy, really crazy!

Old Yu's voice arrived first,

But he didn't just make a sound and act like a master,

He himself appeared very quickly.

The Sword Saint's residence and the Prince's mansion were connected. It was as easy for the Sword Saint to enter the Prince's mansion as it was to visit his own backyard.

He came to the round table,

Looking at Da Niu sitting there, this porcelain doll-like girl, filled the Sword Saint's heart with love.

Da Niu leaned against Long Yuan,

Looking at the Sword Saint;

Instinctively,

She showed a childlike smile that rivaled a Second-Rank sword intent at her age.

The Sword Saint leaned back slightly, he was about to melt.

At this time,

The father next to him really couldn't stand it anymore.

The Prince walked behind the Sword Saint, reached out his finger, and poked the Sword Saint's shoulder.

"I say…"

"Your daughter is Yu Huaping's closed-door disciple."

"But…"

"Before I die, I guarantee your daughter's safety!"

"However…"

"I will accompany you on every expedition in the future, ensuring your safety in the army."

"Daughter, hurry up and acknowledge your master."

Zheng Fan stepped forward, gently pressed Da Niu's little head, "Come, kowtow to your master."

In fact, Zheng Fan was happy that his daughter could be appreciated by the Sword Saint and taken as a disciple.

Tian Tian doesn't like swords and likes sabers, Zheng Fan supports it.

After all, in Zheng Fan's heart, Tian Tian seemed more suitable to wield a saber and gallop across the battlefield like Old Tian.

As for his daughter, Zheng Fan naturally didn't want her to stay at home and be a quiet and gentle lady, but he also didn't want her to be a Liang Hongyu fighting on the battlefield. That was too bitter and too tiring;

If she's idle, she can be a princess at home, and if she's bored, she can be a female knight-errant. That's a truly carefree life.

The previous "buts" and "howevers" were just taking advantage after getting a good deal. It was impossible for the Prince to set any thresholds for the Sword Saint or make his daughter a commodity for sale.

The Sword Saint certainly knew this,

But the two were too familiar with each other, and he really wanted to take this disciple, so he cooperated with Zheng Fan to go through the process and satisfy him.

Da Niu was still a little ignorant. She didn't know that her life plan had been arranged by her father at this moment.

However, her expression when looking at Long Yuan was like she was looking at a pet cat or dog.

She liked Long Yuan, and liked the aura emanating from Long Yuan's sword.

Zheng Fan reached out and drew Long Yuan, saying to the Sword Saint, "My daughter is still young, why don't you keep this sword for now?"

The Sword Saint shook his head and said, "Since she can sense the existence of the sword spirit from a young age, let Long Yuan stay by her side to nurture her. When she is older, she will achieve twice the result with half the effort."

Zheng Fan was a little stunned. He thought that the Sword Saint was referring to giving Long Yuan to Da Niu as an inheritance when Da Niu came of age or before the Sword Saint died. He didn't expect that it was a real change of ownership, and it was immediate.

"Then what about yourself?" Zheng Fan asked, "What will you use?"

The Sword Saint waved his hand dismissively,

Saying;

"It's all the same what I use now."

Just like that,

Da Niu had no room for regret, and no second chance to choose. Da Niu's auspicious ceremony ended so perfectly.

Xiong Liqing on the side had tears in her eyes. The strong Great Chu princess was always emotional when it came to her daughter, but these were tears of joy.

Zheng Fan picked up Da Niu and said to the Sword Saint:

"Want to hold your disciple?"

The Sword Saint subconsciously wiped his clothes with both hands upon hearing this, making such a restrained movement,

Then shook his head and said:

"No need, no need. When the child can walk on her own, I will come to teach her some mental techniques. During this time, let Long Yuan temporarily replace me."

"You're talking as if you're going to travel around. You live next door. When can't you come to see her? Liqing."

"Here." Xiong Liqing stepped forward.

"From now on, on even-numbered days, take our Da Niu to visit next door."

"Yes, I understand."

Saying that,

Xiong Liqing walked up to the Sword Saint and bowed slightly:

"Thank you, sir, for cultivating my daughter. I'll leave my daughter in your care in the future."

"Princess Consort is too kind. It is Yu's blessing."

Then,

The Prince turned around and looked at Zheng Lin.

Da Niu's was over,

What are you still spacing out for, kid?

Zheng Lin was still sitting in the center position, looking at this and looking at that.

The main thing was that he wasn't hesitating about which one to choose, but it seemed that there weren't many things that were worthy of his interest.

People were choosing one they liked the most from a pile of things, but he seemed to be picking one that he didn't hate so much.

Of course,

At first, Zheng Lin wanted to take the cocktail.

Although he was monstrous, he was just a child. How thorough could a child's thoughts be?

Seizing the auspicious, was just choosing something pleasing to the eye.

He wasn't very interested in the other colorful things. Only the wine, because he had been secretly fed by A Ming, he liked the strong sensation.

But when he looked at the wine, and then at his mother standing in front of him, or rather, when he saw the meaningful smile on his mother's face,

Zheng Lin hesitated.

He wasn't afraid of his biological father, really not afraid. Even if his biological father beat him, if he could talk, he would even dare to retort, "Come on, have the guts to beat me to death!"

He could sense this "good and evil", the "good and evil" of his existence. He was sure that this man who claimed to be his biological father could not really harm him.

But,

This woman who called herself his "mother"…

All the Demon King uncles loved him to death;

Only his biological mother was an exception.

How should he put it? In Zheng Lin's "perception", this woman, if really pushed to the limit, might really attack him, and would be willing to attack him.

A very strange perception, but it was extremely real.

Therefore, as a second choice, Zheng Lin finally began to crawl towards the "Imperial Jade Seal."

The Blind Man's mouth curved into an arc, good, very good.

All eyes collectively fell on the Heir Apparent, who finally began to crawl.

When they discovered that his target was the seal, everyone's faces showed smiles. This was a good sign, a good omen.

The family knew how terrible Zheng Lin's talent was,

But for these civil and military officials under the Prince's command, they only needed the Heir Apparent to be able to steadily be the Heir. As for the rest, they would follow the Prince and conquer everything.

Zheng Fan didn't stop him either. Taking out the Imperial Jade Seal was indeed a bit too "morbidly humorous", but if his son chose it, it seemed acceptable.

However,

Just when everyone thought that this auspicious ceremony would come to a complete end, and everyone was preparing to kowtow and send blessings to the Heir Apparent, they saw Zheng Lin, who had crawled to the Jade Seal, reach out and push it.

"Thud!"

The Imperial Jade Seal was pushed under the table.

He was small, and he was also sealed, but he could still respond to the saying "A lean camel is bigger than a horse," and his strength was much greater than that of children of the same age.

The seal landed and rolled.

The Blind Man's gaze immediately froze, even though he was blind, he actually had "eyes", at least, he could sense this emotion.

In the first instant, the Blind Man was a little angry.

But then, when his mental power captured some subtle expressions and movements on Zheng Lin's face, he wasn't angry anymore. In fact, he even felt very happy.

Heh,

Hehehe…

The Blind Man laughed inwardly.

He understood that he had placed the Imperial Jade Seal next to this child's bed early on, asking Mo Wan to help, letting the child play with it every day, and hiding it when the Prince and others came in.

He had always habitually thought that a child would naturally develop feelings for his toys after a long time. Not to mention children, wouldn't adults do the same?

Zheng Lin didn't understand the meaning of the Imperial Jade Seal. He was illiterate, so naturally he couldn't understand "Entrusted by Heaven."

But this child had an instinct,

He feared Si Niang, because Si Niang was his mother, and the Blind Man understood that, no matter how gentle and docile Si Niang was to the Prince, in reality, there was a kind of bond in her bones with the "creator" that was similar to that of a "father".

Because Zheng Fan was exactly this identity for them.

Si Niang had said that she didn't like men, and only didn't dislike the Prince. These words seemed reasonable at first, but were actually absurd, and after careful consideration, they felt very profound.

Therefore, Si Niang, as a mother, would love her son, after all, she carried him and gave birth to him, but her way of loving him might be different. If the child was disobedient, or really hurt her heart, she could just take the child to die with her. You were brought here by me, so I'll take you back with me.

This kind of maternal love was truly touching and terrifying;

So Zheng Lin was afraid of her.

As for the others,

Dare to control him? Dare to imply things to him? Dare to try to control him?

He didn't understand reason, but he would resent it.

Breaking the shackles, breaking the wild ambitions you had for him, was his resistance.

The Blind Man felt confident. He was very familiar with this personality. Every Demon King had his own hysterical era, lawless and unrestrained;

Very good,

Who could control this kind of child when he grew up?

The Prince liked freedom, but the Prince was also able to bend and stretch. In his early years, he knelt when he had to kneel, and admitted defeat when he had to admit defeat. Nowadays, he didn't rebel, firstly because he didn't think it was necessary, and secondly, because the emotional bonds on all sides were too heavy.

But this little brat was afraid that even if the Emperor sat on the dragon throne and looked at him, he would feel very uncomfortable.

And don't even think about using emotions to tie him down, he rejected this kind of yoke and shackle.

Whether he took the Jade Seal or not, it didn't matter.

Taking the Jade Seal didn't necessarily mean that he was really destined by Heaven, but with your personality, coupled with the status that we and your father had fought for;

Hooray, it was a sure thing.

The Blind Man felt that his future was full of hope.

There was no more interesting game than raising a godson to be the Emperor.

Immediately afterwards,

Zheng Lin began to act up.

He pushed the cocktails, books, abacus, paintings, and other things that were placed on the round table one by one off the table.

Everyone present was stunned as they watched all of this.

They found it hard to believe that a child this small, even if he was a little mischievous, how could he be so stubbornly determined to crawl over one by one and push them down one by one?

The Prince was standing next to him, not saying anything, but his expression was already a little ugly.

Compared to Da Niu,

This son,

Was really a little unlikable.

The Demon Kings saw the things they had prepared also being pushed down, which was fine, they weren't angry.

One was that they sincerely loved this child, and the other was that "all beings were equal." Since everything was pushed down, they didn't feel anything.

"Um… it seems that little brother is angry." The Crown Prince said.

Tian Tian also nodded with a worried expression. He saw that his father's expression was already very ugly, and his little brother was probably going to be beaten next.

"Brother, I'm going to the restroom."

At the banquet earlier, a new drink had been prepared. It was black, with ice cubes added, and it tasted very sweet, and his lips were a little numb, which was very satisfying;

The Crown Prince was greedy and drank a little too much.

Now, the auspicious ceremony had been delayed for so long, and the Crown Prince couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Oh, little brother."

Tian Tian was still paying attention to Zheng Lin, so he didn't accompany the Crown Prince.

The atmosphere of the entire scene,

Began to become more and more solemn as the objects on the round table became fewer and fewer.

"Have you made enough trouble!"

The Prince finally couldn't help it anymore.

Everything was afraid of comparison, especially when the comparison was with his own child.

This child's naughtiness seemed to be engraved in his bones.

Because the Prince was angry, no one dared to come forward to persuade the Prince. The most suitable person to mediate and smooth things over was Si Niang, but Si Niang was preparing to join the mixed doubles.

Zheng Lin crawled to the corner of the round table, scanning his surroundings with a smile.

Come on,

You want to arrange things for me,

Come on,

Come on!

Children really don't have any bad intentions. What he wanted was absolute freedom, even if he didn't understand what the word freedom meant, it didn't prevent him from pursuing it.

Seeing his biological father walking towards him, Zheng Lin continued to smile provocatively.

Seeing his biological mother also walking towards him, Zheng Lin panicked all of a sudden. He didn't understand. He had clearly pushed that cocktail down too, right?

He instinctively began to crawl towards the edge in order to avoid his biological mother.

He was about to fall down.

The Demon Kings didn't move, because they knew that this child's physical fitness was good, and falling wouldn't matter. Moreover, the Prince and Si Niang were obviously going to educate the child. If any of them stepped forward at this time, they would become grandfathers and grandmothers who were meddling when their parents were teaching their children;

But they didn't have the seniority of grandfathers and grandmothers in front of the Prince.

The civil and military officials on the outer circle were a little far away, and they were also intimidated by the Prince's aura, so they didn't have time to come over.

At this time,

Tian Tian ran in, and took the lead in supporting Zheng Lin at the edge of the round table.

"Father, my brother means that he doesn't accept charity. He has to personally obtain whatever he wants. My brother has great ambitions."

The Blind Man's mouth curved into a smile when he heard this. This explanation was very good.

Ke Yan and Dong Ge immediately shouted, "Your Highness, you created today's foundation from scratch. The Heir Apparent has truly inherited your ambition."

Jin Shuke also said, "Like father, like son, like father, like son."

Chen Daole then said, "A round table is too small, how can it encompass the ambitions of our Heir Apparent!"

The surrounding civil and military officials immediately understood when they saw this, and knelt down collectively, saying in unison:

"The Heir Apparent has lofty aspirations, which is the fortune of us all, the fortune of the Prince's Mansion, the fortune of the people!"

In Jin Dong, in the Prince's Mansion,

If we can avoid mentioning Great Yan and His Majesty the Emperor, let's not mention them. This was the tacit understanding of most people here.

Zheng Fan's footsteps stopped. He stopped, and Si Niang's footsteps also stopped.

For the Prince, if he could cover up this brat's previous actions like this, it would be considered a good ending. If he continued to get entangled, he was afraid that he would really be unable to end it. After all, the people of the entire Fengxin City, along with the soldiers and civilians of the entire Jin Dong, were waiting to hear the story of the Heir Apparent of the Prince's Mansion seizing the auspicious tonight.

The Prince smiled,

Pointing at Zheng Lin and scolding:

"This kid, I'm really afraid he'll be a lawless master in the future."

Everyone immediately burst out laughing. How could the Prince of Pingxi's Heir be too well-behaved!

The military generals laughed the loudest and most uniformly because they had just practiced tonight;

Everyone worked together to make it a perfect ending.

At this time,

Zheng Lin reached out and touched his side, and found that there was still a very small piece of something that had not been pushed down on the round table next to him. He turned his head and saw that it was still emitting a sweet smell.

He reached out and grabbed it,

Put it to his mouth and took a bite, it tasted pretty good.

Not many people noticed this scene, as they were all busy kneeling and giving blessings. Even if they saw it, they would think that the child was eating snacks, which the Heir Apparent of Jingnan had just given to coax the child.

But the Blind Man had been paying attention to the actions of the two children, one big and one small. Under his mental power, everything was extremely clear.

The Demon Kings secretly stuffed things inside,

The Sword Saint also secretly stuffed things inside,

Tian Tian,

Had also secretly stuffed something in. He stuffed in a piece of sachima.

And Zheng Lin was the only one who didn't push that one down. It might be a coincidence, but a coincidence inherently contained a kind of… providence.

Ah~~

The Blind Man felt so comfortable in his heart that he was about to shout out.

The sachima concept that he had instilled in Tian Tian for a long, long time, what you sow is what you reap;

Even if he couldn't rely on Tian Tian to grow up like Tian Wujing, but… he had unintentionally planted a willow that would thrive.

Thinking about it again,

Based on Tian Tian's performance in the prophecy, in the future, the Heir Apparent of Jingnan would only be more excellent and powerful than in the prophecy.

Tian Tian looked at his younger brother Zheng Lin eating the sachima that he had secretly placed,

And immediately a bright smile appeared on his face,

Asked;

"Little brother, is it delicious?"

Zheng Lin couldn't speak yet, but because of his spiritual child nature, he didn't dislike Tian Tian, and probably no one could easily dislike the temperament on Tian Tian's body.

So, after hearing Tian Tian's question, Zheng Lin smiled.

Tian Tian reached out and patted his chest,

Saying;

"Then if you want to eat it in the future, just tell brother, and brother will help you snatch it."