Imperial Advisor Chang Yuan's words shocked Li Chengfeng once again. It was as if the shock he had felt in the past was not as much as what he felt today.
"Did you save the Cleansing Moon Li family before, Sir Martial Saint?" repeated Li Chengfeng in shock.
Zhang Zaijun looked at Li Chengfeng with a gentle gaze. His face was sallow and there were even sickly spots on his neck. Before he could speak, he was already coughing violently. All these signs clearly showed that he was seriously ill, possibly even terminally ill.
Zhang Zaijun said gently, "The last time I saw you, you looked very familiar. I didn't expect it to be more than ten years ago …"
As he spoke, he glanced at Xie Yufei. She immediately said, "It was eighteen years and nine months ago."
Zhang Zaijun smiled and nodded. "You were still a baby then."
Li Chengfeng was shocked. "Can you tell me more, Sir Martial Saint?"
Zhang Zaijun asked curiously, "Didn't your mother tell you?"
But he reacted quickly. "That's true, she definitely wouldn't tell you the truth. You can't imagine the sacrifices she made to protect you."
Zhang Zaijun's eyes shone with strong respect. Li Chengfeng was even more curious. "Please tell me more, Sir Martial Saint."
Zhang Zaijun shook his head and said, "You should go ask your mother. She will tell you more accurately and in more detail than I can say.
But you don't have to thank me that night, I was just there at the right time. Under those circumstances, I think anyone would have helped out. "
Li Chengfeng was filled with questions but Zhang Zaijun did not look like he wanted to talk about it. He started coughing violently again. Xie Yufei covered his mouth with a white handkerchief but Li Chengfeng could clearly see that when she took the white handkerchief away, it was stained red.
Li Chengfeng asked with concern, "Sir Martial Saint, did you obtain any spiritual medicine from Spiritual Mountain? Is there anything I can help with?"
Zhang Zaijun shook his head with a bitter smile. "Thank you, you can't help me with this.
My illness … is incurable. I'm only here to fulfill my promise to the Imperial Advisor. "
Li Chengfeng had even more questions. He knew that when he was born, Daqi was in a bloodbath. Countless babies born at the same time were killed, but he managed to escape.
According to what the State Preceptor Chang Yuan and Zhang Zaijun had said, the reason why he was able to survive such a large scale manhunt was because someone was secretly helping him.
In other words, they already knew his true identity at that time.
Then, the problem was, these people knew his true identity, but they didn't expose him and ask for credit from the Nine Heavens. Why?
Li Chengfeng, who had grown up in the streets, knew the evils of human nature. In the face of profit, human nature could not withstand any test.
Therefore, these people must have helped him out of selfishness, and definitely not out of virtue!
But if these people did it out of selfishness, then what was their selfishness?
Why did State Preceptor Chang Yuan bring him to see Zhang Zaijun?
He wants me to owe him a favor?
What was the purpose of accepting his favor?
Questions came one after another, as if a bigger fog was shrouding Li Chengfeng, causing him to sink deeper into the abyss, unable to see the truth.
Li Chengfeng did not dare to ask too many questions. He only watched and waited.
State Preceptor Chang Yuan nodded at Zhang Zaijun and said, "In two days, I will arrange for you to meet someone. After you meet him, answer three of my questions and I will show you a path of survival."
Zhang Zaijun shook his head. "I no longer care about life and death. I've lived in shame for so many years, I can't take it anymore.
If it wasn't for the unfulfilled wish in my heart, I would've left to atone for my sins. "
She held Zhang Zaijun's hand and said gently, "It's been so many years, why can't you let it go?
Her death is not your fault. Why do you want to take such a crime on yourself? "
Zhang Zaijun's eyes were filled with pain and guilt. He shook his head. "If it wasn't for my hesitation, would she have died?
Would Big Teapot have turned against me and left in a frenzy? "
There was a lot of information in this sentence. Li Chengfeng, who had always been curious, scratched his ears and cheeks. He wanted nothing more than to pry open Preceptor's head with a knife to see what secrets were hidden inside.
However, Li Chengfeng could vaguely guess that there was a huge secret hidden in this conversation!
Preceptor Chang Yuan shook his head and sighed. "Right and wrong, gratitude and hatred, everything in life is gone in the blink of an eye!
If you can't let go of the past, you won't be able to see the future. "
Zhang Zaijun smiled calmly. "Thank you for your guidance, Preceptor. But everyone has their own destiny. Our path has been set, we can't force it."
Preceptor Chang Yuan sighed. "What's there to complain about?
Alright, I won't disturb you anymore. "He nodded at Zhang Zaijun, then said to Li Chengfeng," Come with me. "
Zhang Zaijun and Xie Yufei bowed respectfully to Preceptor Chang Yuan, then watched as Li Chengfeng left with him. Both of them then turned to enter the house.
Li Chengfeng was filled with questions as he followed Preceptor Chang Yuan to the lakeside. He waited patiently for Preceptor Chang Yuan to tell him everything.
Because he knew Preceptor Chang Yuan did not come to him for fun because he had nothing better to do.
As expected, Preceptor Chang Yuan stared at the peaceful lake and suddenly said in a low voice, "I heard that the Ninth Heavens also has a Lake of Life, is that true?"
Li Chengfeng's heart skipped a beat. He did not know if Preceptor Chang Yuan was testing him, so he answered honestly, "I'm not sure either, but I heard there is one."
This answer was ambiguous, but it was also honest.
Preceptor Chang Yuan turned to look at Li Chengfeng, his pale yellow eyes seemed to see through Li Chengfeng's soul. His voice was calm as he said something that shocked Li Chengfeng, "The Ninth Heavens wants to destroy the human world. Are you the Doomsday Messenger who is here to destroy us?"
Li Chengfeng was stunned!
He had thought of ten thousand questions that the State Preceptor Chang Yuan would ask him, but he had never thought that the State Preceptor Chang Yuan would ask such a question!
Li Chengfeng was dumbstruck, speechless for a long time.
Preceptor Chang Yuan looked at him quietly. His eyes were not sharp but he could tell that Li Chengfeng did not have an answer to this question.
Preceptor Chang Yuan continued, "Don't you know that the Ninth Heavens wants to destroy the human world?"
Li Chengfeng calmed himself down and thought about it carefully. There seemed to be some clues to this theory. However, if this theory was true, then that would be awesome. That would mean that there was a more terrifying problem!
Who is the murderer who wants to destroy the human world?
From the looks of it, there were only two suspects!
One was Yu Chengfeng, Li Chengfeng's past life. The other was Sun Yijue, Yu Chengfeng's lover in his past life.
As Li Chengfeng thought of this, he broke out in cold sweat and felt a chill run down his spine!
Because following this logic, it seemed that many things could be explained!
Why would Yu Chengfeng of the Ninth Heavens be surrounded by immortals?
Why would Sun Yijue and Yu Chengfeng fall out?
Could it be … because Yu Chengfeng wanted to destroy the human world?
That's why Sun Yijue fell out with him. The immortals also fell out with Yu Chengfeng. That's why the reincarnated Celestial Lord descended to the human world. That's why he was here. That's why all these stories happened?
But … why was that?
Yu Chengfeng wanted to destroy the human world, what was his motive?
Why did he suddenly change his image as the first Celestial Lord of the Celestial World and become a demon king?
There had to be a reason for this, right?
Could it be that even Celestial Lords could be cursed?!