In fact, from the moment Xia Fan stepped into the imperial city.

He was keenly aware that there was something wrong with the palace.

Because—

He sensed a demonic aura.

And this demonic aura naturally came from inside the palace.

The problem is that this demonic aura is extremely hidden, and it would be difficult for a great cultivator of Xia Fan's realm to discover it at all.

Want to know what kind of place this is?

This is the imperial city of the Jade Ding Dynasty!

As the most powerful dynasty in Middle-earth, the imperial city of the Yuding Dynasty is undoubtedly one of the most heavily guarded places in the world.

Not to mention the most important palace in the imperial city.

It was in such a place that there was a hidden fluctuation of demonic energy.

True.

Demons may indeed have a way to lurk in the Imperial City and hide.

But the palace is different.

After all, the Imperial Palace is the most heavily guarded place in the entire Imperial City.

Even the Great Sage among the demons did not dare to guarantee that he would be able to sneak into the palace quietly without anyone discovering it.

But such a bizarre thing really happened.

It's no wonder that Xia Fan is interested.

Tonight.

There is a woman in the palace who is about to give birth.

No doubt.

The other party is the emperor's woman.

But it is difficult to say whether the child in the woman's belly is the emperor's seed.

Usually.

If the emperor's woman dared to fornicate with other men, it was undoubtedly an unforgivable act, and she was often secretly executed before the child was born.

After all, this kind of thing is a palace scandal.

The royal family categorically would not let this kind of thing get out.

Since this woman was not executed when she was about to give birth.

It shows that this woman must be the child of the emperor who is pregnant.

However.

The demonic energy in the palace comes from the child in this woman's womb.

Xia Fan can confirm one thing.

This woman and the emperor of the dynasty are both pure human races.

But why is this woman pregnant with a demon seed?

Xia Fan had two guesses.

Either this woman has had an affair with the demon clan.

Either there is a demon clan who uses a secret method to take away the child in the woman's belly.

And Xia Fan is more inclined to the latter's speculation.

There was just one thing he didn't quite understand.

The emperor of the dynasty had many heirs.

Not to mention the princess.

There are sixteen princes alone.

Among them, the eldest son determined the position of the crown prince early, and at the same time, the prince was generous and benevolent, and he was recognized by the courtiers as the next generation of princes.

The most important thing is that the father-son relationship between the emperor and the crown prince is very harmonious.

It is often said that royalty is ruthless.

But there are exceptions to everything.

The emperors of the mortal dynasty will be jealous of the princes and princes, nothing more than worrying that the princes and princes will seize power and usurp the throne.

In the face of the temptation of power, any family affection is pale and powerless.

But the Yuding Dynasty, located in the Qing Wei Realm, was not an ordinary mortal dynasty.

In fact, if the crown princes and princes of the Yuding Dynasty want to seize power, the possibility of usurping the throne is very small.

If you want to seize power and usurp the throne.

The first difficulty facing these princes and princes is how to solve the royal offerings.

Without exception, these offerings were made by extremely powerful cultivators, and the object of their allegiance was the emperor of the current dynasty.

Under the protection of these royal offerings.

Without the power to resist these royal offerings, it is impossible to talk about seizing power and usurping the throne.

Again.

Most of these royal offerings rely on powerful sects behind them.

In other words.

The Yuding Dynasty and the major sects belonged to a cooperative relationship.

Want to seize power and usurp the throne as emperor?

You also have to ask the major sects whether they agree first!

Under the protection.

One can imagine the difficulty of seizing power and usurping the throne.

Of course.

The Yuding Dynasty, which lasted for 10,000 years, was not without the situation of the crown prince seizing power and usurping the throne.

The problem is that these examples of usurpation of power all have one thing in common.

That is, the emperor of the current dynasty did something angry and resentful, and lost the trust and support of the major sects, thus giving those usurping princes and princes an opportunity.

In order not to affect the future cooperation with each other.

So much so that every time something like that happens.

The major sects will choose to watch from the wall and never interfere in the battle for the throne of the Yuding Dynasty.

That being said.

But secretly, it is unknown whether the major sects have support or not.

Now the emperor is a qualified king.

As long as the emperor is not a faint monarch.

Basically, there is no need to worry about the seizure of power and usurpation of power by the princes and princes.

Therefore.

What Xia Fan didn't understand was.

Even if the demon seed in that woman's arms was born successfully.

The possibility of the other party becoming the emperor is very small.

Unless the crown prince and the other princes all died violently, it was the turn of the other party to be the emperor.

Why be emperor?

It is nothing more than the emperor who holds the greatest authority of the Yuding Dynasty.

In the future, once the demons and the Jade Ding Dynasty start a war again.

There is a ghost emperor's words.

The Yuding Dynasty and the major sects directly lost half of them in advance.

"Tanuki for the Prince?!What do you mean?!"

It is undoubtedly incomprehensible for the little flower cat who does not understand this word.

"Do you understand the bag drop?"

At this time.

Xia Fan suddenly turned around and no longer looked out the window.

He went to the table and poured himself a cup of tea.

He took a sip indifferently before saying leisurely.

"Someone from your demon clan secretly replaced the newly born prince of the emperor of the current dynasty. ”

"What?!!How is this possible!"

Little Flower Cat was stunned when she heard this, and she couldn't believe it.

Although she has never been to the imperial city of the Jade Ding Dynasty.

But that didn't mean she didn't know that this heavily guarded imperial city was one of the forbidden places for demons.

In its heyday.

Even if she has to be a demon with her tail between her legs in this imperial city.

Otherwise, it will be exposed.

She didn't even want to escape.

As a result, Xia Fan told himself now.

Some of their clansmen not only infiltrated the palace of this imperial city, but even replaced them as the newly born princes of the current emperor.

It sounds like nonsense.

can get along these days.

The little flower cat who knows a little bit about Xia Fan knows it very well.

Characters like the other party don't bother to tease themselves in this kind of thing.

Other words.

What he said may be true.

But the facts are in front of you, and you can't believe it. ”

Xia Fan put down the teacup and shrugged his shoulders.

"But then again, don't you really know anything about your demon clan's secret schemes?"

"I ...... Even if the king knew, he wouldn't tell you!"

The little flower cat opened its mouth, and then turned its head away with a coquettish snort.

But after Xia Fan's reminder.

Little Flower Cat couldn't help but think about it carefully.

Although it is true that she rarely cares about this aspect of things.

Or maybe now she is not qualified to participate in learning about the content of the high-level secret discussions of the demon clan.

can be the maid of His Majesty the Demon Emperor, the eldest lady's favorite intimate playmate (the little flower cat thinks of herself).

Occasionally, she could hear some unknown secrets from the mouth of the eldest lady or Gong Bo.

This time, the eldest lady took her out secretly.

Although the eldest lady did not tell herself the reason for sneaking out.

The problem is that the little flower cat is not stupid.

If you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to find some clues.

She remembered before sneaking out.

Uncle Gong and the eldest lady talked about something.

It's just that the little flower cat was sleeping at that time, and only listened to some keywords in a daze.

What words like big war, insertion, subversion, decisive victory, etc.

Not interested, she woke up and almost forgot about it.

Before she fell into the hands of Xia Fan.

Especially after learning about the situation of the demon clan and what may happen in the future from Xia Fan's mouth.

The little flower cats are a little suddenly realized.

This time the eldest lady sneaked out is likely to be related to the future war that will determine the fate of the demon clan.

Now that she heard that someone from the demon clan had replaced her as the newly born prince of the current emperor of the Yuding Dynasty, she was even more convinced of her guess in her heart.

But she won't tell Xia Fan about her guess!

Who made Xia Fan a big bad guy who bullied himself!

"Hehe, even if you don't say it, I'll know sooner or later. ”

Xia Fan seemed indifferent.

Maybe the little flower cat does know something.

But what she knows is absolutely limited.

The reason is simple.

Her level is too low.

For some time to come.

Xia Fan did not stay in this inn for a long time, but chose to buy an ordinary mansion in the inner city of the imperial city, and by the way, even hired a group of housekeepers, maids, cooks, nurses, etc., to avoid arousing suspicion.

After all, there is only one person living in a huge house, so no matter how you look at it, it will feel a little weird.

Wai Xia Fan declared that he was the son of everyone who went to Beijing to participate in the big exam.

The identity is fully verifiable.

Speaking of the big exam.

This is similar to the ancient imperial examinations in previous lives.

And there is also a distinction between civil and military.

Naturally, there is no need to say much about the text.

The martial aspect is to assess a person's cultivation talent.

Pity.

Due to the competition of the major sects.

Candidates who often participate in the imperial court martial arts examination rarely appear to be outstanding cultivation geniuses.

You must know that once this kind of genius appears, it will become the object of coaxing by major sects, whether it is in terms of cultivation guidance or exercises, it is incomparable to the Yuding Dynasty.

But there is always a time when the major sects will look away.

Again.

Since the quality can't be compared, can't the Yuding Dynasty compare the quantity with you?

Therefore, the Jade Ding Dynasty can be on an equal footing with the major sects precisely because the Jade Ding Dynasty has cultivated a large number of cultivators.

These practitioners are equally clear.

With their cultivation qualifications, even if they can join the major sects, they will not be able to get the tilt of resources, let alone be valued and reused.

But the imperial court was different.

As long as you join the imperial court, you don't have to worry at least about your cultivation resources and status.

The figure is a stability.

What's more, even if a cultivator suddenly opens his mind and cultivates to a certain extent, he breaks away from the Jade Ding Dynasty.

can take care of this incense and cause and effect.

Once something happened to the Jade Ding Dynasty, they would not be able to ignore it.

In fact, compared to the martial arts examination.

The Yuding Dynasty paid more attention to literary examinations.

After all, it takes a large number of officials to govern a vast empire.

These officials were the basis for a truly stable dynastic rule.

Xia Fan had no interest in the martial arts exam.

You're welcome.

No one in the Yuding Dynasty can deserve to test himself.

As for the literary examination.

There is still no shortage of bachelors in the Yuding Dynasty who can talk to him.

These scholars did not have the talent for spiritual practice.

But in terms of thinking, they are equivalent to giants in the cultivation world.

Over the years.

Xia Fan has read many books compiled by scholars.

He had to admit it.

Some of the academics are really high-minded.

Xia Fan had the idea of discussing with them.

Idle is idle anyway.

The birth of the seventeenth prince of the emperor did not cause any waves in the imperial city.

It's not like when the crown prince was born.

The emperor even granted amnesty to the world.

However, no one knows.

What kind of disaster will this seventeenth prince bring to the Jade Ding Dynasty in the future!

Interestingly, after the birth of this prince.

The demonic aura that was originally hidden in the other party's body suddenly disappeared.

So much so that the royal family did not find any problems when they checked to confirm whether the child was of royal blood.

"Could it be the reincarnation of some demon power?"

About that.

Xia Fan had a guess.

Mighty reincarnation.

A long time ago, some people suspected that Xia Fan was also a powerful reincarnation.

on this.

Xia Fan also went to learn about the so-called reincarnation of great power.

Great power, great power.

What is power?

Great power, of course, refers to a cultivator who has a very high level of cultivation.

For example, today's Xia Fan can already be called a great power.

The reincarnation of a powerful person usually means that the other party has encountered a bottleneck in their cultivation, or has to be reincarnated and reborn due to other force majeure factors.

Such powerful reincarnations are often accompanied by various miracles.

Some people are born to be extremely intelligent.

Some people have incredible spiritual talents.

Some people are unparalleled, and adventures are constant, and so on.

But the powerful reincarnations all have one thing in common.

Before reaching the realm of the predecessor.

Each other is unable to retrieve the memory of the past.

In a nutshell.

The power of reincarnation and rebirth has become a completely new human being.

If Xia Fan is the reincarnation of some great power.

He didn't have to think about it at all, he just needed to cultivate to the realm of his predecessor step by step, and everything would be revealed by himself.

Some people once speculated that Xia Fan was an extraterritorial power.

It's not hard to see why.

After all, there are enemies in some powers.

If you are reincarnated in your own world, you are likely to be sealed by the enemy or even completely wipe out the soul mark.

In order to avoid this kind of thing from happening, these powers must of course choose to reincarnate in the extraterritorial world that the enemy does not know.

This would explain why Xia Fan inexplicably crossed into Shi Xiaofei's world.

After all, as long as the imprint of the powerful divine soul is not extinguished, the great power will not really die.

Hates is a good example of this.

Although Xia Fan seemed to have killed him.

But his spirit was not extinguished.

Only by giving Him a chance can He be reincarnated again.

But without any preparation, who knows if he will be able to regain his power in his next reincarnation.

If the newborn seventeenth prince is really the reincarnation of the demon clan.

Then it is not difficult to explain why the demonic energy on the other party's body disappeared without a trace.

Because He was already a new man.

Here comes the problem again.

Even if this seventeenth prince's future cultivation talent is the same as his own, and when he grows up and regains his memory, I am afraid that the war between the demon clan and the human race will be over long ago, and he will not be given a chance to perform at all.

Unless—

The demon clan has a way to retrieve his memories before he grows up.

"Recently, the demons lurking in the dynasty have really stopped a lot. ”

Meanwhile.

Dou Yao, who was sitting in the corner of the window of an inn, looked a little interested.

Since he wiped out some of the demons lurking in the territory of the dynasty, the rest of the demons have completely stopped moving, which makes Dou Yao not know how to do it for a while.

"Don't worry, it's the fox that always shows its tail. ”

Xia Mingyuan said calmly as always.