Unsheathed

Chapter 535 (3): Differences In the Paper Kites In the Sky (Teaser)

At the moment, the Azure Phoenix Nation was thriving, and bright prospects were emerging everywhere, including in the officialdom, the cultivation world, the martial arts world, and the literati world. It seemed that the nation was going to be entering a golden age in all aspects.

For example, there was a child who was only six years of age, and in the short span of just a year, he became renowned across the entire imperial court as a brilliant child prodigy. The child had received a royal summons to the capital during this year's Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival, and he was granted a personal audience with the emperor and the empress.

The empress immediately fell in love with the child and affectionately held her in her lap, while the emperor gave him a test, instructing him to make a poem on the spot according to a certain topic. The boy only had to think briefly before fulfilling the request, and the emperor was extremely pleased, so much so that he gave the boy an official title.

Granted, it was a title for a candidate official, so he was not yet a legitimate official in the imperial court, but it was still an official title, nonetheless. This meant that this boy was most likely the youngest administrative official in history, not just in the Azure Phoenix Nation, but on the entire Eastern Treasured Vial Continent!

At this point, winter was drawing close.

There was a horse-drawn carriage trundling along a small and peaceful path on the bank of a transportation water channel that was still yet to be fully established. Cui Dongshan sat on the roof of the carriage with his legs crossed, while the child was holding the string of a type of paper kite that was unique to the Azure Phoenix Nation.

As long as the string didn't snap, all paper kites under the heavens would be able to fly high, but wouldn't be able to escape.

Cui Dongshan laid down onto his back and began staring absentmindedly up at the paper kite in the sky.

How is my teacher doing right now? Is he well?

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Reopening a transportation water channel was a very complex matter that involved many facets of the Azure Phoenix Nation officialdom, so the imperial court didn't try to rush the project, and as a result,...