The First Cultivator - Changing Existence - Chapter 726

Chapter 726: Wu Xiang – 726 Chapter 726: Wu Xiang – 726 “From birth, the Emperor had always been exceptional.

He learned to speak, read, and walk at an extremely fast pace.

Yet as he grew, so did his ambition.

I don’t know all of the details from that time, but I know that he ended up marrying into a noble family of the Ergen Kingdom.

They were a count’s family.”  “That count had two sons and one daughter, who the Emperor had married.

Not long after he entered the family, the Count passed away due to a disease, and his eldest son took up the mantle.

Shockingly, the second son of the family was murdered by a vengeful commoner as he walked down the street, or that’s what the story tells.” The Imperial Scholar said.

“But the truth may not be so simple.

Two weeks later, the eldest son disappeared mysteriously.

No matter how much was investigated nothing was found.

Eventually, it was ruled that he had run away somewhere, and the youngest daughter, who the Emperor had married, became the head of the family and the new Count.

A month later, she gave this title to her husband, an unknown commoner who had married into the family.” “This created quite the stir.

Regardless of what investigations went on, she continuously stated that she had done it willingly and that it was for the sake of the future of the family.

Although those who served under the family felt that there would be bleak days ahead, the territory flourished, reaching a new peak and an incredible golden age.

The golden age was so incredible that even the King of the Ergen Kingdom had taken notice.” “After five years of leading the family through an incredible amount of growth, the Emperor, who at that time was merely 19 years old, was summoned by the King.

I’m not sure what happened there, but when he came back, he made the decision to go to the Royal Capital and serve the Kingdom as the head of economy.” The Imperial Scholar paused for a moment.

“This is what I was able to scrounge up from various books and accounts.

I had to connect many dots to understand this so far.

However, at this point, I, who was already the Imperial Scholar, began to pay attention to the man known as Wu Xiang, or as he is known now, the Emperor.” The Imperial Scholar continued.

“Wu Xiang entered the Royal Capital, leaving the Count’s family behind, and gaining the noble title of Earl.

As the Earl of Wu, he worked directly under the King of the Ergen Kingdom for five years, making the entire Kingdom’s economy increase by 20%, an unfathomable number considering no great changes happened.

However, after those five years, something weird happened.” “I suppose I should start this part by first saying that not many people had seen the Earl of Wu, even back when he was the head of the Counts family.

It should also be noted that the woman he had married died not long after he left for the Royal Capital.

Her cause of death was never determined.” “Now, after five years of increasing prosperity, the Earl of Wu vanished.

At the same time, a long period of time passed in which the Faceless Empire’s then Emperor did not receive any reports or papers from the Ergen Kingdom.

Due to their flourishing economy, he feared some sort of rebellion was occurring.

He sent a bunch of officials, as well as the young Sword Master Shang, who had only been a 2nd rank Sword Master at the time.

When they arrived, they did not find any hint of rebellion at all.

Simply that the King had fallen sick and was temporarily in a coma.

The officials found the 4th son, who the King had pronounced his successor in the event of his sickness or death, and proclaimed him the temporary king.” The Imperial Scholar focused on this point.

“Yet, no matter how much I tried to remember, and no matter how many records I looked at, there had been no mention of a fourth son of the King of the Ergen Kingdom.

Considering this involved a royal family, I had always found this weird and suspicious.

However, most didn’t even notice anything was off, and those who did simply ignored it.” “The fourth son of the Ergen Kingdom, who looked quite old for a so-called fifteen year old, became the King of the Ergen Kingdom.” The Imperial Scholar looked deeply at Skymender.

“If you can’t tell where I am going with this, I believe that Wu Xiang, the future Emperor, was the fourth son of the Ergen Kingdom.” Skymender was shocked.

“If he took a different identity, how do you identify him as Wu Xiang?”  “That is because that is the name of the current Emperor, as well as the name of the Earl of Wu who so mysteriously disappeared.

It is indeed simply speculation, but the Emperor has told me that he was not of Imperial blood.

In fact, he has never tried to hide any of this from me, he has simply never spoken about it.” Skymender understood it a bit better.

“Continuing, the Ergen Kingdom continued to flourish under the rule of the fourth son, even as the King unfortunately passed away.

Following everything so far, it seems that wherever the Emperor went, the economy flourished.

Not much was seen of the fourth son’s family after that.

He ruled as the King of the Ergen Kingdom for ten years before dying in an assassination attempt from another Empire.

That Empire was soon destroyed.” “This is the point where I can tell you something with absolute certainty.

Overnight, the Emperor and the Imperial Family were replaced.

The stench of blood filled the entire Imperial Palace.

I did not dare to leave my room, as one of the most important figures in the Empire had given me a warning as he walked past me that day.” The Imperial Scholar was clearly shaken as he spoke of this, but continued anyways.

“It was none other than Sword Master Shang.

He simply told me, don’t leave your room today.” “Although the Emperor of the Faceless Empire had been seen by fewer people than the amount of fingers on two hands, and the same went for the Imperial Family, I had seen them a few times before, and after that night, there was a new face.”