Chapter 545: Chapter 178: Secrets! Fan Wu’s Origin, the Jade Pendant, and the Pawn Shop! (A 10,000-word Chapter asking for subscriptions)_3
"No need!" The elder shook his head, uttering the first sentence, "In Yangxin Hall, do as you please."
He was none other than the reigning Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the person with the ultimate power among men!
The sovereign of the present Great Zhou!
After the Emperor of Great Zhou slightly nodded his head, his somewhat murky eyes turned toward the very restrained Nanjun County Prince. A complex array of emotions flickered through the murky depths, and following a silent moment, he let out a slight sigh.
Finally, the Emperor of Great Zhou spoke, "We have seen the dispatches from the Imperial Astronomical Bureau and the Nanjun Yamen. They have mentioned to us about your ordeal in the Great Demon Forbidden Land."
"They also mentioned that after the incident in the Great Demon Forbidden Land, you lost your original memories. Am I correct?"
The Nanjun County Prince swallowed nervously, his intellect telling him that the old man before him was his imperial grandfather.
He shouldn’t be nervous.
Yet, the pressure from the other person’s presence made him unavoidably anxious, especially since he had lost some of his past memories.
In the face of an Emperor.
The pressure was immense!
"Yes." The County Prince of Nanjun spoke with difficulty, finding that the oppression he felt from this Emperor was no less than that exerted by Daoist Fan Wu. The different pressures each brought seemed to vie against each other.
"Alas..." The elderly Emperor of Great Zhou sighed and said, "Come closer, stand by my side."
"Oh!" Facing someone who could exert such pressure on him, the Nanjun County Prince felt they were people he could not defeat.
So he obediently walked over.
Suddenly!
The eyes of the old Emperor flared in anger, as if able to shoot out thousands of golden lights.
"Begone!!!"
It was hard to imagine such a forceful word coming from such an elderly man.
The moment the word was spoken!
The entire being of the Nanjun County Prince seemed struck by lightning, with his nose, ears, mouth, and eyes... all bleeding profusely!
Then a bizarre black mist separated from the body of the County Prince of Nanjun, which, before it could exist for even a single breath, unexpectedly dissipated.
The County Prince was momentarily stunned there.
A myriad of memories flashed through his mind, one by one, and this time, he was able to capture each one completely.
And firmly hold onto those memories.
The confusion in his eyes gradually cleared, transforming his disoriented demeanor into one of vibrancy in the blink of an eye. He looked as if he had been reborn, reclaiming his "true self."
The fresh blood spilling from his orifices turned into wisps of smoke, vanishing into thin air.
The County Prince of Nanjun shivered violently!
He took a deep breath.
All of a sudden, as if he had retrieved the propriety he once learned, he assumed a perfectly standard posture and bowed deeply to the old Emperor before him, "Your unfilial grandson... pays respect to His Imperial Highness the Grandfather!"
"Daoist Priest Fan... His Highness the Prince of Nanjun seems to have returned to normal..." Yun Jiuqing murmured in a low voice, as if she were whispering a secret.
To be honest, the suddenly normal-toned His Highness the Prince of Nanjun made her feel somewhat unaccustomed.
After all, during her interactions with His Highness the Prince of Nanjun, he had shown signs of madness or confusion, or simply been in a state of amnesia.
A Nanjun County Prince as solemn as the one before her now.
It indeed made her very uncomfortable.
"You unfilial..." The old Emperor shook his head, "If you were unfilial, then there would be no filial people left under heaven. You did the right thing back then, but actually, it should have been done by Us, not you."
"Your grandson didn’t think too much at the time," the County Prince of Nanjun said, head bowed. "All your grandson wanted was to do what he believed was right."
"Hm... You have indeed been aggrieved these years. Not only were you left in the Great Demon Forbidden Land for thirty years, but you also encountered an odd existence that even We cannot clarify," the old Emperor said. "As a result... your mind was influenced by It, leading, eventually, to the loss of a long stretch of your memory."
The Nanjun County Prince responded, "All that is in the past now, and besides, Daoist... Daoist Fan Wu and the others brought me back to the Imperial City, and I have recovered, regaining my memory as well."
When the Nanjun County Prince mentioned Fan Wu, the old Emperor shifted his gaze to Fan Wu, who met his eyes calmly.
In the whole of Yangxin Hall, only Fan Wu dared look directly at the old Emperor.
And only he exchanged such a direct gaze, their eyes clashing in midair.
"Qiulong Temple, Fan Wu, Taoist Priest," the old Emperor said with a smile, "These days, We have kept hearing your name. It is all because of the extraordinary things you have done in the Great Zhou Dynasty, which makes Us consider you a truly exceptional individual."
Being described by an Emperor with the words "extraordinary" and "exceptional" might have been a first for anyone in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Fan Wu laughed, "I shall take that as a compliment from Your Majesty!"
"Hahaha! If you considered Our words to be sarcastic, We might have already distanced Ourselves from you," the old Emperor expressed sentimentally. "So many years... ever since We assumed this throne, no one has been able to threaten Us."
