Past Memory When All Six Dragons Were Present

　　There was no way to acquire the sword taolu on the white wall. However, it was an important matter so the emperor had to keep it a complete secret.

　　The sword taolu Hero Shen Zhou left behind was breathtaking. Just a glance was enough to harm one. The emperor took a large sheet of white cloth and covered up the forty-three words. Afterwards, it was confirmed that not only did it affect literate and individuals who had martial arts knowledge like the emperor, but even illiterate people.

　　The two eunuchs who were tasked with covering up the white wall nearly lost their lives when their qi went out of control at the sight of the characters. Yan s.h.i.+san then had to personally cover it with the white cloth.

　　The power of the forty-three words was astonis.h.i.+ng. Normal people could not approach them.

　　After that, the divine royal office was out of bounds for outsiders and guarded day and night at all times. However, the emperor did task his entourage with secretly searching for someone who could unravel the mystery of the sword taolu on the white wall.

　　Time flew by just like that. Three years later, the sixth prince was born. Thus the emperor's concern increased once again. His son wasn't just a mere seven words.

　　The priest, abbot and Hero Shen Zhou are the three with the highest levels of cultivation in the world, and also the three with the highest level of virtue. It was just as Yan s.h.i.+san said: if those three couldn't be trusted, there truly was no one else trustworthy.

　　If their prediction was right, the world was bound to end at the hands of the six dragons.

　　The more the emperor worried, the more reality reminded him.

　　The six princes slowly grew up, and at the mere age of seven or eight, they had already begun to not think anything of each other. The emperor taught them to value their brotherhood every single day. But the six of them were born to rebel. Their bickering could not be stopped by the place, time or anything you could think of.

　　Sometimes their arguments would escalate into fist-fights with all of them tangled up in a beat-'em-up. It wasn't the older ones picking on the younger ones either. And there wasn't a single hint of any of them teaming up with another. It was always a battle royal between them. The brother older by three years would run his fists into his younger brother's head, while the younger brother although unable to match his elder brother, wouldn't surrender, low-blowing his elder brother. The elder brother in pain would dig at his younger brother's eye b.a.l.l.s. The princes' fights always created an uproar that'd never end.

　　Although the situation was so dire, the emperor kept persuading himself that it was a common occurrence in the homes of commoners as well, and not to think too much of it.

　　That continued until that hunting event seven years ago. The eldest prince was eighteen and the youngest was fifteen. Hunting is a standard activity the royal family engages in. Speaking of the royal family, the kingdom they formed was won through combat which didn't come easy. Hence, it was tradition for them to ensure they learnt archery, trained their mind and martial skills to remember their roots. The hunt that time was set up for the princes. As such, only the princes were permitted on the grounds, while the emperor waited outside.

　　All six of the young princes set their sights on the toughest deer, in an attempt to impress their father. None of them were willing to give way to the other.

　　The prince skilled at martial arts said he would hunt it with his skills. The prince not skilled at martial arts said he'd hunt it down by relying on his men. The prince without men relied on schemes, adding oil to the fire as if he was afraid the world wasn't chaotic enough. After they were done talking, they started going at each other physically and not one of them could be stopped.

　　The six princes had five mothers, all of whom had backgrounds you couldn't ignore. Each of the princes had their own ways of winning over people. The prince with great martial prowess had his, the wealthy one had his ways, the scheming one had his ways, the self-righteous one had his ways, the handsome one had his ways, and the lucky one had his own ways.

　　All of them had their own strengths. Each one of them was able to call on a group of people to help in a fist-fight. Their helpers included heroes from martial world, wandering warriors after wealth, and some of them were people in the forest the princes secretly built connections with. All of the princes had many men. It didn't take long for two-thousand people to be engaged in a fist-fight on the hunting grounds. The wild beasts in the forest got frightened and didn't dare to ascend the mountain. What would qualify as a battle between armies scared the wild beasts off, causing them to escape out of the forest.

　　The emperor who was waiting outside of the hunting grounds was smiling brightly, enjoying his tea and the ma.s.sage his consort gave him. The emperor loves his people and rarely has time to himself. Thanks to the princes' hunting event today, he had some time to spare since he accompanied them. While enjoying his time alone with his consort inside of his golden palanquin, there were some considerate and caring things they said to each other and of course they engaged in some intimate acts.