Chapter 291 - 291 How Can There Be a Crown Prince in Waiting for 1,000 Years?

291 How Can There Be a Crown Prince in Waiting for 1,000 Years?

“Is this Heavenly Stairway deliberately targeting me?!”

Dragging his aged body around, Feng Xia could not help but roar at the sky.

However, because the First Prince was too old, he could only let out a hoarse rasp before it turned into a series of coughs.

“Damn, I didn’t notice it when I turned into a fish and tree. How long has this Lingyun Emperor lived? His eldest prince is about to die of old age, but that guy is still in his prime. He even has the mood to have his sixteenth prince?”

Feng Xia coughed hard a few more times before thinking about the current situation.

No matter what, even though the First Prince was about to die of old age, compared to the fish and trees from before, he was now a human who could move freely. This was a much much better situation.

“It’s just that my back hurts when I move…”

He raised his hand and pounded his old waist. At the same time, he continued to flip through the First Prince’s memories.

Unlike the previous two times when he had to start from scratch, this time round, the first prince came with a considerable amount of memories. Feng Xia roughly calculated that it went back at least a thousand years!

Even though he had the Floating Dream Three Lives Technique with him, it was not easy to carry the weight of this thousand-year-old memory. He had to carefully absorb it bit by bit.

If his own memories were accidentally scattered, it was very likely that after leaving this dreamland, it would also affect him in reality as well.

“How can there be a crown prince in waiting for 1,000 years…”

Feng Xia muttered while caught between laughter and tears. Not long after, he quickly discovered some strange secrets in the First Prince’s memories. His mouth opened wide, revealing a mouthful of teeth that felt as if they were about to fall out.

“The real First Prince is long dead. The one here is fake?”

The more Feng Xia flipped through, the more shocked he became.

In the end, there were only a few words in his mind.

The upper class is such a mess!

“He was originally just an ordinary scholar, but he looked a little similar to the First Prince. In the end, a mysterious faction took a fancy to him and gave him resources and secret treasures, allowing him to disguise himself as the First Prince and enter the palace…”

Feng Xia could not help but click his tongue. This kind of plan was too audacious. One could imagine that if they gave themselves away, they would need to face the Lingyun Emperor’s fury!

In the end, not only did this mysterious faction succeed, but this fake First Prince even lasted in the position for around 1,000 years!

Due to the fact that he had a poor aptitude, even though he obtained many treasures that could extend his lifespan and cultivation, he could only make it to 1,000 years old or so. Otherwise, Feng Xia even had sufficient reason to suspect that this fellow could live until the end of time!

“Tsk tsk tsk, which mysterious faction is that? After switching the eldest prince to a fake, they kept him maintained using natural treasures for 1,000 years ? No matter how I think about it, it doesn’t make sense…”

Feng Xia rubbed his chin and clicked his tongue in wonder. It could not be that the other party was actually a charity organization in the alternate world and did all of this just to let the fake eldest prince enjoy his life from the age of 24 until retirement, and then send him off, right?

“The Lingyun Emperor should have sensed it too, but he either had some unknown misgivings, or perhaps he simply decided to leave the puppet here to slow down the actions of that mysterious faction and make them think that everything is still under their control…”

Gradually, Feng Xia finally figured out some logic. Perhaps the Lingyun Emperor already knew about this!

“Here’s the plot I know so far. In eight years’ time, the red carp in the pond will become the demon deity Yu Qianji and destroy the entire Lingyun Kingdom.”

“Then 10 years later, four mysterious experts will descend and severely injure the Lingyun Emperor, and even destroy the entire Lingyun Kingdom.”

“These two things can’t both happen. Therefore, if this dreamland has some kind of logic, then these two outcomes must represent two different future paths.”

“So, what are the factors that determine these two paths?”

“I did a lot of things during the first round. I didn’t do anything during the second round. Can it be that… the problem still lies with the 16th Prince?”

The biggest difference between the two dreams was that in the first round, the 16th Prince had hidden a part of his strength due to the influence of the green carp which Feng Xia had transformed into.

If he was allowed to develop further, he might really be able to turn the tide and save the collapsing Lingyun Kingdom.

Feng Xia slowly adjusted his sitting position and found a relatively more comfortable position. He lay down on the bed shakily and thought about all the current information he had.

This reminded him of when he used to stay up late to think about his gaming strategy.

Moreover, the situations in the past and now were quite similar. In the past, he was afraid of sudden death, and now, he was also afraid of sudden death…

It had to be said that fate was sometimes just so magical.

“Other than that, there’s another difference between the two rounds. When I became the green carp in the first round, I clearly interfered more with palace matters than when I was a tree in the second round.”

Unfortunately, after a while, Feng Xia temporarily gave up on thinking. “Currently, there’s still too little useful information. Who are the enemies of Lingyun Kingdom? Is it only that Xuantian Sect? Where do the four experts come from? Other than that…”

As he was thinking, Feng Xia stood up instinctively. He pushed open the door and walked out. Then, a cold wind blew past, making him shiver. Suddenly, he came back to his senses.

“Wait a minute, I’m different from those normal challengers!”

“They have to keep a close eye on the number of jade talismans they have. Within a limited period of time, they have to make full use of one jade talisman as much as possible. Therefore, they definitely can’t stop dreaming as and when they like.”

“But I’m different! If I have to go by the rules to break the stalemate, it would be a waste of this opportunity!”

As his thoughts raced, Feng Xia gradually had an idea.

At the thought of this, his figure suddenly changed inch by inch. Not long after, the white-haired First Prince disappeared. At this moment, the person standing in the residence was a fisherman holding a fishing rod.

The fisherman looked very worldly, but if one ignored his long beard and hair, one could still tell that he was a handsome young man.

The Mysterious Art of Creation allowed transformations in different ways without any trace!

“It’s time to go to the palace.”

Feng Xia smiled. At this moment, all the cultivation that belonged to the First Prince was at his disposal. With every step he took, he could cross hundreds of feet. In the blink of an eye, he appeared outside the Lingyun imperial palace.

“The imperial palace is forbidden grounds. No one is allowed to approach!”

Tall and burly guards in golden armor blocked the way with their spears.

One of them shouted at Feng Xia, “You fisherman! It’s the palace up ahead. If you want to fish, you have to go to the Yuanqing River in the north!”

However, Feng Xia smiled mysteriously and bowed slightly.

“My fish is not in the Yuanqing River, but in the royal pond. Please be kind so that I can eat my fill tonight.”

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