"Eighteenth Prince... the Eighteenth Prince was at Heaven-Bearing Gate... He beat the Crown Prince, and... and killed Top Scholar Hong and over a thousand scholars!"
Yang Tuo froze at first, then abruptly sat up, tugging at his injuries and breaking into a violent coughing fit. Yet his eyes lit up. "What did you say? The Eighteenth Prince? Yang Xuan?"
"Y-Yes, Your Majesty! The Eighteenth Prince... with one punch, he..."
"Ridiculous! An eight-year-old child—are you trying to deceive me?!" Yang Tuo cut him off, his voice urgent.
"A-According to the Grand Commander of the Imperial Guards, the Eighteenth Prince... he is a Human Immortal! An eight-year-old Human Immortal!"
Yang Tuo was completely stunned.
Then he burst into loud laughter, laughing until tears streamed from his eyes and set off another coughing fit. But his face was filled with uncontrollable ecstasy. "Good! Good! Good! My son, Yang Tuo's son! A Human Immortal at eight years old! Hahaha!"
He knew all too well what a Human Immortal signified.
Great Qian had been founded for sixty years. There were only a handful of Martial Saints, while Human Immortals were beings of legend.
He himself had possessed astonishing talent in his youth, yet he had only barely reached the Martial Saint realm. After switching to Daoist arts, he had not even touched the threshold of Ghost Immortal, and his foundation had been shattered by another.
Yet his son was already a Human Immortal at the age of eight!
"Issue an edict!" Yang Tuo immediately ordered. "No one is to discuss what happened at Heaven-Bearing Gate! Anyone who dares spread word of it will be charged with treason! Have the Imperial Guards seal off the scene and clean it up! The Crown Prince has been frightened; let him recuperate quietly in the Eastern Palace!"
The eunuch