Fan Xiangsheng was born in the Jiazong Department on the edge of Dianchi Lake in Dali. When he was a child, like his peers in the tribe, he began to practice Gu art and fishing from elementary school. Everyday life is wonderful for him. During the day, he learned to fish with the adults in the tribe, then played with the little golden flower of the next-door neighbor, and then learned Gu magic with the village elders at night, and then had a big fight with the little golden flower before going to bed. This kind of life is repetitive and monotonous, but he can laugh happily every day.

When he was 9 years old, his mother died. Although sadness is inevitable, he is not worried when he is young. Because the village was very good to him, he also knew that the other orphans in the village were raised by the villagers. As he thought, he lived in Xiao Jinhua's house, and Xiao Jinhua's parents treated him like their own son, and did not treat him badly.

But only a year later, the village elders approached him and told him to send him to his father's place. It turned out that when his mother died, he gave the elder a sachet and told the elder to open it when he was ten years old. And this sachet is the prop that changed his life.

Fan Xiangsheng had also wondered why he didn't have a father before, and none of the children in the village had bullied him because of his father, he thought about asking his mother, but he didn't ask when he grew up happily. When he first heard the elder speak of his father, he couldn't understand it at all, because the name was so loud, so loud that it was like the snake lord that the tribe believed in.

The day he left the village, he couldn't remember anything, only that Little Jinhua was crying. Then, by the time he came to his senses, he was standing in front of the majestic building.

Looking at the heavily armed monks standing at the door, he realized that what the elder said was true, that he was the emperor's son.

At the age of ten, he saw his father for the first time, and his father was much more peaceful than he imagined and hugged him fiercely. For the first time, he felt the hug of his father, who had never been before, and he cried. His father took him to see the house where he was going to live, which was bigger than his home by the Dianchi Lake. Took him to eat something he hadn't eaten in his life, and met his brothers who were about to live with him, as well as the woman who was going to be his new mother.

He actually has a grudge against his father in his heart, and ten years of fatherly love is not necessary for him. It turns out that there should be her own mother sitting here, and the new mother's gorgeous clothes and exquisite ornaments should have been enjoyed by her mother. However, my mother has turned into ashes, become one with Dianchi Lake, and enjoy nothing.

It didn't take long for him to understand his father a little, because he had learned so much about the rules of the royal family from his new teacher, and he also knew more about his father.

At that time, the state religion of Dali was respected, and the monarchs of the past dynasties were more than monks in the twilight of their lives. Fan Xiangsheng, oh, Duan Xiangsheng, who has changed back to his father's surname, his grandfather, that is, when his grandfather Duan Zhixing was still in power, was extremely fond of Buddhism, "Zhixing worships Buddha, builds Xingbao Temple, and all the monarchs believe in Buddhism. Duan Zhixing overhauled the Buddhist temple and built sixty temples, Dali is only a small country, can not afford to consume, and the national strength has declined. After Duan Zhixing died, his uncle Duan Zhilian ascended the throne, and his uncle was also interested in Buddhism, so he sent people to the Song Dynasty to obtain 1465 copies of the Tripitaka and placed them in Wuhua Tower in the capital. Duan Zhilian died after only 4 years of reign, and was succeeded by his younger brother, Duan Xiangsheng's father, Duan Zhixiang.

His teacher told him that after his father Duan Zhixiang became emperor, he recruited talents, developed agriculture, and governed the country well. It is a rare good emperor and the blessing of Dali.

Duan Xiangsheng's resentment towards his father had completely disappeared at this time, and he seemed to be able to understand a little, was his father too busy? Although there is no little golden flower to play with, he is still happy as a prince, and three years have passed in a flash.

At the age of thirteen, he studied Buddhism every day, and lived a monotonous but happy life similar to that by Dianchi Lake. He thought that his eldest brother Duan Xiangxing had just married his wife last month, and wondered if he could propose to his father to take Xiao Jinhua over in two years. Although the maids in the palace were all beautiful, he wanted to see what kind of expression Xiao Jinhua had when he saw him at this time.

However, everything changed on that day, and his life fell from heaven to hell.

After Duan Xiangsheng entered the palace, as a child of the royal family, he naturally began to learn Buddhism. The original belief in the snake master was naturally shelved, and he didn't feel anything wrong with the young Duan Xiangsheng. However, as the most accomplished person in the clan at that time, he naturally had a great interest in Gu art, but his current master asked him not to learn it after knowing it.

Although he explained to his master that when he was in the village, he used Gu magic to heal diseases, but the master still advised him not to touch Gu magic again. Duan Xiangsheng nodded in agreement, but he still secretly learned, although there were no elders teaching in the palace, but the Imperial Academy had a large collection of books, as a multi-ethnic Dali country, there were naturally a few Gu art-related books.

In this way, Duan Xiangsheng taught himself Gu arts, but he became more sophisticated, and the more he learned, the more interested he was in Gu arts, and the more energetic he became.

That day, his second and third brothers suddenly broke into his room and caught him who was learning Gu. He knew who betrayed him, because after coming to the palace for many years, the only person he really had to do was his exclusive maid. Although he was heartbroken by the maid's betrayal of him, he first had to explain to his brothers that Gu magic was not as evil as he imagined.

Yes, although Gu art is mysterious and there are many bad rumors, Gu art is like a medical skill, it can cure diseases. As for the use of poison and harm, that is just the wrong choice of the person who uses it. He just wants to learn Gu art well and use it to save people, in that case, the world's prejudice against Gu art will also change. This was his dream, a dream that was born when he studied with his master after entering the palace, and his master's prejudice against Gu arts.

The second brother and the third brother naturally couldn't listen to Duan Xiangsheng's words, for them who grew up in the palace since they were children and enjoyed the influence of Buddhism, the "evil" Gu art was naturally evil. They beat Duan Xiangsheng, tore up all his Gu art notes, burned them in front of him, and smashed his Gu practice utensils.

He cried.

Later, he no longer studied Gu arts, but the second and third brothers still beat him often, and for the second and third brothers, Duan Xiangsheng was already an "outlier". He endured in silence and wanted to tell his father, but he was too busy to see him. And after he couldn't bear it anymore, he finally explained everything to his eldest brother. The eldest brother picked up Duan Xiangsheng, who was kneeling on the ground and crying, and said that he would administer justice for him. But the new mother who suddenly appeared was the biological mother of the eldest brother, the princess of Dali, she persuaded the eldest brother, comforted Duan Xiangsheng, and said that she would tell her father all this and let him go back and wait.

But he didn't wait for his father, and the second and third brothers' bullying of him continued. Duan Xiangsheng finally couldn't wait any longer and couldn't bear it, he used the excuse of going to the Buddhist temple to worship the Buddha, and fled alone. It's just that he didn't notice that there was a figure following him behind him all the time.

Half a month later, at night, he returned to the Dianchi Lake, to the tribe where he was born.