My System Is Three Thousand Years Early

“You go ahead.”

After the Great Tang Emperor spoke, he pushed out an invisible force from his hand, propelling Cheng Guang out of the house toward the outside.

Cheng Guang was pushed out the bamboo house’s door by the Great Tang Emperor with a pair of invisible hands.

Standing inside the bamboo house, Zhou Qingxu, who had been anxiously waiting, immediately came forward to greet him.

Seeing that Cheng Guang was unharmed, Zhou Qingxu instinctively gasped in surprise, a hint of regret flashing across his heart, but he quickly suppressed that feeling.

Just as Zhou Qingxu was about to say something,

the corner of his eye suddenly caught a glimpse of the “Thousand” character Token in Cheng Guang’s embrace.

On seeing the Token, Zhou Qingxu’s breathing suddenly hitched, and his face inexplicably took on a tinge of shock and fear.

“This…”

“How could that esteemed person have given you, Princely Heir, this Thousand-Character Token?”

Zhou Qingxu’s usual easygoing and lazy demeanor couldn’t be maintained any longer, and he involuntarily took his hands out from his sleeves, staring blankly at Cheng Guang, eyes wide with astonishment.

Compared to Zhou Qingxu, Cheng Guang’s reaction was much calmer.

He held the Thousand-Character Token in his hand and casually tossed it, “What’s the matter?”

“Is this Thousand-Character Token very precious?”

Zhou Qingxu hastily pressed down on Cheng Guang’s hand, as if he feared Cheng Guang would drop the Token.

At the same time,

Zhou Qingxu’s gaze was tightly fixed on the Thousand-Character Token, the yearning and aspiration in his eyes seemingly impossible to hide.

After a good while,

Zhou Qingxu finally managed to calm his emotions, took a deep breath, released Cheng Guang’s hand with a slight apologetic chuckle, and then slowly began to speak:

“Princely Heir, this Thousand-Character Token is very precious.”

“In our Great Tang, aside from that person, there are also twelve Sect Leaders and countless followers.”

“We, the twelve Sect Leaders, were all cultivated by that person. Even when reaching the level of a Sky-Man, even with my current level of cultivation, that person has only ever rewarded us with the Hundred-Character Token.”

“Even for this…”

“That person still appeared disdainful, believing that we weren’t qualified enough.”

“But…”

“Now, that esteemed person actually rewarded you, Princely Heir, with a Thousand-Character Token…”

“This is simply…”

As Zhou Qingxu spoke, his tone once again became incredulous.

Hearing this, Cheng Guang finally showed a slight change in expression, and couldn’t help but look back at the young man with black hair and black clothing inside the bamboo house.

The Thousand-Character Token!

It was actually so precious.

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This time,

Cheng Guang had been prepared to use the Emperor’s Face Token in order to join the Great Tang.

Faced with the unknown Great Tang Emperor, Cheng Guang still felt some tension in his heart; joining the Great Tang and completing the system tasks would naturally be good.

If he couldn’t complete them,

it didn’t matter.

Cheng Guang’s attitude was quite open-hearted, but still, he had not expected that after meeting the Great Tang Emperor,

the mysterious figure behind Great Tang was not as terrifying as he had imagined,

nor as dangerous as he had thought.

But why did Zhou Qingxu, upon mentioning that Great Tang Emperor, show such a frightened demeanor?

Could it be differential treatment??

At this thought, Cheng Guang grew confused again; he couldn’t understand what it was about him that made the Great Tang Emperor treat him differently from others.

Even going so far as to reward him with the Thousand-Character Token, which Zhou Qingxu so desperately desired, yet couldn’t attain.

Could it be because of the Zen poetry he had recited??

Cheng Guang’s brow furrowed slightly, feeling that there was perhaps more to the story than met the eye.

“The Great Tang Emperor started by asking if I had read any scriptures, and then gave me a topic on a piece of Zen poetry…”

“This situation is very strange.”

“It seems he is verifying something…”

Cheng Guang recalled this and suddenly realized that the Great Tang Emperor might have had some purpose in mind when he started conversing with him from the beginning.

What he verified about Cheng Guang afterward.

That was why he was treated so differently.

At this thought, Cheng Guang suddenly associated it with the figure that had appeared in his mind at the beginning.

The Saint Monk, Tang Sanzang.

Could it be because of Tang Sanzang?

Cheng Guang couldn’t help but take a deep breath, gazing blankly at the young man in the bamboo house.

If this young man treated him differently because of Tang Sanzang, because Cheng Guang carried the aura of Tang Sanzang.

Then wouldn’t that prove?

This young man…

Most likely knew Tang Sanzang too?

The Great Tang Emperor…

Was he the King of Tang from that year??

As Cheng Guang came to this realization, his eyes started twinkling, and his emotions were greatly stirred.

After calming himself for a while, Cheng Guang turned to Zhou Qingxu and asked:

“Mr. Zhou.”

“What is the purpose of this Thousand-Character Token?”

Zhou Qingxu, upon hearing this, did not deliberately conceal the information and said to Cheng Guang: “With the Thousand-Character Token, one can access the second floor of the Library.”

“In that Library, one can find many of the Great Person’s collections.”

“I obtained my current level of cultivation from within the Library, albeit on the lowest floor, the first. Now that you, Princely Heir, hold this Thousand-Character Token, you can ascend to the second floor.”

“The entities within the second floor might allow the Princely Heir’s cultivation strength to surpass mine in one fell swoop.”

Zhou Qingxu sighed, clasping his hands together and hiding them in his sleeves.

His face was filled with a faint worry.

Feeling that if you compare yourself with others, you will only become vexed.

Cheng Guang nodded slightly, understanding from Zhou Qingxu’s words that the Thousand-Character Token, in some sense, also represented a form of resource.

The Library that Zhou Qingxu mentioned was probably the same entity as the Book Collection Pavilion of Duke Zhen’s Mansion.

However.

The items contained within the Great Tang Library were all collected by the Great Tang Emperor himself.

They were far beyond what Duke Zhen’s Mansion’s Book Collection Pavilion could match.

Cheng Guang was now curious about what was kept inside the Great Tang Library.

Just as he was about to withdraw his gaze to ask Zhou Qingxu where the Library was.

The Great Tang Emperor inside the bamboo house suddenly laughed:

“Zhou Qingxu, take Duke of the State’s Heir to have a look at the Library.”

“Tell the two elders at the Library to take out the Buddhist Robes and give them to the Princely Heir.”

Zhou Qingxu heard the voice of the Great Tang Emperor and showed a look of respect mixed with some fear, bowing his head in response.

Right afterward, he stepped aside, “Princely Heir, this way.”

Speaking, he pulled Cheng Guang and started walking towards the distance.

As Zhou Qingxu led Cheng Guang away from the side of the pool, the gaze of the Great Tang Emperor remained intently upon the water.

He observed the pool for a good while.

Suddenly, he seemed to notice something, and he couldn’t help but sit up slightly.

Following the Great Tang Emperor’s gaze.

One could see that within the pool, a faint mysterious light began to flicker.

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