My System Is Three Thousand Years Early

The Great Tang Emperor's expression became increasingly gloomy as he looked at Li Chengqian's face and asked with an ugly expression:

"What did you say?"

"You can't leave Chang'an City?"

The Great Tang Emperor's tone was very suppressed, showing great shock, and at the same time, he was suppressing the rage in his heart.

Li Chengqian was just frightened by the Emperor's words and the surging anger in his suppressed tone.

Even though many years had passed.

And he had not seen the Great Tang Emperor for countless years.

But when Li Chengqian faced the Great Tang Emperor again, that sense of respect and fear for the Emperor descended upon him just as it had in the past.

After shrinking back his neck, Li Chengqian then looked at the Great Tang Emperor and slowly nodded.
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"Yes, Father Emperor."

"I just tried, and I absolutely cannot leave Chang'an City. As soon as I leave the envelope of Chang'an City, my cultivation and life will rapidly wither away."

"But as long as I return to the covered area of Chang'an City, I can recover as before."

"When I left Chang'an City just now, the severe changes left me at a loss and I was unable to react. If it weren't for Lu Qianjun and the others on the city walls by chance, I might have already…"

Li Chengqian's eyes tightened as he spoke, revealing a timely sense of fear.

What chilled Li Chengqian's heart the most wasn't the powerlessness to leave Chang'an City.

What chilled his heart the most was that being unable to leave Chang'an City meant he could not recreate the flourishing era of the Great Tang of old.

After hearing what Li Chengqian said, the Great Tang Emperor's brows tightly furrowed, and the principal reason for his ugly expression was exactly this.

Li Chengqian could not leave Chang'an City.

It was very likely that it meant all the soldiers from the days of Great Tang within Chang'an City couldn't leave either.

If all the soldiers within Chang'an City could leave, not to mention the people like Zhou Qingxu whom the Great Tang Emperor had been cultivating in secret over the years.

Just by relying on the people from Great Tang within Chang'an City alone, they could sweep across the entire world.

Claiming the Heavenly Destiny would also be much more certain.

Upon witnessing the emergence of Great Tang Chang'an City in that instant, the Great Tang Emperor had already foreseen the future, full of confidence in what was to come.

But now.

At this moment.

The Great Tang Emperor felt that his thoughts were overly naive, utterly laughable.

First, he was unable to make Chang'an City acknowledge him as its master, and then he heard that Li Chengqian and the others couldn't leave Chang'an City.

These two major blows made the always tranquil and composed Great Tang Emperor's face inevitably darken.

The Great Tang Emperor's eyes, usually as unrippled as an ancient well, were now showing ripples and surging with waves at this time.

After a moment of silence, the Great Tang Emperor slightly raised his eyes and looked at Li Chengqian, asking:

"Chengqian, I ask you, besides yourself, has anyone else tried to leave this Chang'an City, or is it already confirmed that no one can leave?"

After the Great Tang Emperor's words were spoken.

Li Chengqian also quickly responded, "Father Emperor, only I have tried to leave Chang'an City; the others have not yet attempted it."

"With my strength, once I leave Chang'an City, I immediately decline without any means to resist, my Qi and Blood depleted. I imagine those weaker than me would fare even worse."

"They will probably rot into a pool of blood the moment they leave Chang'an City."

"I had just returned from outside the Imperial Palace, mainly intending to request the help of ten thousand generals, even a king, to give it a try…"

"Little did I expect, on the way back, to run into you, Father Emperor…"

Li Chengqian spoke slowly, his tone steady and much calmer than before.

Yet at the end of his words, Li Chengqian couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at the Great Tang Emperor again.

It seemed at this time.

Li Chengqian was still somewhat shocked, as if he could not believe he was seeing the Great Tang Emperor again.

So many years, so many seasons had passed, the Great Tang Emperor had been without news, the Great Tang was no more, leaving only the lone Chang'an City and the company of soldiers within, guarding the last remnants of Chang'an's glory of the Great Tang.

Initially, Li Chengqian had persisted in the hope that the Great Tang Emperor was still alive.

But later on.

He had come to believe that the Great Tang Emperor was no longer alive.

If he were alive, how could the Great Tang Emperor not come to find him?

How could he watch Chang'an City fall into temporal chaos and not care?

Seeing the Great Tang Emperor again now.

Li Chengqian felt as if he was dreaming.

Even though reality was right in front of him, Li Chengqian was unable to fully accept it for a while.

The Great Tang Emperor furrowed his brows again, pondering why Li Chengqian was unable to sustain his power once he left Chang'an City, even unable to preserve his life?

Was it related to their current state?

The Great Tang Emperor took several looks at Li Chengqian, understanding that he, and likely most of the soldiers within Chang'an City, had become one with the city.

Or to say.

They had already become a part of Chang'an City.

Was it because they had merged with Chang'an City that they could not survive apart from it??

Without pondering for long in his heart, the Great Tang Emperor swiftly comprehended the reason behind it in a very short time.