Duong didn’t know when he passed out, he only knew that when he woke up, all his senses were vague and weak, he couldn’t open his eyes, his skin felt like it was burning for no reason, and he seemed to be crying, vaguely heard someone crying with him and laughing.
“Your name will be… Duong, Vo Phi Duong!” A man’s voice said vaguely.
Time seemed to pass very quickly, making Duong dreamily feel as if someone was fast-forwarding time…
At this moment, Duong could feel the world around him more clearly, and it seemed like he was crying loudly.
“PHI THIEN! DON’T!” Duong heard a young woman scream in pain.
“LEAVE ME! TAKE THE CHILD AND RUN!” A man’s voice shouted. At this moment, Duong realized that he could only passively feel and could not control his body.
“NO!!!!” Diem screamed in pain…
Time passed again, now Duong could see, he saw himself smiling and spreading his arms, walking step by step towards Diem, she was still not much different from the last time Duong saw her, but a bit younger.
“Mom! Mom!” Duong babbled to call his mother. Diem both laughed and cried, opening her arms to hug him, soft and warm…
The scenes continuously changed, Duong found himself going to school for the first time, making friends with Vu Sinh, making enemies with Khoi Lang, then there were happy and sad memories, mostly memories with his mother, making Duong’s heart continuously change from happy to sad and then to longing…
Another flashback…
Duong was now an 11 year old boy, carrying a backpack on his back, furtively walking into a deserted alley, then entering an old bookstore.
The shop owner was a young man around 25-26 years old, handsome, dashing, and elegant, but also extremely cold. He was busily writing something down.
“Hello boss!” Duong called.
“Hello kid, here to buy sex stories?” The young man raised his eyebrows.
“No, if I want to read sex stories, I go to truyensextv55.com to read, why buy it! I want to buy the secret book!”
“How old are you?” the young man asked.
“11!”
“11? Then go home and ask your mother to take you to aerobics class!”
“No! I want the soul-refining cultivation method, along with the ultimate secret manual!” As he spoke, 11-year-old Yang glanced at a small bookshelf that contained quite thick books, each spine of which had a line of text written on it, such as the Ultimate Bliss Cultivation Method, the Divine Art of Jie Le, the Yin-Yang Union Technique, the Great Intercourse Method, the Divine-Demon Cultivation Method, and even the Heaven-Swallowing Earth Cultivation Method…
Seeing the three words “Swallowing Heaven and Earth”, Duong was extremely surprised. He wanted to reach out and read it, but he couldn’t control his body. In his heart, he secretly urged: “Take it! Take it!”
Not sure if it was because Duong called for it or it was already like that, 11 year old Duong reached out to pick up the book Thon Thien Dia, looked at it, then flipped to the introduction page…
“Swallowing Heaven and Earth, Soul Refining Technique…”
Reading up to here, the scene gradually faded away. Duong was furious but had no way to hold on…
Next is the scene where Duong and Vu Sinh were blocked and attacked by Khoi Lang gang. After that, Duong returned to the old bookstore determined to buy a book on gathering spirits. He practiced it and failed, his soul was damaged but he didn’t know where it was damaged…
Next was a picnic with his mother, Duong went to the cliff to pee, then was blown off the cliff by a strong wind, then when he woke up, Duong knew he was not simply himself.
The scene changed again, this time Duong stood in an ancient marble room, in front of Duong appeared a large altar, the incense smoke had long since burned out. Duong looked around, My and Nguyet had returned to human form, standing next to him (as for My, the back of her shirt was torn but the front was still intact), but the two girls closed their eyes and remained motionless.
“Huh? Why did you just escape?” A voice that sounded distant as if coming from a soul made Duong jump.
“Who is it?” Duong looked around.
“How did you get out so quickly?” From the empty space by the altar, an illusory figure appeared. This person was wearing a royal robe and a crown. Although it was just a blurry image, he exuded an extraordinary imperial aura.
“Y… you are Dinh Tien Hoang?” Duong asked.
“How did you escape the Eternal Illusion so quickly?” the other person asked back.
“What is Eternal Illusion?” Yang asked again.
“Why don’t you answer me?” The other person lost his patience.
“Why do you keep asking me?” Duong was equally impatient. From beginning to end, the two of them asked their own questions, neither answering the other.
“You… okay! I’m an adult, I ask first, you answer, ok?”
“Yes, so you are Dinh Tien Hoan, right?” Duong nodded politely and asked.
“Yes, it was me! I asked first!” Dinh Tien Hoang nodded, but then turned annoyed.
“So what do you want to ask?” Duong asked.
“How did you escape the Eternal Illusion spell so quickly?”
“What is Eternal Illusion?” Yang asked again.
“Why don’t you answer me?” Dinh Tien Hoang shouted angrily.
“But I don’t know what that is?” Duong smiled bitterly, intending to ask Google but Dinh Tien Hoang immediately explained.
“Eternal Illusion is a kind of curse, it puts your soul into an illusion like being born and growing up again in an illusion, you will forget about reality, living and growing in the illusion world as usual, unless you realize it is just an illusion, otherwise you will forever be stuck in that real world. Tell me, how did you realize it was an illusion and escape so quickly?”
“Ah… I see…” Duong nodded, this curse was extremely dangerous for others, causing people to freeze in fear and think they were still alive, rushing into a world they thought was real. But for Duong, it was useless, as soon as he started to dream, he immediately realized that this was not real, simply because the childhood of the person in his dream was not his childhood! This curse not only did not make things difficult for Duong, but also helped him know about the first 13 years of Vo Phi Duong’s life, allowing him to receive memories and extremely real emotions that Vo Phi Duong had really had.
“How is it? Tell me quickly?” Dinh Tien Hoang looked as eager as a child curious about something new.
“Yes… I don’t know either, it’s getting to the part where I fell off the mountain when I was 13, I must have been so scared that I woke up…” Duong said, the situation was real but the cause was fake.
Dinh Tien Hoang found it hard to believe but could not think of any other reason, so he silently nodded.
Duong now worriedly looked at My and Nguyet, it seemed that the two of them were also lost in a dream.
“Don’t worry, they’re fine!” Dinh Tien Hoang said.
Seeing that Duong was still worried, he continued: “This is not Eternity, I only intend for you to experience a lifetime, as a reward for passing my test.”
“A person’s life is only lived once, if you were to live a life, even if it was in a dream, and then return to being a 15-16 year old youth, but still have the experience of a hundred year old, do you think this is such an advantage?” Dinh Tien Hoang continued, somewhat pleased with his method of training people, then sighed regretfully: “Unfortunately… you escaped too soon, and I don’t have enough strength to bring you in again…”
Duong opened his mouth and widened his eyes. Oh my god, he was just such a person. He turned 69 years old and became 13 years old. Although he still retained his memories, his psychology and physiology were completely affected by his 13 year old body, so his personality was often still as impulsive and childish as a normal teenager.
“But you said this is a test?” Duong asked.
Dinh Tien Hoang nodded. Although Duong was somewhat impolite to an emperor, he didn’t care. He didn’t even bother to address Duong as an emperor normally would, giving Duong a feeling of closeness and familiarity, but also more respect.
“This mausoleum was built not only to be my resting place, but also to test talented people…” Dinh Tien Hoang said: “You also know, a poor and weak country needs talented people the most, but according to tradition, each emperor is laid to rest in a splendid and splendid mausoleum. I do not want that, and I cannot erase the traditions of my ancestors and the beliefs of my people…”
“So I came up with a way to keep a part of my soul, turn the things that were originally obstacles preventing others from digging graves into tests to find and nurture talents, so that even though I am gone, I can still contribute a little bit of my strength to the country…”
“I have been observing from the beginning. Your group has intelligence, understanding, talent, courage, and kindness. Although there is still a 4th level that requires strong strength, but as soon as I saw that you knew how to use the curse reversal to kill the dragon, I knew that you were the talent I was waiting for. I will let you directly pass the 4th level trial and come down here to receive the first reward, the Illusory Dream Heart Refining!”
Yang offered a heart of respect, the emperor did not choose to rest, but chose a thousand years of solitude to wait for a talented person, how benevolent was he, how patriotic was he?
Suddenly, Duong knelt down and kowtowed before the remnant soul of the former emperor, completely in awe.
“Stand up… Tell me about the current situation of the country…” Dinh Tien Hoang kindly waved his hand to make Duong stand up, and began to ask Duong about the country he had ruled over a thousand years ago.
Duong talked nonstop, telling Dinh Tien Hoang about current Vietnam, then took out some treasures and current necessities from his ring to introduce to Dinh Tien Hoang, making him both curious and surprised, then surprised and delighted with the new inventions.
The two talked for more than half a day before Nguyet regained consciousness. Then My also woke up. The two of them were agitated when they realized that their life just now was just an illusion. They quickly ran to hug Duong and cried, causing Dinh Tien Hoang to be flustered and had to cast another curse, burying the emotions in their illusions, leaving only their experiences.
Duong hugged the two beauties in his arms, his right arm took turns patting and comforting them, until they were both awake, then he curiously asked: “In the dream… did you two… marry? Who did you marry? Ouch!”
Nguyet shyly pinched Duong’s hip, while My gloomily lowered her head. Duong couldn’t see My’s expression so he thought she was shy.
Dinh Tien Hoang shook his head and smiled bitterly, these kids are as natural as flies…
Unlike Duong who initially argued with him for a while, My and Nguyet, when they knew that Dinh Tien Hoang’s remnant soul was here, immediately knelt down politely.
“No need for formalities! Alright, the first reward is done!” Dinh Tien Hoan coughed once and then continued awkwardly: “Actually… when I died, the country was still poor… so I didn’t bring any wealth…”
“We are honored to meet your majesty, how dare we ask for wealth!” My and Nguyet said in unison.
Dinh Tien Hoang changed to a solemn attitude: “Ho Nhu Nguyet receives the order!”
“Yes, commoner!” Nguyet bowed her head.
“I bestow upon you the Illusion Crystal! This is a crystal that contains an extremely rare illusion attribute. If you can absorb this attribute, combining it with the moonlight attribute and the Fox Clan’s illusion talent will make you even more formidable!”
“Thank you, Your Majesty!” Nhu Nguyet kowtowed, then respectfully received the thumb-sized crystal with both hands. Inside the crystal was a magical silver-gray liquid.
“Vo Diem My receives the order!”
“Yes, commoner!”
“I will bestow upon you the Lotus Heart Holy Pill. As for its uses, you should already know it in the illusion!”
“Thank you, Your Majesty!”
“Vo Phi Duong received the order!”
“Yes, commoner!” Duong quickly knelt down, his heart filled with anticipation.
“I gave you a tongue… where did it go??” Dinh Tien Hoang solemnly said while waving his hand to take something out of the altar cabinet, but found that nothing came out.
“What’s so strange?” Dinh Tien Hoang quickly opened the cupboard and searched, but couldn’t find it.
Duong sighed, how the hell did he lose his stuff in here, and even gave him a tongue…
“Your Majesty, what are you looking for?” Duong asked.
“I’m looking for the blade! The Heaven Defying Sword like the one your little elf is holding!” Dinh Tien Hoang said.
“Huh, could it be…” Duong was stunned, quickly took Bao Ngoc out from the ring, and sure enough, she was sleeping soundly hugging the black sword blade. It turned out that while the two were chatting, Bao Ngoc somehow smelled the sword blade, flew out, hugged it, and entered the ring to absorb it. Dinh Tien Hoang was happily studying one of Duong’s treasures at that time, so he didn’t notice.
“And this one, I’ll give it to you too!” Dinh Tien Hoang took out a crystal from the altar drawer and threw it to Duong. This crystal looked quite similar to Nguyet’s Illusion Crystal, but it was a transparent red color, inside it contained something like a blood-red flame.
“This is…” Yang held the crystal and asked curiously.
“Blood Shadow Demon Fire Crystal, contains Blood Shadow Demon Fire, the emperor of fire attribute. If combined with your Black Demon Emperor Lightning, it will create terrifying power, but you have to wait until you reach Spirit Emperor level to absorb it. With your current strength, if you are not burned to death by it, then if the Lightning and Fire fight, you will die too!” Dinh Tien Hoang said.
Another type of emperor element, these are the rarest mutant elements in the world, yet Yang alone holds two of them. If outsiders were to know that Yang holds this Blood Shadow Demon Fire Crystal, even the Lord would come and fight for it!
After giving Duong the crystal stone, Dinh Tien Hoang was curious about Bao Ngoc, so he asked Duong: “What kind of spirit is the one following you? Why have I never heard of it?”
Duong scratched his head: “I don’t know either…”
“You don’t know either? I see it’s bigger than a normal spirit, and too small for a fairy, but it can transform into an Immortal, so why does it like that piece of the Defying Heaven Sword?”
“It seemed like it was born from a piece of the N通天天 Sword…” Duong said.
“From the Heavenly Sword? Could it be the sword spirit of the Heavenly Sword?” Dinh Tien Hoang guessed.
Divine Treasures have spirituality, and Supreme Treasures have souls. The Heavenly Sword is no exception. The soul of the Heavenly Sword is called the sword spirit.
Dinh Tien Hoang looked at Duong deeply, with a kingly dragon body, immortal martial arts, extraordinary intelligence, the spiritual power of Emperor Thunder – Death, and a high possibility of holding the soul of the only Supreme Treasure of Vietnam: the Heavenly Sword, not to mention the spiritual power in this tomb is constantly being absorbed by Duong’s body, even in the illusion it is still continuously absorbed, this must be a peerless cultivation method!
Dinh Tien Hoang could not help but nod, this little brat is weak now, but his future is limitless!
“Your Majesty…”
Dinh Tien Hoang was deep in thought when he heard My’s soft voice asking.
“What do you want to ask?” Dinh Tien Hoang asked.
“I want to ask… can the things in the illusion come true?” My asked.
Dinh Tien Hoang replied: “The period from the time you were born until now is from the real memories in your brain, the rest is completely an illusion with you as the center, self-deduced.”
My breathed a sigh of relief, her heart felt a little lighter, suddenly she felt a warm hand holding hers, her heart beating fast.
“What’s wrong My?” Duong asked with concern.
“Nothing…” My bowed her head and replied.
Nguyet pouted, a feeling arose in her heart that was both uncomfortable and gentle…
Dinh Tien Hoang shook his head and smiled bitterly, do these people think I’m invisible?
“And one more thing! Vo Phi Duong, do you want to accept my legacy?” Dinh Tien Hoang asked.
Duong pondered, what secret manual can I not have? But suddenly realized that when Dinh Tien Hoang asked, he seemed to wink at him. He thought for a moment then knelt down: “If that’s the case, then I would rather respectfully offer it than obey!”
“Good! Good!” Dinh Tien Hoang nodded: “Then you stay here for a few months and I will teach you everything I know!”
Dinh Tien Hoang turned to My and Nguyet: “You two step into the circle of light, I will take you out of here.”
“Yes!” My and Nguyet respectfully replied, then turned to look at Duong, their eyes worried.
“Don’t worry! I’m fine!” Duong said.
“We will be worried after you leave here!” Nguyet said.
“If you want to go to Long Thanh, take us with you!” My continued, her eyes filled with determination.
“No! It’s dangerous!” Duong protested.
“If it’s dangerous, you shouldn’t go alone!” Nguyet said.
“Alright alright… Let’s do this! I promise that after I receive your majesty’s legacy, I will return to the academy!” Duong affirmed.
“You promise!” My said.
Dinh Tien Hoang added: “Rest assured, with me as a witness, after receiving my legacy, he will return to the academy!”
After a while of saying goodbye, My and Nguyet transferred all the food to Duong and then took the elevator to the first floor of the tomb. The others were also called by Dinh Tien Hoang to leave.
Outside the space rift, many Spirit Agents had gathered, waiting for the right moment to enter. Suddenly, a commotion was seen as a group of Spirit Agents walked out of the rift. When the last person walked out, the rift closed…
Inside the tomb.
Dinh Tien Hoang shook his head in self-mockery: “I was once an emperor, but I had to cooperate with you to deceive two girls… Haiz…”
Duong comforted: “It’s not considered cheating, if I don’t accept your legacy then the promise is invalid!”
“Just call me son as before! I know I don’t have the ability to teach you anything, you already have your own path. I kept you here because I know this place still has some use for you…”
Duong nodded: “Yes! The spiritual energy here is quite dense, very suitable for you to cultivate…”
“Do you practice the Heaven and Earth Devouring Cultivation Technique?” Dinh Tien Hoang asked.
“You know too?”
“Just a little bit. My soul will soon dissipate, the amount of spiritual power left here won’t be of any use, you can freely absorb it, before it dissipates I will send you out.”
“Are you about to disappear?”
“Yes! My wish has come true, I should rest in peace…” Dinh Tien Hoang said calmly.
He continued: “I know you are eager to save your mother, I do not stop you, nor do I support you. You are still too immature, if you want to be strong then you have to rush in, but if you want to live then never think that you are strong enough!”