Tang Dynasty: The Holy Prince, the Dragon that Reigns Over the World

"Hiss, my head hurts." Li Chengqian rubbed his aching head and opened his eyes. "Huh? What is this place?" Li Chengqian looked at the ancient rooms around him and a group of people wearing ancient Tang Dynasty costumes. Li Chengqian was shocked and said, "Are we filming? That's not right? Shouldn't I be lying in the hospital?"

At this time, a beautiful and heroic woman walked towards Li Chengqian with an anxious look on her face. "Qian'er, how do you feel? Are you feeling unwell?" "Call the imperial physician, Qian'er is awake, let the imperial physician come and take a look." The woman then turned around and shouted.

"Qian'er?" What kind of strange name is this? Suddenly, a wave of memories that did not belong to him flooded into his mind. After a brief dizziness, Li Chengqian exclaimed, "Oh my goodness, I traveled through the Tang Dynasty? And I became the deposed crown prince?"

"Pa!" The woman slapped Li Chengqian on the back of his head and scolded him with a smile, "Did you break your brain? The current crown prince is your great uncle Li Jiancheng, and your father is the King of Qin (the name for father in the Tang Dynasty, same as Ye). How could Dalang become the crown prince? He even deposed the crown prince. Don't talk nonsense in the future." Li Chengqian rubbed the back of his head and looked at the woman. At this time, he also knew the woman's identity. The famous virtuous queen in history, the childhood sweetheart of Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin---Changsun Wugou. She is also the biological mother of this body.

"Mom, don't hit me. I'm telling the truth. This year is the eighth year of Wude. Next year, my father will launch the Xuanwu Gate Incident and become the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Mother told my father not to make me the crown prince. Mother, don't ask me how I know this. An old immortal told me this in my dream when I was unconscious." Seeing Zhangsun Wugou looking at him with a face full of curiosity, Li Chengqian immediately threw the blame on the non-existent old immortal. Blaming immortals for all things that cannot be explained is the only skill of a time traveler.

"Eh? Erlang, why are you standing at the door? How is my good grandson? Grandson, you scared your grandfather?" As soon as the voice fell, a sturdy old man in a dragon robe hurried in, and a handsome and resolute man with a gloomy and thoughtful face followed the old man in. The old man was Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and the sturdy man was Li Shimin, the Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

"Grandson, come and show your grandfather." Li Yuan sat down beside the bed with a distressed look on his face, and looked at Li Chengqian carefully. "Grandson is fine now. Chengqian is unfilial and made grandfather and mother worried." Looking at the caring eyes of the two people in front of him, Li Chengqian, who had been an orphan since childhood, felt the long-lost family affection. Li Chengqian's eyes were filled with tears, and he turned over and knelt on the bed and said.

"Hmph, you rebellious son, you still make people worry. You are so young and ignorant, you even went to ride your third uncle's Wanli Yunyanzhao secretly. You are lucky that you didn't die from the fall." Li Shimin said angrily.

"Erlang, stop talking about my grandson. Were you worry-free when you were a child? When you were as old as Qian'er, you were still the same, climbing up the roof and causing trouble everywhere. Your mother was so angry that she beat you many times." Li Yuan scolded Li Shimin unhappily.

"That's right, Qian'er is just fine. Husband, please don't scold Qian'er anymore." Zhangsun Wugou also said with an unhappy look on his face. Well, due to the relationship between the two generations and the overflowing maternal love, Li Shimin could only hum in anger.

Late at night, Li Chengqian sat alone in his bedroom, his chin in his hand, thinking deeply.

In his previous life, Li Chengqian's parents died unexpectedly when he was 8 years old. He was alone in the world. He was a nerd who had just graduated from a second-tier university. On his way to a factory for an interview, he encountered a car accident. Unexpectedly, he, who should have died, traveled to the eighth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty and became Li Chengqian, the abandoned prince of the Tang Dynasty with the same name and surname.

It's just a matter of time travel, why did I become the deposed prince in the future? And how come there are Li Yuanba and Luo Cheng in this memory? And Li Yuanba is still alive? Didn't Li Yuanba and Luo Cheng not exist in history? Shouldn't Li Yuanba have died in the first year of Wude? This time and space are a bit messed up. Li Chengqian looked at his body of a 7-year-old child and felt depressed.

"Hey, you're awake." A teasing female voice sounded.

"Who? What demon?" A female voice suddenly came out when no one was around in the middle of the night. Li Chengqian looked around in fear.

"Stop screaming. How can such a pure voice like mine belong to a demon? I'm in your mind." The female voice said dissatisfiedly.

"In my mind? Who are you?" Li Chengqian said vigilantly.

"Ahem, let me introduce myself. I am the system elf given to you by the Creator. The system has now been bound to the host. Please consult the system." As soon as the voice fell, a system page appeared in front of Li Chengqian. At the top of the page, it was written "Saint Son of Heaven Cultivation System". Below it were divided into units such as Personal Center, Achievements, Mall, and Book Collection Pavilion.

"Host, you can operate the system through your thoughts, or you can convey commands to me to complete the operation."

Li Chengqian randomly clicked on his profile. It read:

Host: Li Chengqian

Skills: None

Features: None

Achievements: None

System Coins: 1000

"Haha, three no's! Give me a brief introduction." Li Chengqian shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"The mall and library in the system can provide the host with various resources, but they need to be purchased with system coins. System coins can be obtained through tasks and achievements, and can also be exchanged for rare items and coins. The exchange rate changes with the actual price. Reverse exchange is not allowed. The current exchange rate is one yuan for 1000 system coins. However, I would like to kindly inform the host that the cheapest resource in the system also costs 1000 system coins."

"Damn, it's so expensive." Li Chengqian said speechlessly.

You should know that Emperor Yang of Sui conquered Goryeo and there were constant wars at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty. Prices in the early Tang Dynasty were frighteningly high. In the second year of Wude, one dou of rice was worth 80 to 90 strings of money. Ten dou equaled one dou. The concept of ten dou of rice is that one dou of rice is equivalent to 30 catties of grain today, and ten dou is equivalent to 300 catties. According to the ancient people's two meals a day and a family of three, one dou and ten dou can last at least three months. Although prices have dropped slightly in recent years, one dou of rice still costs 3 strings of money. (I really can't find the prices in the eighth year of Wude.)

"By the way, you can get system coins by completing tasks, so why is there no task option?" Li Chengqian asked puzzled.

"The host has only one main task, which is to become a holy emperor respected by all people and submitted to by all barbarians. The rest of the side tasks are random. Each task will give different rewards." The system explained.

"There is another question. What resources can the system provide me? Can it provide me with a division's worth of modern equipment?" Li Chengqian imagined himself leading his men and sweeping the world with AK47s, and drooling.

"No, host, stop dreaming. There are too many things that are beyond the times, and the system does not have them."

"Then give me the most powerful army in history?" Li Chengqian continued to ask.

"Creating a human out of thin air? The host is overthinking."

"Is there a 10-draw game or a new player gift pack?"

"No."

"A peerless divine weapon?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Haha, I'll give it to you when the Creator creates something like this."

"Alas, you have nothing. System, you are very insincere." Li Chengqian sighed.

"Who is insincere? Please stop dreaming, host." The system elf said dissatisfiedly.

Li Chengqian ignored the system and opened the achievement page. "Well, there aren't many achievements, but the rewards are good." Li Chengqian looked at them one by one, and suddenly his eyes widened and he exclaimed, "Hey, system, why is there an achievement called 'God of Gay'? I'm a real man. Oh my god, 1000 million system coins, the reward is so high. You're forcing me to be gay."

"Tsk, who knows if the host likes that tune. Sharing peaches and having sex was an elegant hobby in ancient times." The system elf joked.

"I'm not interested. By the way, I always hear your voice as a female, how come you have a gender?" Li Chengqian teased.

"Why does the host like men? You should have told me earlier. If the host likes, I can change my voice into a male one." The system elf chuckled.

"Get away, I'm a real man."

"Okay, no more trouble. Host, the system is now releasing the first side quest, which is to rescue Li Yuanba. Do you accept it?" the system elf said formally.

"What's going on?" Li Chengqian asked in surprise.

"The system detected that because Li Yuanba only obeyed the orders of Li Yuan and Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were quite afraid of Li Yuanba's divine power. Therefore, Li Yuanji will tempt Li Yuanba to raise his hammer and curse the sky tomorrow. The host must rescue Li Yuanba before noon tomorrow. After the mission is successful, 5 system coins will be rewarded. Because this mission is the host's first mission, an additional reward feature is given: the power of ghosts and gods (this feature allows the host to have the power of ghosts and gods). Skills: Zhantian Halberd Method (the best halberd method in the world). 10 system coins. If the mission fails, the host's life span will be reduced by 5 years. Do you accept it?"

"Oh my goodness, failed missions reduce lifespans? What kind of game is this? But the reward is quite tempting. I'll take it," Li Chengqian said. Thinking of how Li Yuanba loved Li Chengqian since he was a child, there was no reason for him not to take the job, both for public and private reasons.