Chapter 254: His dream, his sin and his request

A while later, the two of them were talking quietly as if they were old acquaintances while the emperor told Tang Yin several things regarding this spiritual vein and regarding the background the empire had in the past.It is not an empire with much longevity when compared to those nearby, but thanks to the spiritual vein, it can be the vanguard of the third-tier empires. Although, at present, they can already rise to be a second-tier empire thanks to the two spiritual emperors that are present in the nation.

But the truth is that, in the past, there was a first-level empire here that bore a name similar to the current one. The last emperor of that first-level empire was also the father of the creator of this empire.

He is the great-grandfather of Emperor Zu.

"Do you want to restore the glory of this empire?" Tang Yin asked doubtfully, but Emperor Zu shook his head as he smiled.

"No, although my great-grandfather left it in writing that we should do so, the reality is that I have no such obsession. I won the fight for the throne, but it was solely to protect my late wife and daughters. If it wasn't for that, I would be traveling the continent as before." Replied the emperor calmly, and Tang Yin nodded.

'He does not have the bearing of an emperor, but he certainly understands the responsibilities of one.' Tang Yin thought approvingly, after remembering that he told him a moment ago that he already knew that this great sect would attack them.

"Do you know what my greatest dream is?" Emperor Zu suddenly asked.

"Which one?"

"Actually, I don't have much attachment towards this empire. I have seen both sides of the people here and I feel that they are not a good choice as a nation. They want me to solve everything for them, but if a problem occurs within the empire because of them, they will immediately blame the emperor, who would have an attachment towards such a place?" he said mockingly.

"My biggest dream is to see my eldest daughter again. She is my pride; she is also my promise. The most talented being I have seen so far. Sadly, I believe that in this life I will never see her again and it is painful for me, but... In the span of time that she has not been here, I almost forced my other daughter to receive an empire that was destined to be destroyed.

Blinded by my stupidity, I almost sent my youngest daughter to her death, solely because I wanted to free myself from the responsibilities to go find my daughter."

"I was about to try to fulfill my biggest dream by sacrificing my youngest daughter. If my older daughter found out about this, she would possibly hate me more than she already does. So, that is my biggest dream, but it is also impossible to fulfill." He said smiling, and looking at the chasm in front of him with an indifferent gaze.

But, once he finished saying this, he looked at Tang Yin.

"That's why I want to ask you for a favor, which you can refuse if you wish." He said and waited for Tang Yin's confirmation.

Tang Yin didn't bother to think anything simply nodded to him, "You can speak and say it with confidence." He replied, and Emperor Zu nodded.

"I am not worthy of my daughters and I was about to kill my youngest daughter when I had her, just to get rid of my responsibilities. So, I decided to fulfill my responsibilities in the end and try to save her, can I ask you to take her with you?

I don't care where you go, I just want her to live and to be able to, someday, see her beloved older sister, she will be able to see her." He said, staring at Tang Yin, waiting for his answer.

Tang Yin returned his gaze and smiled soon after, "Do you plan to fight to the end with the empire?" he asked, and Emperor Zu nodded.

"After making a mistake like that, it's the only thing I can do to redeem myself to my late wife." He replied with a smile, and Tang Yin nodded.

'Redemption, huh.' He thought as if he was trying to understand the true meaning of that word but nodded to the emperor.

"Well, if that's what you want, I'll take her with me. But you must convince her on your own. I don't think I can convince her to go and leave her father to die in this place." Tang Yin replied, and the emperor nodded.

"It won't be necessary to convince her, there are better ways to do it." He said and then turned away.

Then he took out the keys again, with which he opened the great door behind them and smiled slightly.

"I'll entrust you with something else. Give this to her when she enters the seventh realm. It will surely help her." He said with a smile, making Tang Yin feel a little doubtful.

'The keys to this place?' He thought but was surprised by the next thing he saw.

The emperor threw the keys into the chasm, and without even having a chance to think, he saw the keys light up brightly, and soon, a tremendous tremor began to occur all over the place...

Not only there, but the whole city and part of the empire were shaking.

While Tang Yin began to see the great spiritual veins that were in this place shrinking, the spiritual energy at the bottom of the chasm, which looked like a flame, began to slowly grow and grow.

But, when it reached a certain point, it began to slowly shrink until there was nothing left, and finally, Tang Yin saw the keys again...

They were no longer keys. Now, it was a rather large token, with black patterns and chains crisscrossing it from one side to the other. S~eaʀᴄh the NôvelFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

The flame disappeared, and the giant spiritual veins from before had now shrunk to half their size.

All the rich spiritual energy in this place, was reduced to nothing.

Then, the token flew back into the emperor's hands.

Tang Yin saw this and frowned sharply, "A portable spiritual vein? Could it be the legendary invisible spiritual vein?" He asked in shock, and the emperor was surprised to hear this from him.

"Do you know?" he asked in shock, and Tang Yin looked at him strangely.

"Of course, I know, but how do you know anything about it?" Tang Yin asked in shock, and the emperor, though shocked, smiled.

"My eldest daughter is a genius; she discovered these patterns and the way to use them. Here, give this to Xiaolin when the time comes." He said with a smile as he bestowed the token on him.

'What strange patterns... They bring back memories.' Tang Yin thought as soon as he saw them.