Fan Gushan thrust the long, erald-green bamboo pole into the river.
With a strong push of both hands, the bamboo raft broke through the river surface and continued forward.
At this ti, a gentle breeze caressed the calm river, causing it to glisten with rippling light.
The river, extending to an unknown distance, reflected the stilt houses on the opposite bank and the vast expanse of clear sky.
It seed as if the entire world was half-real and half-illusory.
This scenery made Fan Gushan involuntarily recall past events.
Over nine hundred years ago, his father was appointed as Hu Ben General of the Da Jing Dynasty, commanding the Imperial Guard.
Due to his father, he had been close friends with the Sixth Prince since childhood.
Years later, the Emperor passed away, and the Sixth Prince ascended to the throne as Emperor Jinglong.
By the age of thirty-six, his Martial Arts Realm was quite advanced, and with outstanding military achievents, he had beco a fifth-class Military Officer, full of vigor and spirit.
Additionally, he had one wife, two concubines, three sons, and two daughters, forming a happy family.
Two years later, for his rits in quelling the rebel army, Emperor Jinglong, recalling their old friendship, bestowed upon him Black Tortoise at and Black Tortoise Blood.
The Black Tortoise had been raised by the Li Family for generations, and as it neared the end of its lifespan, they had slaughtered it, draining its blood and cutting its flesh.
The Black Tortoise was a Divine Beast, and consuming its flesh and blood could enhance one's power and prolong life.
After consuming the Black Tortoise at and Blood, his power indeed increased significantly, far exceeding everyone's expectations.
However, the impact of the Divine Beast's flesh and blood on him was beyond everyone's and his own expectations.
After his power increased, his skin turned green, and scales grew on his neck and hands.
His hair grew long and hard, taking on a gray-green hue, his eyebrows fell out, his brow bones protruded, and his teeth beca sharp.
The muscles of his body beca extrely compact, as if his whole body was transforming toward a beast.
His flesh and blood beca more powerful than ever.
But he did not want this transformation and wished to return to his forr appearance.
Thus, he requested Emperor Jinglong for a temporary leave from officialdom to travel and seek a way to restore himself.
Emperor Jinglong felt that his temporary leave would leave a gap in the Court, but recalling their friendship, he agreed.
Years passed, and he tried various thods, but none proved effective.
On his travels, he suddenly heard of a powerful rebel army banding with the Great Sun Sect, advancing with unstoppable montum and continuously defeating the Jing Dynasty's troops.
Subsequently, he heard that the rebel army and martial experts of the Great Sun Sect had infiltrated the Imperial Palace to carry out an assassination. In a fierce battle with the palace's martial experts, his father perished at the hands of the rebel army and Great Sun Sect Martial Artists.
The assassins who killed his father were among those who fled wounded.
Upon hearing this news, he was overwheld with grief and anger, and he rushed back to the Imperial Palace overnight, requesting Emperor Jinglong to tell him who killed his father.
After receiving the nas, he asked Emperor Jinglong to deploy troops for him, so he could lead them to avenge his father.
Emperor Jinglong saw that his own strength was not weak, and after consuming the Black Tortoise flesh and blood, his power had greatly increased, so he dispatched a thousand elite soldiers to accompany him.
After confronting the rebel army and the Great Sun Sect, he realized that with his own strength, he was no match for the few enemies who had killed his father.
Escaping wounded, he began desperately seeking a thod to enhance his power.
Eventually, he found a domineering Saber Technique known as the "Demon Saber."
It included a "Demon Possession Secret Technique," which, when practiced, could greatly increase one's combat strength.
However, practicing the "Demon Saber" could potentially awaken one's Demon Nature and lead one astray into the Demon Dao.
At that ti, he was single-mindedly focused on revenge and didn't care about these risks, so he practiced the "Demon Saber," and indeed his power increased trendously. He sought out his enemies, who were unable to resist, and thus avenged his father.
However, when wielding the "Demon Saber," he was already lost to madness, completely losing his senses, killing everyone he saw.
After slaughtering all the subordinates of his enemies, his mad nature had yet to diminish.
Wielding a Treasure Saber, he massacred all the citizens of the city where his enemies had temporarily retreated.
Afterwards, the murderous urge within him still burned fiercely, his consciousness dazed and confused.
For a ti, everyone who appeared in his mind was an object of his slaughter.
Among them, the ones he thought about most, who frequently appeared in his mind, were his own family.
Thus, he returned ho and, unable to recognize them due to his drastic changes in appearance over the years, killed his wife, concubines, sons, and daughters with one stroke.
Then, Emperor Jinglong appeared in his mind, and he headed straight for the emperor's chamber.
Within the palace, he slaughtered several guards and Military Officers along the way.
Only the personal guards and martial experts at Emperor Jinglong's side managed to subdue him.
Although he had consud Black Tortoise at and Blood, and had practiced the "Demon Saber" technique,
he was still young, and his Martial Arts Realm and Martial Arts Mastery were far inferior to the top experts of the Jing Dynasty.
Emperor Jinglong, rembering their friendship, did not have him executed but imprisoned him in the Celestial Prison.
Later, while in prison, he learned that the combination of Black Tortoise Blood and the Demon Possession Secret Technique had a significant impact on his mind.
He found that even without using the "Demon Saber," rely channeling True Qi could provoke the Demon Nature within him, causing him to lose reason.
From then on, he dared not use True Qi again.
During his years of imprisonnt, the rebel army and the Great Sun Sect grew stronger, and the Jing Dynasty suffered defeats one after another.
Eventually, the rebel army and the Great Sun Sect broke into the Imperial Palace, and Emperor Jinglong, along with the greatest expert of the Jing Dynasty, were all killed.
After the rebel army entered the Celestial Prison, he roughly deduced the state of the Jing Dynasty from their words and used the Demon Possession Secret Technique, greatly increasing his power, and escaped.
He succumbed to madness, utterly losing his mind.
Originally wanting to kill those he rembered, but everyone he rembered, family and friends, were all dead.
With no purpose, he wandered for several days, leaving desolation wherever he went.
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