Ning Hao only felt that everything around him was so novel, and the whole world in his eyes seemed to have changed.

"Senior brother, you actually broke through?" the disciple who had been sitting on the bow of the boat inadvertently glanced at it and exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes, I broke through casually, without the slightest difficulty. The mouse immediately put on a smug expression and said unashamedly.

The disciple sighed a few times and sighed: "I really deserve to be a senior brother, from now on, I can see the truth, and I will no longer be blinded by the red dust, which is really gratifying!"

Ning Hao laughed a few times, and then asked, "Senior Brother Song, just now I saw that you avoided those colorful rivers, but is that the 'cosmic undercurrent' you said?"

"What, brother, did you see that?"

"Of course, I've entered the real realm, isn't it normal to see these things?"

I only looked at the disciple with a puzzled face, and said: "The reason why it is called 'undercurrent' is because no matter whether it is a monk in the true realm or the spiritual realm, there is no way to see its existence, and I can avoid them, also with the help of the magic of this treasure ship, but senior brother, how did you see it when you first entered the real realm?"

"Is that so?" Ning Hao thought to himself, but he remembered that when he was close to these undercurrents, the cultivation in his body had skyrocketed abnormally, and there was a strange call in it.

"Could it be that only I can experience and see these strangeness?" Ning Hao frowned and thought for a while, but he couldn't think of a reason, so he had to regard this as one of the countless mysteries in the vast universe, and it was not something he could understand now.

But Ning Hao had a hunch that one day, he would finally return here, explore all the secrets in it, and see the real "truth".

...

However, it is said that on the star of Shenglong, there is a Qianlong Empire, which is strong and strong, and rules the land of most of the planet with strong force.

Only a few small countries in the remote area remained, and they also surrendered one after another and became vassal states of the Qianlong Empire. Every ten years, they would send envoys to present a large number of treasures and beauties in the country to the Qianlong Emperor, in order to survive.

In the far west of the planet, there is a vast mountain range, during which there are countless deep mountains and old forests, poisonous insects everywhere, and rare beasts, countless of them.

In the midst of these mountains, there is a small country called Eternal Night.

As one of the vassal countries of the Qianlong Empire, although this country is located in the vast mountain range, it only covers an area of more than 1,000 miles.

Not to mention, the entire army of the country must always be vigilant against the infestation of beasts from all directions.

It is precisely for this reason, because of the steepness of this place, whether it is to survive in it or to conquer here, it is not an easy task.

In the eyes of the Qianlong Empire, this is a dispensable piece of chicken ribs, rather than spending countless soldiers and horses to occupy this place, it is better to collect a tribute every once in a while, and enjoy the endless resources here in vain.

Having just repelled a wave of beasts attacking the city, Shang Yang sat on the main hall tiredly, slightly sleepy.

Fifty years ago, the last monarch of the Eternal Night Empire, who took refuge in the Qianlong Empire and considered himself a vassal, has experienced tribute after tribute, and the entire country has been gradually hollowed out.

However, the Qianlong Empire's strong forces are like a sharp sword hanging high over his head, constantly tugging at Shang Yang's fragile heartstrings.

If I hadn't taken refuge in them at the beginning, but fought to the death with them, wouldn't it have been as painful as it is now?

From time to time, such thoughts would come to Shang Yang's mind.

However, although the country of eternal night is not big, there are still tens of thousands of people from the mountains, and for the sake of those simple faces, Shang Yang still has to grit his teeth and go on.

"Your Majesty?"

"Huh?" Shang Yang unknowingly, he actually fell asleep on the chair.

"Your Majesty, the envoy of the Qianlong Empire has arrived!" said a minister dressed in animal skins, leaning over to Shang Yang.

Shang Yang forced himself to show an extremely bright smile and looked at the envoy who was standing arrogantly in the center of the main hall.

"The angel is here, and it really makes my palace shine!"

But seeing that the envoy of the Qianlong Empire frowned, he looked around, but laughed disdainfully.

"Lord of the Eternal Night, this is your palace?"

"That's right, the middle school of the country, including where my family and I live, is here. ”

I saw that the envoy shook his head and sighed: "I have heard that you are a barbarian land here, and your life is simple.

As soon as these words came out, the ministers and generals in the palace were all talking, and some of them had a hot temper, and they pulled out the long knives on their waists and were about to cut at the envoy who spoke disrespectfully.

The envoy squinted, and saw a flash of lightning shoot out of his eye, and he actually split the long knife that had been cut in two.

"Stop! Don't be rude to angels!" Shang Yang's eyes widened as he looked at the ministers around him who were already dumbfounded.

Shang Yang glanced at the long knife that was cut in two, and said softly: "We are indeed wilderness villagers, we don't know etiquette, and we hope that the angels will not be surprised! I don't know what happened when the angels came to our country this time?"

The envoy slowly glanced at the surrounding ministers, and then said: "I came this time on behalf of the Qianlong Emperor, I don't know if your Eternal Night Country, this time the tribute, have you ever prepared?"

Shang Yang pondered for a while and said, "It turns out that this is the case, in the past few decades, my country's tribute has never been late, and the angels can rest assured." It's just that it's only been five years since the last tribute, so why are the angels coming now?"

I only heard the envoy say: "In the past, it was paid every ten years, but now, according to the latest decree of my empire, it needs to be paid every five years, and the amount of things paid is twice as much as before!"

"What!" Shang Yang stood up excitedly.

"Why, the Lord of the Eternal Night didn't hear what I said?"

"No, no, I'm trying to say, why is there such a sudden change, we didn't prepare for it before......"

"This is the decision of the Son of Heaven of our country, what, do you have any opinions?" the envoy looked at the crowd with a deep eye, as if he expected that they would not dare to make a move.

Before the others could react, they only heard the envoy snort coldly: "I have long expected that you are pedantic and incivilized, at this moment, I am standing outside the mountain with millions of soldiers, but if you do not obey, you will definitely come here! However, the Qianlong Emperor has always been generous, and specially gave you a chance to live, as long as you pay the tribute in full on time, you can spare your lives!"