Chapter 1 - Prince Xu Zihuang

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The golden-red sun rises slowly from the east, shining on the sea and sparkling.

The sea breeze approaches mixed with a bit of a fishy smell, with traces of humidity and cold characteristic of late autumn.

Wave after wave washes against the rock wall, and as the clouds and sea mist dissipate, an island suddenly appears.

This island is located in the western sea area of the Sun Moon Empire, far from the Sun Moon Continent, but not too deep in the sea.

It is precisely because of this that this island is not threatened by various powerful sea spirit beasts from the depths of the sea, so it can be drawn into the huge territory of the Sun Moon Empire and ruled directly.

The size of the island is not large, but unlike ordinary islands, this island is surrounded by a solid wall, built of bluish-grey marble and with a height of close to fifty meters.

The washing of the waves has left traces of the years on it, but the thick wall, some fifty meters high, remains immobile and firm.

In the breach at the top of the city, the wall was placed with a huge gun barrel that exuded a dark metallic sheen.

Rows of orderly and capable soldiers alternately patrolled the city wall, and the dark blue uniform armor on their bodies spread a strange halo in the sunlight.

This island is a maritime military base built by the Sun Moon Empire to defend against sea spirit beasts in the western seas.

There are few bases like this in the western and southern waters of the Sun Moon Empire.

After all, even with the development of soul guidance technology, it is not enough for human beings to conquer this vast and unknown sea.

We must know that the powerful soul beasts in the deep sea far exceed the soul beasts on earth, both in quantity and quality.

Inside the city walls, there are no bustling streets as you might imagine, let alone crowded towns. There are only rows of low houses built with rocks.

Soldiers who rest in pairs and trios on the roads come and go, receiving various supplies at simple supply points.

The only thing that seems to be related to the streets and towns is the imposing castle in the center of the island. The general appearance of the castle is blue-gray, which gives people a depressing feeling even in the sunlight.

Compared with those rock houses that usually only have one or two floors, this five-story castle can be called outstanding.

The flower garden in front of the castle is dotted with the only colors left on the island. Rare flowers of different colors exude a pleasant fragrance, which dilutes the smell of fish in the sea breeze.

A young man in a luxurious purple and gold robe closed his eyes at the edge of the flowerbed, walked up to a deep purple exotic ink orchid, and sniffed lightly with his high nose.

The boy looked young and his eyebrows were obviously immature.

A head of medium-length black hair barely touched his shoulders, but there were a few strands of purple hair on his forehead and temples, which blended into the black hair, adding a sense of evil out of nowhere.

With exquisite facial features and jade-white skin, he doesn't look like someone who has lived by the sea for a long time, but more like a spoiled noble child.

In fact, this is exactly the case.

The boy's name is Xu Zihuang, and his origin is much more prominent than those of noble children.

He is the son of a prince of the Sun Moon Empire, but due to the change of Emperor in the Sun Moon Empire three years ago.

His father, who was originally a high-ranking prince, ended up ruined due to his desperate efforts to rescue the former Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire.

Perhaps it was due to concerns that children from other clans who controlled royal power were in danger, or the new emperor had just been established and was unfit to kill Xu Zihuang, who was only five years old at the time.

He was lucky not to be annihilated by the new emperor of the Sun Moon Empire but instead was exiled to this isolated island in the sea.

"Your Highness of him, it's windy outside, please take care of yourself," a firm voice came from behind, Xu Zihuang slowly opened his eyes and looked to the sides, dark purple clear eyes were indifferent.

Looking at the imposing middle-aged man in dark blue armor in front of him, a self-deprecating smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

His Royal Highness?

Prince in exile?

The middle-aged man in front of him had dark skin and was almost two meters tall, he looked like a tough guy in the army, but when he faced Xu Zihuang, he bowed his head very respectfully, not daring to look directly at Xu Zihuang.

The plots of those despondent sons who were humiliated by their subordinates had no place here.

The majesty of the imperial family cannot be violated, although Xu Zihuang is only an exiled prince, he still represents the imperial family of the Sun Moon Empire.

If they could be humiliated at will, the face of the Sun Moon Empire Imperial Family would be too worthless.

With his left hand, smoothing the hair from his forehead that was messy from the sea breeze, Xu Zihuang walked slowly in front of the middle-aged man, squinting his eyes to examine the expression on his face.

"Division Head Hai Xiao, you come to see me right now, must you have something to do?"

Hai Xiao nodded, his stiff face twitching slightly.

"A ship will arrive here from the empire's mainland this afternoon, there will be a hundred selected noble ladies from all over the empire, all of them excellent in appearance and talent."

"His Royal Highness of him hopes that you can select ten of them to pass on the martial spirit of the imperial family lineage."

Having said that, Hai Xiao paused for a moment, then continued to add, "Of course, if his Royal Highness wants to keep all these hundred noble ladies, his Highness the First Prince will agree as well."

"Hmph," Xu Zihuang sneered in his heart, but the depth of his eyes turned extremely cold.

"Xu Tianran, you are really considerate of me."

He now finally understands why Xu Tianran spared his life in the first place.

Although the imperial family of the Sun Moon Empire has a prosperous population, there are very few people who inherit the superior martial spirit of the imperial family and Xu Zihuang is one of the lucky ones.

When he awakened his martial spirit, he not only had innate full soul power, very rare on the Sun Moon Empire's side.

He also inherited the top-tier beast-type martial spirit, the Purple Brilliant Sky Destroyer Dragon, and furthermore, his blood was pure in the imperial family of the Sun Moon Empire.

The emotions in the back of his eyes quickly calmed down again, and then Xu Zihuang turned around and entered the castle.

"When they arrive, you can report back, anyway, I have no right to refuse right?"

Knowing Xu Tianran's purpose, his tense nerves were greatly relaxed.

At least he is safe for now.

If he is lucky enough to survive in the future, he may not be able to leave this island even a single step in his life, indulging is the only thing he can do.

Fortunately, the Sun Moon Empire's current soul guidance technology is still unable to extract the seeds from him and keep them active for a long time, making it seem like they have no choice.

The most important thing is that he was able to survive for several years. It will take him at least three or four years to reach the age where he can leave offspring.

These three or four years are probably the final term.

He knew the sinister character of his cousin very well, if he really did leave worthless offspring, he might not be far from death.

Walking through the spacious and luxurious halls of the castle, Xu Zihuang secretly sighed in his heart.

"The opening has hell-level difficulty."