"What?" Long Yuan was stunned when he heard this, the emperor of the Holy Dragon Empire is dead? Well, this is really a big deal, especially in the world of this master.

"Oh, that old guy is dead? That's good news. In his ears, the voice of the nine ghosts sounded, calm and slightly excited.

"It's good news or bad news, it's not certain, ask him how he died?" After a second of silence, Yakumo's puzzled voice came, Yakumo felt a trace of uneasiness about the death of Emperor Hongwu, hoping that the death of this old guy would not affect them.

In his heart, he first secretly criticized the nine ghosts, and then how to say it, Emperor Hongwu is also the emperor of the Holy Dragon Empire, and the nine ghosts actually said that it was good news, but for Yayun's words, Long Yuan still nodded in agreement, and asked Liu Xiaoshan with a look of great concern: "That, how did His Majesty the Emperor die?"

With an embarrassed expression, Liu Xiaoshan knew that Dao Long Yuan would continue to ask this, and replied with a slight frown: "I don't know how Dao Dao should tell you, the specific matter was kept secret by the royal family, and the whole thing is like this......

As a result, Liu Xiaoshan began to tell Long Yuan about some of the things that had recently caused a sensation in the Holy Dragon Empire......

The Chronicle of the Holy Dragon Empire, the forty-eighth year of Hongwu, June 3.

The royal city of the Holy Dragon Empire, Kassel City in the early morning, suddenly the whole city was under martial law, within three hours, the city was strictly controlled by the Holy Dragon Army led by the chief general of the empire, Cisse, prohibiting anyone from moving, everyone must stay at home, and then, half an hour later, in the sky of Kassel, there was a civil war between the largest and most tragic powerhouses in the history of the Zhou Dynasty of the Holy Dragon Empire.

The reason why this battle of the strong is called the Seventy-Eight Fall. It is because, in this battle, it fell, two earth-level divisions, five emperor-level divisions, and seventy-one king-level divisions of different levels, adding up to seventy-eight powerhouses. The earth-shattering battle reduced the entire western part of the Imperial City to ruins. The number of soldiers and civilians killed in this battle is even more uncountable.

And this time it was the two princes of the Zhou Dynasty who participated in the battle.

The crown prince, Zhou Jingtian was the third prince. Zhou Xiaotian accused of plotting to murder Emperor Hongwu, and went to arrest him with many strong men, while the prince was under the protection of the auxiliary minister He Yao and the general Duan Ziyu. began to flee from the prince's mansion, so a fierce battle broke out, and after the battle to the worst, Duan Ziyu's holy feather army attacked the imperial city, and in the chaos, the prince fled the imperial city.

A day later, the news came that the prince had fled to Tianzhao City, a large city in the northeast region of the Holy Dragon Empire.

On the same day, the three princes of Kassel in the imperial city announced to the world that His Majesty Hongwu had been murdered by the prince and fled, and the third prince Zhou Jingtian called on the other six cities and 25 cities to jointly crusade against the prince of Tianzhao City.

And today. It was the day when the three princes issued their call the next day, June 4.

"Oh my God, how do I feel that in the near future, the Holy Dragon Empire will enter a melee. Long Yuan felt like he was listening to a book from heaven. The kind of TV series in which the dynasty usurped the throne and the brothers killed each other.

"It's certain to enter the melee, just on the way to come just now, I have already obtained some news, when the third prince Zhou Jingtian announced that he would temporarily act as the imperial power, three of the seven major cities. Nadek City, Bedar City, and Jianghan City all expressed their allegiance, accepted the agency of the Three Princes, and at the same time issued a denunciation to Tianzhao City, where the Prince was located......" Liu Xiaoshan nodded approvingly, and continued to say to Long Yuan.

When he heard that Bedar City also corresponded to the third prince Zhou Jingtian, Long Yuan couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel a kind of hostility towards the three princes.

“...... Almost at the same time, the prince of Tianzhao City also issued a denunciation, indicating that he was framed by the three princes, and it was the three princes who really killed the Hongwu Emperor, and at the same time called on other big cities to respond and crusade against the usurper of the three princes, after that, Tianzhao City and the adjacent city of Manyecheng announced their support for the prince and the usurper. Liu Xiaoshan said this, and sighed slightly: "Judging from the current situation, the prince is not optimistic, plus the Kassel city controlled by the third prince, there are four cities that support the three princes, and the prince only has two cities. ”...,

After hearing this, Long Yuan calculated a little in his heart, except for the royal city of Kassel City, five of the seven cities had already expressed their position, and two cities had not made any response, including the Klose City where he was now, and couldn't help but ask: "What is the attitude of Klose City and the other big city?"

Shrugged his shoulders slightly, Ashin next to him interjected: "I don't know what to say now, Klose City and Morro City, I estimate that it won't take long to express my position, Moro City is nothing, it is located in the far southeast of our empire, and the Klose City we are in now is different, it is located in the middle of the continent, connected to the five cities, on Bedar City, below Casel City and Jianghan City, and on the right side is Tianzhao City and Manye City, which is definitely the focus of this imperial power." ”

"Hmm. Listening to Ashin's words, Liu Xiaoshan let out a sigh, and then said, "You may not have paid attention just now, did you see a white carriage parked outside the tutor building of the combat branch of your Fire Academy?"

"See, what's wrong? I also saw a small purple flower on the carriage, which was quite beautiful, and there were guards in white armor guarding the carriage, and they also had that little purple flower on their armor. Ashin replied immediately, and he looked at it twice.

"Heh, Ashin, you are not from our Klose City, so you don't know what to say, that little purple flower is famous in our Klose City, it is the Purple Cherry Blossom ......" Liu Xiaoshan explained with a smile, and was interrupted by Ashin as soon as he said the name of the Purple Cherry Blossom.

"What, Purple Sakura, then, what does the Purple Sakura Division have to do with this carriage?" Ashin said excitedly.

The Purple Cherry Blossom Division, the most legendary division in Klose's urban area.

In Klose City, there are three urban defense units that are the most powerful and worthy of praise, that is, the Purple Cherry Blossom Division, the Tianming Tiger Division, and the Wild Thunder Division, and among them, the most famous is the city defense corps of Klose City, which is commanded and led by the city lord Ye Chengnan and is the head of the division.

A long time ago. Ashin had heard that Ye Chengnan swept away the three major beast clan riots in the savage grassland with the Purple Cherry Blossom Division, and it was precisely because of that counterinsurgency riot that Ye Chengnan was appointed by Emperor Hongwu as the city lord of Klose City.

Long Yuan listened to Liu Xiaoshan suddenly change the topic and began to tell about Ye Chengnan and the Purple Cherry Blossom Division, and felt strange in his heart, at this critical moment, the carriage of the Purple Cherry Blossom would appear in the academy. It's definitely not a coincidence, it must have something to do with this incident.

"If my guess is correct, it must be Ye Chengnan who sent someone to ask us about Ollistin's attitude. You must know that the strength and influence of our academy are in the entire Holy Dragon Empire, and even on the Dongzhou Continent. It's all very powerful. After discussing for a while, Liu Xiaoshan made the most concluding conclusion.

"Well, it must be so. Ashin also thinks this is very likely.

Silently listening to the conversation between Ashin and Liu Xiaoshan, Long Yuan's brows furrowed slightly, he deeply felt that this world would no longer be peaceful from now on, and he had a premonition that his quiet academy life would come to an end.

That night. Long Yuan rolled on the opposite side. In the dream, Long Yuan dreamed that he was standing on top of a city tower, looking at the army below that was ready to go, and with a wave of his big hand, he shouted: "Go!" The drums shook the sky, the magnificent army shouted in unison, and the procession like a long dragon began to march into the distance, standing on top of the city tower, looking into the distance, hunting with battle flags. The robe is inspiring.

The next day, when Long Yuan and Ashin went to the competition ground of the Battle Branch of the Fire Branch, Long Yuan found that the people of the entire academy, whether they were mentors or students, were either whispering or talking loudly, all about the incident in the Imperial City, all kinds of information spread to each other, and for a while, more than a dozen strange versions of events were derived, one of which actually said that the prince and the third prince made a big move in order to compete for the sixth princess Zhou Tianyao, and it was the last thing that led to this incident, and the Emperor Hongwu was actually angry with the two princes。 ...,

The Cadet Ranking Tournament was not affected by this incident and continued, but in their spare time, people talked about it more. Long Yuan frowned slightly, judging from the expressions of these people, it seemed that they were far away, are these guys stupid in the academy?

Entering the arena, Long Yuan first looked at the top of the second-floor platform, Dean Benxi had not yet come, and Mentor Situ Ming was all there, looking at the tutors who were sitting together chatting with solemn expressions, no need to guess, Long Yuan knew what they were talking about.

At this time, Mentor Situ Ming also noticed Long Yuan, and couldn't help but smile, and gave Long Yuan a thumbs up to show encouragement, Long Yuan smiled and shook his head, under Situ Ming's plot, he also had to deal with it carefully.

"Long Yuan, where is Xiao Meng?" At this time, Ashin next to him suddenly asked Long Yuan.

Long Yuan shook his head, he didn't know what to do, usually Xiaomeng would come to him early, but today he didn't know where Lu Dao went, it was very strange. Looking around, Long Yuan didn't see Xiao Meng's figure.

"Wow, who is that?" A curious voice suddenly came from the side, Long Yuan turned his head to look, only to see that at this time, on the top of the stairs on the second floor, the dean slowly walked up, behind him, followed by a group of soldiers in white armor, among the soldiers, three people were particularly conspicuous.

The first was a middle-aged man wearing heavy armor, the middle-aged man had a Chinese face, an inch-long black beard on his chin, and a slightly fat middle-aged man, at this time, he was holding the white long sword at his waist with his right hand, and waved his left hand to the guards beside him.

On the left side of the middle-aged man, there is a thin old man in a blue robe, the old man's eyes are bright, at this moment, he is looking around, as if he is looking for something.

And the one that attracted the most attention in the arena was also the absolute focus at the moment, which was the person to the right of the middle-aged man, a beautiful sergeant wearing white soft leather armor.

The beautiful sergeant was wearing a delicate and compact soft leather armor, the white soft leather armor was slightly wrinkled between the march of the beautiful sergeant, under the white armor, what kind of graceful body was it? A long golden hair was like waves to the back of the head, and above the white face, there were a pair of sharp eyes, those eyes looked ahead, closely following the middle-aged man in front of him, without moving the slightest.

Finally walked to the middle seat on the second floor, Dean Ben Xi smiled and looked at the students who were looking at the students below, in these blazing eyes, Dean Ben Xi smiled and looked at the middle-aged man beside him, and said with a smile: "City Lord Ye, it seems that you and I are old and don't get attention." ”

The middle-aged man also smiled when he heard it, and his laughter was loud. "That is, Rong Rong is the focus of attention everywhere, and I, an old man, am happy to be ignored. ”

"Hum ......" The conversation between the two was not disguised, and listening to the dean call the middle-aged man Ye City Lord, the students in the audience suddenly let out an exclamation, how stupid is it at this moment. also guessed that the middle-aged man was the city lord of Klose City-Ye Chengnan, and at the same time. People also thought of his other identity, the head of the Purple Cherry Blossom Division.

Under such speculation, the identities of the other two are also about to be revealed. That thin old man must be the military advisor of the Purple Cherry Blossom Division-Xiao Xiao, it is said that this Xiao Xiao is also the elder brother of Xiao Liang, the head of their Fire Department Combat Branch, with overlord-level strength.

For the strength of the subordinate division, it is not Xiao Xiao's strength, what Xiao Xiao is really awe-inspiring is his alchemy master level - the middle of the Bigu period, if it is compared with the subordinate division level, it is the king-level five-star subordinate division level, which is amazing.

The other person must be Ye Chengnan's deputy commander and his daughter. Ye Xiaorong, it is said that there is also an interesting legend about Ye Xiaorong's name, it is said that Ye Xiaorong's name was Ye Xiaorong at the beginning. Ye Chengnan gave birth to this daughter. I want to be a princess, but I have no choice but to encounter the riot of the Three Beasts in the Nanban Plain in Klose City, and Ye Chengnan's wife is also the backbone of the army, so I had no choice but to take the young Ye Xiaorong out on the expedition. In the past few years of the campaign, over time, Ye Xiaorong has also been trained to have a boy-like personality, and Ye Xiaorong is also surprisingly hardworking, as early as the age of seventeen, she has already rushed to the master level and began to join the battle. Later, Ye Xiaorong felt too daughterish about her name, so she changed "small" to "Xiao" without changing her pronunciation, which made Ye Chengnan cry and laugh, but there was no way, at this time, Ye Xiaorong, who was stubborn and self-reliant, couldn't control it anymore. ...,

Next, signaling everyone to be quiet, the dean still solemnly introduced the three of them to the student instructors, and the dean didn't say much about the reason why Ye Chengnan suddenly appeared here, and after the introduction, he announced that the division battle of the fire combat branch continued to begin.

Sitting in the rest area, Long Yuan looked at Ye Chengnan above the second floor, chatting with the nine ghosts and eight clouds in his heart.

"Hey, Nine Ghosts, Yakumo, you say, what level will Ye Chengnan's subordinate division level be?" Long Yuan asked.

After waiting for a long time, I heard the faint voice of the nine ghosts say: "Hmph, if he had participated in the battle that year, I would not have paid attention to such a small role." ”

"......" Long Yuan was depressed, these nine ghosts, talking like this, it was not the attitude of conversation at all.

"Nine ghosts!" Long Yuan was still depressed, when he heard Yakumo's voice blaming the nine ghosts, "Oh......" The nine ghosts also heard Yakumo's blame, and stopped talking after a sullen answer.

"There are a lot of masters here, and it's not convenient for us to talk. Yakumo whispered in Long Yuan's mind, and stopped talking after speaking.

Pouting sullenly, Long Yuan really didn't believe it, just like he was talking to himself in his heart, they could also sense it?

Just thinking about it, Long Yuan suddenly felt as if he was looking at him, and when he looked at it, he saw that Xiao Xiao, who was sitting next to Ye Chengnan, was looking at him on the second floor, very strangely, his eyes seemed to be full of anger and hatred.

Long Yuan blinked in confusion, old fellow, it's the first time I've met you, right?

Seeing Long Yuan looking at him, Xiao Xiao looked away with a calm expression, acting casually.

"Is that him?" Xiao Xiao looked at him, his lips squirming, and he said in a low voice.

"Well, that's him, Long Yuan. On the other side, Xiao Liang's lips, who were sitting next to Dean Benxi, also moved slightly, and he replied.

"Well, it's strange, I just sensed it, and it couldn't be penetrated, and the outer layer of his body seemed to have a layer of spiritual protection, which was very strong. I can't penetrate my mental power. Xiao Xiao replied again.

"What, stronger than the eldest brother's mental power?" Xiao Xiao's answer frightened Xiao Liang, he thought that Xiao Xiao would be able to find out the truth of Long Yuan, but he didn't expect that even the eldest brother in the middle of Bigu couldn't.

With a sinister smile, Xiao Xiao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he sneered: "That's exactly what makes it doubtful, and most of your guesses can't be wrong......

After looking at Na Xiao and smiling for a while, Long Yuan saw that the other party no longer looked at himself, and said in his heart: Is it his own delusion?

It was strange, I felt that someone was walking on my side, the fragrant wind was wafting, Long Yuan turned his head to look, it was Xiao Meng, Xiao Meng was wearing a pale pink dress, extremely cute.

"Xiaomeng, why did you come?" asked Long Yuan with a smile.

"Well......" Hearing Long Yuan's inquiry, Xiao Meng hesitated slightly, thought for a while and said a little hesitantly: "I...... I, I was sweating from my cultivation body in the morning, and I went to take a shower and change clothes, you know, I took a long bath. ”

"Oh......" Long Yuan was about to speak, when he heard a buzz, red light shone, and an object flew out of the storage belt around his waist, it was the red number bead.

Long Yuan patted Xiao Meng's shoulder and said, "Wait for me to come back, right away." ”

"Hmm. Xiaomeng nodded and sat down on the rest chair.

Smiling, Long Yuan walked towards the ring, his opponent had not yet played, Long Yuan looked at Xiao Meng who was sitting in the rest area, and was curious, today's Xiao Meng looked weird, what was going on?

"Don't you know what to say?" A female voice came from the side, and at the same time, Long Yuan heard a surprised cry from the audience, this voice was very familiar, Long Yuan frowned slightly, and turned his head to look, "Why are you?" Long Yuan said depressedly.

At this time, standing in the ring, Long Yuan's opponent turned out to be Ye Xiyun.

Looking at Long Yuan's surprised expression, Ye Xiyun smiled smugly, turned a wooden willow dart in his hand, and said with a smile: "Now, I'll see where you are going!" (Welcome to your support, is my biggest motivation.) )