LRAB Chapter 1: Exploring the Past and Looking Towards the Future
Chapter 1: Exploring the Past and Looking Towards the Future
Star Luo Empire.
Prince Xuanxing's Mansion.
The night was as deep as if ink had been spilled, with only a secret room in the mansion glowing with a dim light.
The secret room wasn't large, but it was incredibly luxurious.
The dome is carved from a single piece of obsidian and inlaid with countless tiny star crystals the size of rice grains.
That's no ordinary luminous pearl, but a rare metal called Starfall Soul Ore, which is said to be a product of stars falling to earth (in other words, a meteorite).
Light shines through the inside of the crystal.
Cold white, pale gold, and deep blue intertwine to form a miniature galaxy that slowly flows overhead.
The ground beneath your feet is made with the same craftsmanship, making it feel like stepping on a nebula. The four walls are covered with star maps, and even stardust floats in the air.
Gorgeous, but not tacky.
It's like bringing the entire night sky into the house.
In the center of the secret room is a circular platform with seven steps, each engraved with a different constellation totem.
On the high platform, a young man stood with his hands behind his back.
She looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, with long silver hair that reached her waist, the strands of hair shimmering like moonlight forming threads.
His eyes are the most striking feature.
His left eye was crimson, with a prominence seemingly surging deep within his pupil; his right eye was silvery-white, like a cold moon sinking into its depths.
Red and silver, shining like the sun and moon, don't seem out of place on this ethereal face; instead, they exude an indescribable majesty.
An object was floating in front of him.
Its shape is peculiar, resembling two interlocking rings. The outer ring is engraved with sun patterns, the middle ring with crescent moon patterns, and the inner ring with densely packed star-like dots.
The three rings rotate continuously at different speeds, producing a faint "clicking" sound.
The object is hollow at the center, but seven illusory stars, each the size of a fingernail, float within it, each a different color, slowly revolving around the sun.
This is the boy's martial spirit—the Star Gazing Instrument. Those eyes are also one of his martial spirits, called the Sun and Moon Divine Eyes.
The boy's name is Xu Xinghan, the younger brother of Xu Jiawei, the current emperor of the Xingluo Empire, and he is also known as Prince Xuanxing.
He stared at the seven illusory stars in the center of the observatory for a long time, and suddenly a smile appeared on his lips.
"interesting."
The voice wasn't loud, and it had a slightly cynical tone.
He flicked the outer ring of the observatory, and the three rings stopped abruptly. The seven star shadows exploded simultaneously, turning into scattered points of light.
Xu Xinghan withdrew his hand, his silver hair slipping down his shoulder. He half-closed his heterochromatic eyes and murmured to himself:
"What a show! The Grim Reaper truly lives up to his title as the strongest Soul King, dealing a devastating blow to Shrek Academy in one fell swoop."
"Your Grand Elder Uncle is still the strongest undercover agent; this move is too cunning."
Xu Xinghan spoke in a light, casual tone, as if he were talking about what to have for dinner.
But the smile on his lips was noticeably deeper than before.
The starlight flowed silently in the secret room, making those eyes, like the sun and moon, flicker brightly and dimly.
Beneath this royal and noble identity lies an even more outrageous background.
He was a time traveler. In his previous life, he was also called Xu Xinghan. He was a top student at the Chinese Taoist Academy, majoring in astrology.
To put it simply, it involves using astrology to calculate things, from choosing auspicious dates for weddings to predicting the fate of a nation.
After studying for four years, I had just submitted my graduation thesis and was preparing to embrace a wonderful life when I stumbled upon a stroke of "good luck" at the college gate and accidentally traveled to the Douluo Continent, becoming a member of the Star Luo royal family.
Logically speaking, the martial soul awakened by the direct bloodline of the Star Luo royal family should be the Star Crown, since all the ancestors had this configuration.
When it comes to him, the style changes abruptly.
On the day of the awakening ceremony, the Star Crown did not appear; instead, two strange things popped out.
These are the astrolabe and the Sun and Moon Divine Eyes.
Twin Martial Souls.
It is unique in the entire Star Luo Royal Family.
The Star Gazing Instrument is a strange martial spirit.
Because it lacks the means to launch an active attack.
But as the saying goes, when God closes a door, he opens a window.
That is its ability—to deduce the past and look to the future.
If Xu Xinghan wanted to delve into a person's past, the astronomical instrument could provide a star map trajectory, as if compressing that person's life story into data on celestial movements.
As for the future...
His current soul power is at level 71, Soul Saint.
With his current abilities, he can only observe what will happen in five seconds at most.
Five seconds may sound short, but it's enough in a battle between Soul Masters.
As for the Sun and Moon Divine Eyes, they are his means of output and also the only key to viewing the Star Gazing Instrument.
The results derived from the astronomical instrument were all displayed in his Sun and Moon Divine Eyes, which Xu Xinghan could only view.
In other words, Xu Xinghan is the only person in the world who can understand it.
If anyone were to stare at a stargazing instrument all day, they would only see a bunch of randomly spinning stars.
Having achieved the desired result, Xu Xinghan patted his clothes and decided to go for a walk.
Before she could even step off the platform, a clear, crisp female voice rang out from afar.
"Second brother, second brother!"
The door to the secret room was pushed open, and a young girl rushed in.
At sixteen or seventeen years old, she had long, dark brown hair tied in a high ponytail, which swung in an arc behind her as she ran.
She has delicate features and her eyebrows and eyes bear a slight resemblance to Xu Xinghan, but their temperaments are completely different.
She was like a flame, burning from the moment she stepped through the door.
She was wearing the signature light gold dress of the Starry Sky Royal Family, but the hem of the dress was lifted up and tied at her waist, revealing dark trousers and leather boots underneath.
The newcomer was Xu Xinghan's younger sister, Princess Xingguan, Xu Jiujiu.
Xu Xinghan's eye twitched.
"A girl shouldn't be so loud."
His tone wasn't very friendly.
The image displayed on the stargazing instrument was still lingering on my retina, but it was all shattered by that loud shout.
Xu Jiujiu didn't listen at all.
She leaped onto the platform in two quick steps, grabbed his sleeve, and started shaking him.
"Second brother, eldest brother said there are a lot of interesting things at the auction house. He told us to go take a look and buy whatever we like!"
She tilted her head back, blinked her big eyes, and her ponytail swayed back and forth.
Xu Xinghan lowered his eyelids to look at her, and remained silent for two seconds.
"Let go of my hand first."
"You tell me first whether you're going or not."
"...Let go."
"Second brother, let's go!"
He dragged out the last syllable, and increased the amplitude of his sleeve shaking by half a circle.
She's used this amazing trick of acting cute since she was six years old, for eleven years now, and it's never failed her.
Xu Xinghan took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled.
"go."
Xu Jiujiu immediately let go, jumped back a step with a grin, her skirt slipped down from her waist, covering her trousers and leather boots, and she instantly transformed back into a dignified princess.
Xu Xinghan was too lazy to argue with her.
He stepped down from the platform, his silver hair leaving a cold white trail in the starlight.
Auction house...
Xu Xinghan recalled that several treasures appeared at this auction in the original novel.
Most of these things didn't meet his standards.
After all, as a member of the royal family, Xu Xinghan could say that there was nothing he couldn't get in the Star Luo Empire, except for the dragon throne.
But there are two things he must get.
One of them is the List Carving Knife – the Fierce Blade Devouring Spirit, forged from the gold of living beings.
Secondly, there was the Snow Emperor's embryo...