Exploring Ancient Ruins: I Have Lived for a Thousand Years and Can Talk Across the Ages

He once played chess with Qin Shi Huang.

He once joined Xiang Yu and Liu Bang in a banquet at Hongmen, outside Xianyang.

He once witnessed the Battle of Red Cliffs with his own eyes.

He once rode on Yang Guang's pleasure boat and sighed three times.

He once spoke at length with Li Shimin atop Xuanwu Gate about the glorious Reign of Zhenguan.

He once took Yue Fei as a disciple, and once helped a beggar.

He once guarded the nation's borders before the Qing army entered the passes.

He once shed blood and gave his life when Japanese pirates invaded the frontier.

Time passed swiftly, like a white horse flashing past a crack in the wall.

After a thousand years of life, he had grown indifferent to worldly splendor, to life's ups and downs, and to the warmth and coldness of human nature.

He wanted only to spend the rest of his life in peace.

But Heaven had other plans.

On that day, he, his hair and beard long since turned silver,

represented Jiuzhou as he entered an ancient forbidden land to explore the historic sites of Huaxia!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.