The moment Li Yan fainted, a memory that did not belong to him suddenly appeared in his mind.
It was as if a program that didn't belong to your computer had suddenly been installed, causing Li Yan's brain to almost crash.
Although it didn't crash, his brain had crashed. It was digesting the information in his brain bit by bit.
After an unknown period of time, Li Yan woke up. He felt that a memory that did not belong to him had suddenly appeared in his mind.
In this memory, his name was Li Yan. He was born into a family of generals in the Maise Empire on the Tian Yuan Continent. He had served the Maise Empire for three generations and was a noble.
However, Li Yan's generation declined. Li Yan was a profligate son. In addition, his mother died early and his father led troops outside all year round.
He was lawless to the extreme, bullying men and women, committing all kinds of evil. However, his father was a very protective person, and he had a large army under his command, so no one touched him.
However, his father made a mistake. When the new and old kings of the Macy Empire changed positions, he stood on the wrong side.
The old king of the Maise Empire was the forty-seventh. He had a total of fifteen princes, five of whom could inherit the throne. They were the first prince, the third prince, the fourth prince, the seventh prince, and the thirteenth prince.
According to the laws of the Macy Empire, only the child of the king's queen and imperial concubine had the right to inherit the throne.
Of course, not all children of the Empress and the Imperial Consort could inherit the throne. Only the child who was conferred the title of Grand Duke or above could.
A member of the royal family was born with the title of Earl. If he didn't make any contributions to the empire, he would only be an Earl for the rest of his life, and an Earl without a fief. Only when he made contributions would his title rise, and the highest was a Prince.
Of course, the children of the queen and the imperial concubine would not only have the title of count. They would usually be conferred the title of duke. Then, as long as they made a small contribution or found a random excuse, they could be promoted to the title of archduke. Finally, they would be promoted to the title of prince. This way, they could inherit the throne.
The 47th King of Macer's five children who could inherit the throne were all princes. The first and fourth princes were born to the queen, the third and seventh princes were born to Noble Consort Carlin, and the thirteenth prince was born to Noble Consort Aiwei. He was also the weakest and had never been favored by others.
People had always believed that the First Prince was the Queen's son, so he was the legitimate heir. The Third Prince had always been in the same boat as the First Prince, so many nobles in the Empire supported the First Prince's succession. The Fourth Prince and the Seventh Prince were in cahoots, and the Seventh Prince had the Fourth Prince's support, so he had a lot of support in the court.
Only the Thirteenth Prince was the youngest, weakest, and most low-key, so no one thought highly of him.
It was normal for Li Yan's father to be in the First Prince's faction, because the First Prince had the most support at that time. The Carlin family was not an old noble family. They had only relied on military achievements during Li Yan's great-grandfather's generation to rise to the position of Marquis step by step.
They wanted to join the ranks of the old nobles as soon as possible, so he chose to support the eldest prince, who was most likely to become king. This way, as long as the eldest prince became king, the Carlin family could enter the core of the power of the Empire and become a real noble in the Empire.
On the mainland, the nobles of any king were divided into two types. One was the old nobles, and the other was the new nobles. The difference between the old and new nobles was very obvious. The new nobles were generally considered to be nouveau riche and would not be recognized by the old nobles, so they could not enter the core of the country's power.
After so many years of development on the continent, the nobles played a huge role in a country. Sometimes, they could even influence the rise and fall of a country.
Especially those who had developed for thousands of years and dozens of generations, they were a force that even the imperial power was afraid of.
It could be said that the old nobles were the core of power in the entire empire. Any new noble wanted to get their approval.
In order to gain the recognition of those old nobles, one naturally had to have the corresponding strength. The Carlin family had risen too quickly. This was the method that the old kings of the Macer family had come up with to deal with those old nobles.
However, ever since the death of the 46th king, the Carlin family had been having a hard time. The new king wanted to promote them, but the old nobles wanted to suppress them. Therefore, they could only continue to support the new king so that the family could continue to develop.
However, Li Yan's father chose the wrong side. He supported the eldest prince, who had the most support, but in the end, he did not become king.
On the contrary, the most low-key and seemingly weakest Thirteenth Prince became the king. The First Prince was sentenced to death, and the First Prince's party did not have a good ending.
Li Yan's father was also found an excuse to be imprisoned, and then he died in prison for no reason.
The bad things that Li Yan had done in the past had also been dug out. However, because of the existence of Zhao Lin and the others, the Empire was also afraid that a few rank 8 experts would find trouble with them. In addition, the new Emperor had succeeded to the throne, so they had to act a little more big-bellied.
Therefore, they dealt with Li Yan lightly. They demoted Li Yan's title of Marquis to Viscount. They changed their fertile fief to the Yellow Plateau. Li Yan was fed the Water of Nothingness and became a complete cripple.
Even if a noble had a fief, they would hand it over to a butler or someone they trusted. Although the fief was their foundation, they would stay in the Imperial Capital to pay attention to any changes that were beneficial to the family and those that were not.
However, Li Yan and the others were not. After their fiefs were changed by the king, they were ordered to leave the capital within three days and were not allowed to leave their fiefs for the next three years. This was something that had never happened to any family.
The reason why Zhang Tie, the former 13th prince of Mace Empire treated Carlin Clan in such a way was that Carlin Clan was on the side of the first prince and was under the pressure of those old nobles.
As he had just ascended to the throne, of course, he had to suppress the first prince and the party of the seventh prince; however, he dared not touch those major nobles. Additionally, those old nobles didn't like Carlin Clan. Of course, they were pressuring Zhang Tie. Therefore, Zhang Tie made such a decision.
The reason why he gave Li Yan the Void Water was because of a cultivation method passed down in the Carlin family, the Berserk Dragon Warrior Power.
This kind of Dou Qi cultivation method was very famous on the continent. It was accidentally obtained by Li Yan's great grandfather.
His cultivation speed was three times faster than ordinary cultivation techniques, and his attack power was also very strong. It had always been the top cultivation method that all the major families of the empire coveted.
If Li Yan really learned berserk dragon battle qi and remembered what happened today, he would be a threat to those major nobles and royal households. Therefore, Zhang Tie fed him the Nothingness Water.
Besides the above reasons, Zhang Tie didn't kill Li Yan because Zhao Lin had offered this cultivation method to Zhang Tie and swore that he would not cultivate berserk dragon battle qi anymore. Therefore, Zhang Tie let Li Yan go.
Of course, Zhao Lin didn't present this secret method to Zhang Tie openly. He entered the imperial palace at night and found Zhang Tie.
By doing this, he could plead for Li Yan and let Zhang Tie know his real battle strength so that Zhang Tie could kill Li Yan.
Zhang Tie was indeed afraid that Zhao Lin would find trouble with him; therefore, he agreed to Zhao Lin's request. He only demoted Li Yan's title and changed his fief; instead of killing Li Yan.
Zhao Lin agreed as well. He was extremely clear that even though his strength wasn't weak, the Imperial Family's strength was also very strong.
The reason why he could enter the palace without anyone noticing was because he was very familiar with the situation inside the palace. Secondly, because the new emperor had just ascended the throne, the palace had undergone a major reshuffle, and his strength was still a little weak. In addition, the cultivation method he knew was very special, so he was not discovered.
Previously, Zhao Lin didn't save Li Yan's father because he thought that Zhang Tie would not kill Li Yan's father. No matter what, Li Yan's father was also a chip that the imperial households used to deal with those old nobles. The imperial households should not easily abandon him.
However, they had not imagined that Zhang Tie could become the king with the support of those old nobles.
Therefore, after he ascended the throne, he naturally wanted to curry favor with those old nobles, so he killed Li Yan's father.
When Zhao Lin received the news, Li Yan's father was already dead. Zhao Lin could only think of a way to protect Li Yan, the last descendant of the Carlin clan.
The reason why he handed over the cultivation method of the Berserk Dragon Battle Energy was also because of the Void Water.
The reason why the Void Water became the supreme magic treasure on the continent was not only because it could make people unable to cultivate magic and battle aura, but also because this situation would continue to be passed on to his descendants.
In other words, as long as you drank the water of nothingness, your children and grandchildren would not be able to learn magic and battle aura until ten generations later.
But that was ten generations. If ten generations couldn't learn magic and battle energy, what would happen?
At that time, whether or not this clan would still exist, and whether or not it would be able to continue to the tenth generation, these were all unknown. This was the terrifying aspect of the Void Water, and also the reason why Zhao Lin had handed over the Berserk Dragon Dou Qi.
Li Yan and the ten generations of Carlin family members after him could no longer learn the Berserk Dragon Battle Energy. What was the use of keeping this thing?
It was better to hand it over in exchange for Li Yan's life. That was why Zhao Lin didn't hesitate to hand over the Berserk Dragon Dou Qi.
And the facts proved that what he did was completely correct. If he didn't hand over the Berserk Dragon Battle Energy, Li Yan probably wouldn't have been able to leave the Imperial Capital alive.
However, it was unknown if someone had tampered with the water or if Li Yan himself had offended the water. In any case, after drinking the water, Li Yan fainted and did not wake up until he reached his fief.
By the time he woke up, he had already turned from a profligate son to an otaku from Earth.
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