My System Is Three Thousand Years Early

At the same time.

One message after another was sent out from Skyfire City.

The originally calm Skyfire City suddenly began to surge with undercurrents.

Cheng Guang stood on the top of the teahouse, looking at the gradually dissipating scene in the distance, his eyebrows involuntarily knitting together.

"Is this Commandery Princess of Prince Ning the daughter of a former Emperor of Great Chu?"

"She had contracted a terminal illness and was sealed away."

"Only after the downfall of Great Chu did she accidentally break the seal..."

Cheng Guang murmured to himself, slowly realizing.

No wonder why the Commandery Princess of Prince Ning, clearly of the Great Chu imperial family, did not recognize him.

Although his appearance did not resemble that of the Great Chu Emperor, he bore a resemblance to the Empress of Great Chu.

If the Commandery Princess was indeed of the imperial family of Great Chu, she should have seen the Empress.

Perhaps she would associate his face with that of the Empress.

Yet, she showed not even the slightest sign of familiarity towards him.

All of this, it seemed, was because the Commandery Princess belonged to a time many dynasties before his own.

Thinking of this, Cheng Guang turned his gaze towards the Imperial Palace of Great Yan.

He took a slow breath.

Suppressing the complex emotions in his heart.

He pondered what to do next.

It was at this moment.

A cold and emotionless system notification sound rang in Cheng Guang's ear.

[Task completed.]

[Would you like to receive your reward?]

......

Inside the Imperial Palace of Great Yan.

Within the Great Temple, inside the Secret Realm.

The Crown Prince Li Zhongxin and the Commandery Princess of Prince Ning were both meditating with closed eyes on the Mountain of Inquiry.

The Commandery Princess's eyes were tightly shut as if recalling some terrifying scene, causing fine beads of sweat to form on her pale forehead.

Her beautiful features turned slightly pale.

It was unknown how much time had passed.

Only then did the Commandery Princess slowly open her eyes, filled with exhaustion. She gently lifted her jade hand for a glance at Li Zhongxin, who was still immersed in the trial of the Mountain of Inquiry, and she let out a sigh of relief.

This time, the test of character at Mountain of Inquiry, within the four major trials, was even more difficult than the last. Had she not been well-prepared and strong-willed, it might not have been so easy to pass.

Since Li Zhongxin had fallen behind her in this trial, it was unlikely for him to overtake her in the remaining challenges.

The throne of the Great Yan Dynasty would fall into her hands, and it seemed no other mishaps would occur.

The Commandery Princess pondered, took a deep breath, and retracted all signs of weariness from her beautiful eyes as she walked towards the next trial.

The last test was a challenge of Qi.

Qi, this kind of thing, was originally an elusive existence.

One could only submit to fate.

If you were to ask which test the Commandery Princess felt most uncertain about, it was this last one, the test of Qi.

The Commandery Princess walked slowly towards the next trial.

For a moment, the world around the Commandery Princess seemed to spin, and many of the surrounding scenes began to distort.

"This..."

The Commandery Princess was startled by this sudden change, but fortunately, the transformation did not last long.

The next moment.

The Commandery Princess reappeared inside the Great Temple of Great Yan.

A faint golden glow emitted from her being.

The Commandery Princess opened her beautiful eyes, surveying her surroundings, expecting to be met with shocked, exclamatory, and admiring gazes from those around her.

What the Commandery Princess hadn't anticipated was.

The sight that greeted her in the Great Temple was the aged Emperor of Great Yan and the watchful eyes of the imperial kin.

There was shock indeed.

But more than that, there was fear.

It was not due to the faint golden aura signifying her deep Qi, but something else.

Overcome with shock, the Emperor of Great Yan and the imperial kin silently observed her, finding themselves unable to speak for the moment.

What had happened?

The Commandery Princess was confused.

The Commandery Princess looked at the Emperor of Great Yan and the gathered imperial kin with a puzzled expression.

And the imperial kin, their faces a mixture of shock and the semblance of having seen a ghost, stared at the Commandery Princess.

Both sides fell into a strange silence.

At this moment, none of them noticed.

Outside the Great Temple, up in the vault of the sky, a person seated on the clouds peered through the layers of mist, eyes intently fixed upon the figure of Prince Ning's Commandery Princess inside the Great Temple.

Upon seeing the pale golden light around Prince Ning's Commandery Princess, he seemed quite satisfied and nodded slightly.

...

Prince Ning's Commandery Princess eventually could no longer withstand the strange stares of the Great Yan royal relatives around her and was about to break the deadlock by asking what was happening.

Inside the Great Temple, another light flashed.

Li Zhongxin's figure appeared within the Great Temple.

Li Zhongxin, coughing and with a pale face, surveyed his surroundings, and when he saw Prince Ning's Commandery Princess standing at the center of the Great Temple, he was utterly stunned.

He had thought he was fast enough.

But he hadn't expected Prince Ning's Commandery Princess to be even faster.

The realization that Prince Ning's Commandery Princess had emerged from the Secret Realm before him, thereby having passed the four major trials, meant that the future imperial throne of Great Yan had nothing to do with him anymore.

Li Zhongxin's face, already pale, now turned even paler.

As pale as paper.

"This... Your Majesty..."

"This..."

Li Zhongxin looked toward his father, the emperor, and the host of imperial relatives, feeling utterly defeated.

Just as he was about to seek his father's help in salvaging the situation.

He then heard the aged Great Yan Emperor slowly speak.

"Xia Dong... let's just call you that for now, what is all this about?"

"How does a person from Great Chu appear in my Great Yan?"

"What about Prince Ning... what is this all about?"

The aged Emperor of Great Yan gazed at Prince Ning's Commandery Princess, the shock in his eyes yet to fade away, but even amidst his great astonishment and having been startled by the event, he did not directly act against the Commandery Princess.

After all, Prince Ning's Commandery Princess was a princess of Great Yan and Prince Ning's daughter.

Even if the Great Yan Emperor wished to act, he had to consider the consequences as well as respect for Prince Ning and the dignity of the Great Yan Dynasty.

Although the sudden apparition of the shadowy images alone could not prove anything,

It was already suggestive enough.

Upon hearing the words spoken by the Great Yan Emperor, Prince Ning's Commandery Princess first froze, her beautiful pupils involuntarily contracted slightly as she was struck with tremendous shock.

Clearly, she had not anticipated that the Great Yan Emperor would say such things.

At the same time, she had no idea how her identity had been exposed.

Nevertheless, Prince Ning's Commandery Princess was, after all, somewhat composed. Despite the great turmoil inside, she managed to keep a composed facade and asked with a smile, "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? I'm a bit confused."

The Great Yan Emperor sighed.

He did not elaborate further,

Instead, he instructed someone nearby to take out the Image Preservation Stone.

When that person channeled Qi into the Image Preservation Stone, an image materialized.

The image displayed was the one revealed in the beams of light blooming from the opening of the four major trials within the Secret Realm.

Prince Ning's Commandery Princess only glanced at it for a moment before her complexion turned deathly pale.

She looked at the shadowy image in disbelief, then back at the Great Yan Emperor.

At that moment, Prince Ning's Commandery Princess could not understand why the mental imagery produced during her test at the Mountain of Inquiry would be displayed in such a way.

This scene's commotion was probably seen by the entire Skyfire City.

Even as shrewd as Prince Ning's Commandery Princess was, the situation caused some panic within her. Though her expression remained unchanged, her hands were already quietly clenched tightly together.

She slightly parted her red lips, wanting to make some explanation.

But she found herself unable to utter a word.

For some reason, in this helpless situation,

Her thoughts suddenly turned to the Town-Nation Duke's Heir who had visited her mansion that morning.

The Town-Nation Duke's Heir had spoken words to her,

Hinting that the remnants of Great Chu would be exposed in Skyfire City.

He also cautioned her to be careful during her participation in the four trials.

Could it be that the Town-Nation Duke's Heir had known her identity from the start?

Was he warning her that morning?

But why...

Why was Cheng Guang, the Town-Nation Duke's Heir, able to discover her identity?

And how did he know that she would be exposed in Skyfire City?

It all seemed to have been perfectly predicted by him!!

As Prince Ning's Commandery Princess considered this, her previously calm heart was suddenly thrown into tempestuous waves.

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