On the road of growth, there will be steel-like tempering, there must be rugged and bumpy mountain roads, there must be deep quagmire in them, but if you don't do it because you are afraid of this, you will never reach the end, even if the blood recedes, even if the world is impermanent, but after all, you still have to walk alone, cross that mountain, wade through that river

The outer city of the imperial capital

It's been four months since the meteorite incident, and since Xiu escaped from the Forest of Silence, he has been separated from the elves, and the elves have suffered serious casualties this time, so they can only choose to settle in a forest tribe on the outskirts of the imperial capital, and Xiu, who is only fourteen years old, chooses to wander outside, he must become self-reliant, learn to live independently, and he can no longer drag anyone around him

In the course of four months, he not only lived independently and spent his fifteenth birthday, but also met his current friend Anqi in the course of his adventures, Angel is a human race, she is kind and peaceful, she is loved by the residents of the outer city, Angel is three years older than Xiu, therefore, Xiu calls Anqi his sister

"Knock knock" Angel stood in front of the door and knocked on the door

"Get up!" said Angel, "I've never seen an angel as lazy as you."

"Oh, I see," Xiu sleepy-eyed mist, "come on, wake me up before dawn, and I've never seen an angel wake up before dawn." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info "Xiu complained while wearing the clothes that Angel sewed for him, because Xiu is a single wing, he can't wear Terran clothes, so he has to be customized, the clothes are worn on the body, the wings gradually spread out from the back, and the white wings are very beautiful

As the day began to get brighter, I opened the door after dressing and was suddenly grabbed by a hand in my left ear

"Why do you get up so late, tell you to get up quickly, where are so many words. Angel said with one hand on her waist and huffing

"It hurts, it hurts, why should the girl be so violent, it's still too early for the prince to accept the gift!" Xiu complained

At the age of fifteen, each prince had to perform a ritual in front of the Immortal Ancient Tree in the inner city of the empire to obtain the gift of the dragon god

"Let's go, what are you talking about" Angel pushed Xiu forward

"Hey, hey, my face hasn't been washed yet!" Xiu said helplessly

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The entire imperial capital is built on the Tibes Mountains, stretching for thousands of miles, the imperial capital is divided into the inner city and the outer city, the outer city has many small towns, generally for commoners and other races other than the human race, and the inner city is basically inhabited by the nobles of the human race, of course, including those who have titles of other races, in this world, the title can be bought, of course, the premise is to have enough wealth, except for the national ceremony or important ceremonies, the inner city is generally not open to the public

"Wow, there are so many people in the inner city!" Anqi and Xiu said in unison

The soldiers stood on either side of the road leading from the outer city to the inner city, looking firmly ahead, and the nobles looked at the two children and sneered

Because there are many races in the outer city whose bloodlines are not pure enough, Xiu's group will not have much attention when they enter the inner city, but there are still some people who squint at Xiu's single wing out of curiosity

There is a clear difference between the inner city and the outer city: neat stone-paved roads, historic buildings, standing quietly on both sides of the road, a river flowing slowly through the entire inner city, and the occasional falling leaves fall to the ground, which is very beautiful

Since this ritual is a national ceremony, many vendors from the outer city are allowed to sell it in the inner city, and they bring all kinds of novelties to sell here

Xiu looked curiously at the dazzling array of goods on the side of the road, and ran over with one wing shaking

"There are a lot of people, don't get lost, I'll be waiting for you there" Angel said, pointing to a huge statue in the middle of the inner city, although she was also very curious about the goods, but the price was amazingly expensive, and she could not afford it

It wasn't long before dawn, and the roadside was full of all kinds of goods, and many races came and went, and it was bustling

Xiu looked at those novelties curiously, and suddenly the birthmark on his right arm was faintly painful, and the dark red birthmark flickered, and Xiu knelt on the ground because of the pain, holding his right arm with his left hand, and his clothes were soaked with sweat

I saw a stone-like crystallization of a stall in the distance spinning and flying towards the location of Xiu, and the stall owner hurriedly chased the "stone"

The "stone" flew directly into Xiu's birthmark and no longer flickered, Xiu's pain was reduced a lot, and his right hand was supported on the ground

"Hey, that's mine!" shouted to Xiu

"yes, I'm sorry," Xiu said embarrassedly, he hadn't expected such a thing to happen

"Just apologize and you'll have to give me the money for this stone."

"How much is this stone," Xiu slowly rose from the ground

"Fifteen horses," said the stall owner, knowing that the price of 15 horses could feed people in the outer city for three days, which was obviously too expensive, and Xiu only had seven horses on him

"I'm sorry, I only have seven picks"

"Then come with me to meet the officers of the adjudication office" The stall owner pulled Xiu and walked towards the adjudication office (the adjudication office is similar to the place where miscellaneous disputes are handled, but most of them only settle disputes between nobles and commoners, and if it happens between commoners, they will deal with perfunctory things casually)

"Wait, how much will I pay for him?" I saw a woman in the distance walk straight over and cast a disdainful look at the stall owner, but the stall owner didn't seem to see it

The "Twenty Picks" stall owner's eyes rolled, and the sly face of the merchant was revealed

"Here you go," the stall owner took the money and walked back to the stall

"Hey!" Xiu tried to stop the stall owner, but the stall owner had already walked away, "That stone is obviously only worth fifteen grams"

"Those merchants and nobles like to bully the weak people the most, don't worry about them, by the way, my name is Smoke, I saw you as soon as I entered the inner city, your wings are so beautiful" Smoke said with a smile

"Thank you, are you also here for the national ceremony?"

"Yes, I heard that every time there is a national ceremony, two people other than the prince receive the gift of the dragon god."

"Oh, the gift of the dragon god?"

"Yes, I heard that there is a dragon god left over from ancient times living in the immortal tree in the inner city, whenever the prince is fifteen years old, the king will bring the prince here, the gift of the dragon god is a kind of power, and most of this power will be inherited by the prince, and the remaining part will be inherited by the two people who participated in the state ceremony."

Xiu and Xun talked about the gifts of the dragon god, and in the blink of an eye, they came to a statue

It was a Terran, carrying a scroll and a knife on his back, a knife in his hand pointing into the distance, and the scar on his face did not diminish the majesty of the statue in the slightest

"This is the god of war, born in a tribe of the human race, since he was a child, he has a lot of strength, he joined the army of the human race at a young age, in the ancient war, he defeated the gods and demons with the strength of one person, and protected the human world's Anqi, the god suffered heavy losses in that war, and he retired, and the god of war was worried that the demon race would be revived, so he used his own blood to form a seal to seal the road between the demon world and the human world, and he also lost his life, "Yan talked eloquently, his eyes were full of admiration" And the Terrans slowly recovered, and the empire was established after that war, until now. ”

"Xiu, what are you doing, running around, causing me to look for a long time. Anqi ran over angrily and grabbed my ear, "Tell you to run around, see how I clean you up when I go back, sister!"

"Poof," smoked on the side, smiling secretly.

"By the way, Xiu, what is this?"

"Hehe, she's smoked, she saved my life just now. "Also, don't grab my ears, it hurts. ”

"Okay, the sacrificial ceremony is about to begin, let's go, smoke, why don't we go together?"

"Well, I'm just going there. ”

Immortal Ancient Tree

"Whew~" The prince breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to walk towards the ancient tree, as a prince, he was told the responsibility he had borne since he was a child, when he was three horizontal, his father had brought him here, and told him to protect the human race forever, even if he used the last bit of strength in his body, he had to put the human race behind him and use his body to protect his people.

"Father, I have finally waited for this day" There are still three steps, two steps, one step from the ancient tree.

At this moment, the white light instantly covered the entire imperial city, and a fiery red dragon actually flew out of the tree.

"Whew!"

The dragon, still hovering in the air, circled around the Immortal Tree, raising its head and howling loudly into the sky

"Look, the dragon god has appeared!"

"Wow! what a big dragon."

"I finally saw the dragon god with my own eyes!"

"Xiu, lower your head!" Angel patted Xiu on the shoulder, but because Xiu had never seen such a spectacular scene, he was intoxicated by this scene.

Angel was taken aback by Xiu, and pressed Xiu's head down with her hand.

I saw the dragon god fly into the crowd and pass over Xiu's head, Xiu was so close to the dragon god, it seemed that he would touch the dragon god's scales as soon as he stretched out his hand

At this time, the dragon god looked at the cultivators in the crowd, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, but he quickly disappeared, and after a few weeks of spinning, he flew into the air, soaring into the sky, and spit out two flames. The dragon god also flew towards the prince at this moment, and suddenly burrowed into the prince's body, leaving a fiery red dragon god mark on the prince's chest.

"Hurry, hurry, come to me"

"Don't rob me!"

"The dragon god's gift is mine," the eager eyes of the crowd stared at the two flames that were coming at them

"Huh, why do the two flames seem to be flying in the same direction!"

"It seems that the target of that flame is me" Xiu was very surprised at this time, because those three flames were flying towards him.

At this moment, a black gas burst out from the crowd, rushing straight towards the flame, knocking one of the flames hard, towards An Qi next to Xiu, and instantly burrowed into An Qi's body, leaving a gray-black dragon god mark on An Qi's forehead, and another flame rushed straight towards Xiu, but it seemed that the target was not from the chest, but only flew towards the birthmark on his right arm, and when the two flames were close to the birthmark, they were actually sucked in, and the flame seemed to be resisting. Xiu's body felt a flame scorching his internal organs, and he fell to the ground, and An Qi flew up in the air, surrounded by black qi, and flew towards the location of Shenfu Island.

The ancient tree faded at this time.

"This ritual is really not interesting, and the only three favors of the dragon gods have been snatched away by the young man. ”

There was an uproar in the crowd, most of them complained about the unfairness of this worship ceremony, some gathered around and pointed at Xiu, and the soldiers in the inner city also rushed over to maintain order

"It's all gone, what's there to discuss about these things" One of the soldiers slowly walked out, his face was shiny, and with a wave of his thick palm, the soldiers willingly dispersed the crowd

"You go and find the people who flew to the Floating Islands"

"Yes, Duke"

The Duke said to one of the captains, whose muscles were swollen and there were obvious knife marks on his arms, who had obviously experienced life and death, but he saw that his feet were tense, and he kicked towards the ground, and flew into the air like a cannonball, rode to the dragon hovering in the air, and chased after Angel's position

Smoke lifted Xiu up from the ground, but Xiu was still unconscious

At this time, the prince walked slowly and said to Xun, "Can you move and speak?" ”

"Send that teenager to my father"

"Yes, Prince," the duke's serious face immediately changed, and he said with a flattering expression

Note: One horizontal is four years old, and the prince can have the throne when he is five horizontal, but he cannot manage the country, and he can only manage the country after the announcement of the lord or the cronies around the lord, which is considered the inheritance system of the entire empire

Imperial Palace

If the inner city of the imperial capital is built at the highest point of the entire Tibes Mountains, then the palace of the imperial capital is built at the highest end of the entire continent, at the highest point of the palace, there is the room of the lord, it is said that standing on the balcony can overlook the entire empire, the imperial capital is condescending, the races of the outer city and the inner city can only look up at the palace into the sky, the only thing comparable to the palace is the Chenxing Hall built by the elves in the southern forest, but it has been destroyed by the undead family and only the ruins remain

"Where is this?" Xiu lay in a room in the depths of the palace, the whole room was bright and transparent, the wind blowing from the balcony caressed the window screen, and a few rays of sunlight shone obliquely in, only to see an old man holding on to the edge of the balcony, overlooking the beautiful scenery outside

"Uh-huh, you're awake," said the old man, who seemed to hear some noise, and turned to him

Xiu got out of bed and moved his shoulder, the birthmark on his shoulder still aching

"Where is this place, where did my sister and Smoke go?"

"This is the palace of the imperial capital, your sister is missing, but I have already sent someone to look for it, and your friend has also returned" The lord of the country was surprised, surprised that he didn't even ask who he was, but still answered Xiu's words.

"Oh, who are you?"

"You wake up," the prince seemed to hear a voice in the room, so he happily pushed the people out of the room and walked straight in, but when he saw the lord of the kingdom, he was born in peace, and walked up to the lord respectfully, and called out to his father

"My name is Yuan, I am the lord of this country, this is my child, it was so rude just now" Yuan smiled

"Well, the country, the lord of the country is good" Xiu had never seen a person with such a high status before, and he was at a loss for a while, and he didn't know whether to bow or clench his fists, so he had to say embarrassedly

"Haha" Seeing Xiu like this, the prince couldn't help laughing, and the lord of the country also smiled

"Anyway, how did I end up here?"

"You fainted during the sacrificial ceremony, I sent someone to bring you back, fortunately this time the soldiers of the inner city maintained order, otherwise there would really be no way to end it" The prince said first

"This has never happened before," said the lord of the kingdom, touching the prince's head, "Your situation is a bit strange, no one has ever fainted during the previous sacrifice ceremony"

"Maybe I can't bear this kind of power, or rather, my body rejects this power" Xiu Youxin wanted to hide the birthmark, but the birthmark was too strange to tell the lord and the prince about it for the time being

"Maybe" Perhaps the lord of the country did not hear the answer he wanted, and his heart was a little disappointed

"Then what are you going to do after that," said the prince

"Anyway, the most important thing now is to find Angel"

"You can stay here until we find Angel, I'm too bored to be alone in the palace," said the prince

"I want to find it myself" Xiu didn't want to trouble others, after all, the imperial capital was not his destination, "By the way, the lord of the country, do you know about the undead family chasing down the elven clan?" Xiu changed the topic and said

"That thing is a bit strange, I also sent someone to investigate," Yuan said, "It seems that that thing was premeditated, if the undead army wants to quickly reach the south across domains, it must use teleportation magic, and teleportation magic is only available to elves, but not other races, and to be able to teleport such a large army requires the participation of many elven priests."

"That is, there are traitors among the elves?"

"This is the most likely, the elves reproduce fast and in large numbers, and we can't tell who is doing it, as for their purpose, it is unknown"

"What's the deal with that meteorite?" Xiu asked again

"How do you know?" Yuan was obviously surprised, and glanced at the prince, who retreated

"I was there in that battle, and the patriarch sacrificed himself to save us," Xiu's eyes darkened

"Can you tell me about that battle?"

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"I hope you can help me investigate the meteorite, I always feel that things are not so simple" Xiu's face was solemn, but he still couldn't hide the sadness on his face

"Well, I can promise you about this matter, now there are only you and me here, can you tell me about you?"

"What's the matter" Xiu seemed to have in mind

"About your birthmark" Yuan asked curiously, "I didn't tell anyone about this, including my children" The eyes of the lord of the country are all over the empire, and he must know everything about Xiu's life experience and even experience, and Xiu has no choice but to tell the truth

"I don't know much about my birthmark, but this birthmark is definitely not something that only angels have."

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"Since you've decided to go, let Xin give you a ride," Yuan said

"Yes, Father"

"Your name is Xin?" Xiu was pushed by the prince and walked towards the right side of the palace

"Yes, my father usually calls me Di Xin" When talking about the lord of the country, Xin's eyes were full of pride

"Your name is Xiu, right? What family do you come from?"

"Family, I was born in a civilian family of the Angel Clan, how could there be any family" Xiu looked puzzled

"But only the family can take a single name like you and me," Xin said

"I've never met my father, maybe he's from some family."

With that, he walked to the dragon training ground

The dragon training field is very large, with a mountain peak towering into the sky, and there are grottoes of different sizes on the peaks, and a few dragons occasionally fly out of the grottoes, hovering over the peaks

Di Xin walked to the door, said to the personnel of the dragon training field, and walked in with Xiu

"This is the dragon training field" just walked into the dragon training field and saw a few land dragons walking on the road, and a few were resting, they didn't care about the arrival of the "visitor", Di Xin whistled, and a giant dragon hovering in the air swooped down, flapping its wings and slowly falling, and the surrounding dragons lowered their heads after seeing it

"This is Marcoby, with the blood of the Gran family, the Gran family is considered the best dragon species in the entire empire" Xin stroked the dark dragon scales on the dragon's body

"Whew~" Marcobi seemed a little impatient and made a muffled sound to show his dissatisfaction

"It's so handsome," Xiu was dumbfounded and sighed

"If you go to Sunken Island this time, let it take you"

As if to understand Disin's words, Makobi lowered its haughty head

"Let's try it on it," Xin helped him up

"It's so cool, it seems that you are not a prince in vain" Xiu smiled

"Sunken Island is the place where our empire holds prisoners, because the strength is too strong to execute them, they can only be imprisoned there, you should be careful this time" Di Xin said, patted Marcobi on the neck, and Marcobi flew up, flying in the direction of Sunken Island

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"You follow him," Yuan said to a soldier beside him, looking at the dragon flying away

"Yes, King," the soldier suddenly retreated into the ground, turning into a shadow and chasing after the Floating Island

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