Chapter Sixteen: Stunning the Entire Scene (Third Update)

  Cang Xue Dynasty, Imperial Palace.

  The giant Peng bird pulled a cloud chariot, carrying Tang Lin and the other two from afar in the sky. Tang Lin sat on the cloud chariot, feeling the strong wind whistling by, with all the beautiful scenery of the city unfolding before his eyes. Especially after entering the imperial palace, as it was the giant Peng bird's cloud chariot, the imperial guards saw it and let them pass directly.

  All that can be seen is a building made of golden tiles, majestic and magnificent, lined up together like a vast and profound maze.

  Tang Lin had never seen a palace with such an imposing atmosphere before, and his heart was filled with wonder.

  At this time, the Penghuo Firebird Cloud Car descended onto the Imperial Palace Forbidden Temple Square, and two divine and majestic Penghuo Firebirds gently landed. Tang Lin and Feng Wujie leaped out of the cloud car, gazing at the vast white jade stone square as well as the magnificent and luxurious palace in front of them.

  "The Palace!"

  Both of them were solemn in their hearts.

  In this palace lives the current emperor, who holds all the major policies of the entire Cangxue Dynasty!

  Just at this time ——

  "Hiss!"

  In the nearby sky, two large Penghuai birds pulled a cloud car, floating down to the square. Two people floated down from this cloud car, one male and one female.

  "The people of Shenwu Gate." Feng Wujie said in a low voice.

  Tang Lin was taken aback, and as he looked at the two of them, he saw that the man was extremely handsome, like a refined gentleman, with red lips and white teeth, and his eyes had a warm and gentle smile.

  The woman beside him wore a soft green dress that resembled a wave, her pale skin visible under the gauze of her skirt, full of clarity and temptation.

  The two of them also saw Tang Lin and the others, that handsome young man Feng Wuji looked over, his smile had some deep meaning. He nodded at the two of them, as if they had met before.

  Feng Wujie glanced at him and then withdrew his gaze.

  At this time, the two generals on the two cloud cars walked down, and the robust middle-aged man smiled: "It seems that the time is the same, let's go, the emperor has been waiting for a long time inside."

  Tang Lin and Feng Wuji walked together with the handsome young man and the beautiful woman, towards this magnificent and majestic palace.

  In the resplendent palace, red pillars and golden dragons entwine. A crystal-like long corridor is paved in the center, from which the dome of the great hall can almost be seen.

  At this moment, on both sides of the crystal path in the grand hall, stood the civil and military officials of the court. On the right side were the literary officials with a scholarly air, while on the left side were the military officials filled with a fierce and sharp aura of war. Although the Cheonhye Kingdom was a martial empire, it could be seen from their positions in the grand hall that the literary officials still occupied a large proportion.

  The emperor did not abolish this system of valuing literature over martial arts. Tang Lin felt a wave of relief in his heart, although he was a god of war and loved to practice martial arts, but he also liked the wisdom of scholars and their poetic talents.

  Tang Lin looked up at the full house of civil and military officials. All he saw was a golden throne on the nine-tiered platform, completely made of pure gold, with a magnificent golden dragon carved on the chair, symbolizing majesty. Including the nine-tiered platform, it represented the meaning of "Nine Five Supreme".

  Sitting on the golden throne was a handsome young man. He looked like a young man, but his deep and wise eyes revealed the vicissitudes of an elder and brightness. However, judging from his body, his skin was as white and delicate as that of a newborn baby.

  Tang Lin's heart skipped a beat as he watched, and he stood up with reverence.

  Ice Emperor!

  This person is the highest ruler of the Cang Xue Dynasty!

  A majestic middle-aged man driving a cloud car stood outside the grand hall gate and respectfully said, "I have brought the four people who were selected for this pre-training camp in the Holy Temple, waiting to be summoned by Your Majesty."

  "Present!" a sharp voice said, coming from the eunuch beside Emperor Bing.

  The majestic middle-aged man gave Tang Lin and the others a look, and they understood it. They immediately lowered their heads and walked into the palace. When meeting the emperor, they could only look at their toes, and if they raised their heads slightly, it would be extremely disrespectful!

  Including Feng Wuji, all four of them bowed their heads and walked forward respectfully.

  "Hmm." A gentle and charming voice with a rich magnetic charm came from above the heads of several people, almost like a heavenly being.

  Just hearing this one "hmm", Tang Lin felt a surge of hot blood rising up inside his body.

  "You can look up." The gentle voice chuckled: "I also want to see the few geniuses born in the Cang Xue Dynasty, what kind of appearance they are."

  Tang Lin and others immediately looked up.

  Tang Lin raised his head and saw Bing Di, whose warm smile and bright, deep eyes seemed to carry a strange charm that made him feel a heavy sense of oppression.

  "Is this the majesty of the Emperor?" Tang Lin thought to himself.

  "Very good." Bingdi's gaze swept over Tanglin and the others, smiling as he said: "This time you four have joined the Holy Temple's preparatory camp, be sure to perform well and strive to pass the assessment early, directly advancing into the Holy Temple."

  Several people were listening respectfully.

  "There is an opportunity among you few." The Ice Emperor looked at the four of Tang Lin and smiled, saying: "You can choose to give up joining the Holy Temple's preparatory camp, join the Imperial Army, directly serve as a centurion, and once you have established enough military merit, you will be able to become one of the Empire's great generals!"

  "The glory of a great general is not inferior to that of a sage."

  "Is anyone willing?" Ice Emperor looked at the four of them warmly.

  Tang Lin and the other three exchanged a glance, but none of them spoke.

  "Is no one willing?" The Ice Emperor smiled slightly and said, "Very well, I hope there are confident young people. After joining the Holy Temple's preparatory camp, you must work hard to become the pillars of the Empire in the future!"

  "Yes." Tang Lin and the other three replied respectfully.

  "You all go down first, this afternoon there will be an envoy to bring you into the Holy Temple camp, before that, you can play in the imperial palace." The Ice Emperor smiled and said.

  "Yes sir." The four Tang Lin retreated respectfully.

  As soon as Tang Lin walked out of this magnificent palace, he felt the pressure that had been lingering on him suddenly disappear, and his whole body was relaxed.

  "He actually saw the emperor!" Tang Lin's heart was excited, "This is the highest person in the Cangxue dynasty, the majesty of the emperor, is indeed boundless!"

  At this time, a eunuch over sixty years old walked out from the side of the palace. Tang Lin took a look at the embroidery on his eunuch uniform and found that it was a sixth-grade official position. In the eunuch official system, the sixth grade is the position of a deputy general manager of eunuchs.

  "A few." The old eunuch smiled and said: "Follow me, I'll take you to the Imperial Garden."

  "Hmm." Tang Lin and the other three could only follow up.

  Although all four were geniuses with pride soaring in their hearts, they had to put away the pride in their hearts in this magnificent imperial palace.

  Followed the old eunuch to the Imperial Garden.

  Tang Lin gazed out, and all he saw were beautiful flowers. There were purple violets, osmanthus, hibiscus, and so on. No matter what variety of flower, they were all nourished to be extremely vibrant.

  The air is filled with the fragrance of various flowers.

  Tang Lin sighed in his heart, it was just an imperial garden. The fresh flowers here were nourished every day, and he didn't know how much silver would be consumed.

  Luxury!

  Tang Lin and a few others followed the old eunuch on a tour, in the imperial garden there were many pavilions with palace maids standing around. Suddenly, the old eunuch spotted a wilted flower petal, his face sank, and he growled: "Who has been taking care of this pot of flowers?"

  A palace maid came over, trembling and stuttering: "Your Excellency, yes, it's me..."

  "Hmph. You can't even take care of a single flower, what's the point of keeping you? Take off your palace maid badge, tomorrow you'll go to Qinghe Hall to do some cleaning work." The old eunuch said coldly.

  The palace maid's face turned white upon hearing this.

  The imperial garden is a rare treasure, losing it would be a great loss. However, seeing the old eunuch's gloomy face, she didn't dare say more and could only nod in agreement.

  Tang Lin and several others saw this and sighed in their hearts. It was indeed the imperial palace, where a single misstep could send one tumbling from the clouds to hell.

  A small petal can bury a person's future.

  Are flowers sometimes more precious than people?

  Just then, a clear voice sounded, saying: "Director Mo, this flower is what I have been nurturing."

  The old eunuch turned his head and immediately became respectful, saying: "Your humble servant has seen the Seventh Princess."

  Tang Lin and several others looked up, only to see a woman wearing noble silk brocade walking out of the flower cluster, with delicate skin full of charm, flying eyebrows with a few cleverness and cunning.

  "Princess Qi?" Tang Lin and his companions saw the beautiful woman, paused for a moment, then hastily bowed their heads and said: "We've seen Princess Qi."

  "Hmm." The Seventh Princess simply nodded lightly, her gaze sweeping over them before lingering on Tang Lin's face, a hint of playfulness in her eyes. She waved at the old eunuch and said, "You can go down now, I'll take them for a stroll."

  The old lady was somewhat embarrassed.

  "What? Are my words not enough?" Seventh Princess's face turned cold.

  The old eunuch was so frightened that he hastily said, "No, no, I deserve to die. I'll withdraw immediately." Saying this, he quickly turned around and left with a sullen face.

  The Seventh Princess turned her head and looked at Tang Lin and the others with great interest, saying: "You are the four people who were selected for the Holy Temple's preparatory camp, right?"

  "Hmm." Tang Lin nodded.

  "I heard that the competition for this quota was very fierce, looking at you all, you must be very strong." The Seventh Princess's mouth curved into a smile and said: "This time, Father Emperor summoned you to the palace, do you know what it's about?"

  Tang Lin and several others looked at her, no one said much.

  The four people present were not foolish and knew the complex and sinister relationships within the imperial palace, so they did not dare to make random guesses about the emperor's intentions.

  The Seventh Princess smiled and said, "You all must work hard. This time, accompanying you to the Holy Temple's preparatory camp is also my good sister, so you all must take care of her."

  "Your sister?" The handsome young man of Shenwu Gate was taken aback and hastily asked: "Is it the Ninth Princess?"

  "Do you know?" Seventh Princess looked at him with interest.

  The handsome young man nodded, and exclaimed: "Who doesn't know the great name of Ninth Princess? It's said that when Ninth Princess was born, purple lightning rolled in the sky, and strange phenomena occurred one after another. At a glance, it's clear she's not an ordinary person. From what I know, Ninth Princess could wield true energy at the age of three, and at nine years old, she could already fight against martial artists. Now that she's sixteen, it's said she's already become a Martial God!"

  The Seventh Princess looked at him in surprise, then smiled and said: "It seems that you know a lot about this sister of mine. She was born with a sacred body, and at the age of three, she opened up her second aperture as a warrior. Her true energy flowed throughout her body, and after six years of cultivation, she was finally able to control her true energy and not harm people randomly."

  ……

  I'm so sorry for the delay today.

  It was originally planned to be coded at six o'clock, but there were sudden things at that time, which led to the delay of the update. I'm really sorry. Today, it was originally scheduled for three updates, but something came up temporarily and my brain is a bit messy now. Forcing myself to write three updates will lower the quality.

  So I decided to post three more tomorrow.

  Today's third chapter is postponed until tomorrow, hope everyone won't be angry, really sorry. Today two updates, no explosion, Lao Gu also has no face to ask for votes, tomorrow will rise again, continue to fight for monthly tickets. (..)