After a moment of silence, he suddenly looked at Long Chen passionately and said, "You must be very confused about me. Actually, there's nothing to hide from you. Twenty years ago, when you were three years old, Nangong Lie and I met with a fatal crisis. We almost lost our lives, but a miraculous super expert saved us. How can I describe the difference between us …" Han Yunxing racked his brains and thought for a while before saying, "Just like you and me now, I also looked up to him in the same way back then."
Long Chen was very curious. Han Yunxing said that this thing had nothing to do with him, but it had nothing to do with him.
Hence, he asked, "What does this have to do with me?"
Han Yunxing swept his long hair away from his forehead and looked at Long Chen. "It does. This is Nangong Lie and I's greatest benefactor. When we were abandoned by our beliefs and at the most frustrating time of our lives, he gave us a reason to continue living. In our current world, this benefactor is more important to us than anything else, including the True Martial Emperor Palace."
Long Chen was in awe of Han Yunxing's aura at this moment.
"So what does it have to do with me?" Long Chen asked cautiously.
"Yes, it does."
Han Yunxing seemed to be reminiscing and said, "When he left, we asked how we could repay him. He said that if a youth came to this place in the future, and his name was Long Chen, he was unruly, cold and tenacious, and he was a rare dragon martial artist, then …"
At this point, Long Chen's mind went blank as if he had been struck by lightning.
If a youth came to this place, and his name was Long Chen, he was unruly, cold and tenacious, and he was a rare dragon martial artist …
This sentence kept reverberating in Long Chen's mind, because these words could only describe Long Chen himself.
This had happened twenty years ago. Twenty years ago, when Long Chen was only three years old, someone had told two super experts of the three Imperial Domains about him. At that time, Long Chen was only a three-year-old child who didn't know anything.
He even knew Long Chen's character.
How could Long Chen not be excited?
He was on the verge of tears. His eyes were bloodshot, and his chest seemed to be blocked. He couldn't breathe and couldn't cry even if he wanted to. Crystal clear tears swirled around his ears. It had been a long time since Long Chen was this excited. If he didn't try his best to hold it in, Long Chen would have rushed to Han Yunxing and asked him who this man was …
Han Yunxing had expected Long Chen's reaction. Han Yunxing suddenly smiled and said, "Indeed, he is a god-like man. He even knows what will happen twenty years later. A three-year-old child actually knows that he will become a dragon martial artist in the future. Moreover, he will be unruly, cold and tenacious. This means that you have always been under his care. Long Chen, this name …"
As he spoke, tears welled up in Han Yunxing's eyes. He looked at Long Chen with blazing eyes and said, "I can tell from your tears and excitement that you must know who he is. If I say his name, he will definitely know. I begged him for a long time before I knew his name."
"His name is Long Qinglan."
Long Chen wiped the tears from his red eyes and calmed himself down. His voice was a little hoarse.
He was no longer a child. After experiencing so many things, Long Chen was now a real man. He could bear many things, but no matter what, his father was the weakest part of his heart.
Long Chen's impression of this man was the same as Han Yunxing's. He spent his days in a drunken stupor, accompanied by alcohol. In Long Chen's impression, his clearest memory was on the last day, when he jokingly told Long Chen that he was about to die, and then he really died.
Long Chen buried him with his own hands.
If he hadn't experienced so many things and grown so much, Long Chen wouldn't have said his name in such a calm tone.
"If I'm not wrong, he is your father."
Everything was confirmed. Han Yunxing's lips curled into a smile. His words indirectly confirmed what Long Chen had said.
The man who had come to the Imperial Domain 20 years ago when Long Chen was three years old and helped Nangong Lie and Han Yunxing was his father, Long Qinglan.
In Long Chen's impression, Long Qinglan had already started to become useless when he was three years old. He had become the laughingstock of Baiyang Town and the target of everyone's disdain.
Long Chen was a little excited about this. This might mean that his father was not as weak as he had imagined.
He must be a supreme expert, and there were many things that he was hiding from Long Chen. An ordinary person could not possibly possess something as heaven-defying as the Mysterious Dragon Jade. There was no way that a small clan would hide the Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood in their battle techniques. Someone must have arranged for it to be in there. That person could only be Long Qinglan.
The back view of this man appeared in Long Chen's mind. It was very blurry. Long Chen couldn't even remember what his father looked like, but this blurry person was deeply engraved in his heart.
In this lifetime, Long Chen had only called him father a few times.
If it wasn't for his childhood experiences, Long Chen wouldn't have such a tenacious personality. It was because he was looked down upon by others that he was finally reborn. Only then did he realize that a man couldn't lack something.
A drive to be ruthless to himself. If he wasn't ruthless to himself, he wouldn't be ruthless to others.
Perhaps, all of this was part of his plan. Was it just to cultivate her character?
He had left the Mysterious Dragon Jade to him.
He had also left the Ancient Blood Spirit Dragon's inheritance essence blood, something that would cause the entire Dragon Sacrificial Continent to go berserk.
What else wasn't arranged by him?
In that case, there was still a most important question in Long Chen's mind. Was he really dead?
Baiyang Zhen's death clearly didn't seem like a real death, but it couldn't be said that Long Qinglan had faked it either.
Could that Long Qinglan be something like a clone? Even the Sword Sovereign of Bi Yang Imperial City had two bodies, let alone Long Qinglan.
However, if he wasn't dead, why would he give birth to a son and hand over the essence blood of the Ancient Blood Spiritual Dragon and the mysterious Dragon Jade to Long Chen? Cultivators had billions of years to live. Wouldn't it be better for him to dominate the world?
No matter what, Long Chen hoped that he was still alive.
Looking at Han Yunxing with a burning gaze, Long Chen asked word by word, "Have you seen him since then? Is he still alive?"
Han Yunxing was a little helpless at Long Chen's expectant gaze. He shook his head bitterly and said, "I've never seen him again. I also want to ask you this question, but it's obvious that you and I are both living in a fog. The only thing I can tell you is that your father is definitely not an ordinary person. How should I put it? On the path of martial arts, no matter how much you advance, there will always be stronger existences above you …"
"In our Zhenwu Imperial Palace, the strongest person is definitely Zhenwu the Great Emperor, but I've never seen him in my life. I've seen a few experts below him, but they gave me the feeling that your father was stronger than them, even though they didn't fight. This is just my intuition, or maybe it's just an illusion, or maybe it's not just a little bit stronger. But I'm sure he's not Zhenwu the Great Emperor. I've heard Zhenwu the Great Emperor's voice, and it was a completely different feeling."
This series of words made Long Chen give up.
But he didn't give up.
"If I follow my father's arrangements and continue to grow stronger, one day, I'll be able to reach his level. At that time, I'll know whether he's dead or not. If he's still alive, where is he, and why did he bestow these things to me …"
Long Chen heaved a sigh of relief. Today, Han Yunxing's words had stimulated his fighting spirit even more, causing him to undergo a huge transformation.
From today onwards, Long Chen wouldn't only live for himself. At the same time, Xiao Xi would also fight for Long Qinglan. Mo Xiaolang and Yang Lingqing were also waiting for Long Chen to grow stronger.
It wasn't easy for him to get to where he was today.
Han Yunxing and Han Yunxing remained silent for a long time. Both of them had a heavy heart.
After a while, Han Yunxing seemed to recall something. He interrupted Long Chen's thoughts and said solemnly, "Back then, I was willing to do anything for my benefactor, but he declined. He told me that if you came in the future, Nangong Lie and I should help you. This is also the reason why we're guarding the Sacred Martial Palace, so …"
At this point, Han Yunxing knelt down on one knee. This was the first time that he, who was usually like a madman, was so serious. He said to Long Chen, "From today onwards, you are the young master of Han Yunxing. Your orders are my orders. I will go through fire and water without hesitation. At the same time, I will say this on behalf of Nangong Lie. Although this guy is simple-minded, his passion for his benefactor far surpasses mine."
Long Chen was speechless. He hadn't expected this to happen. He quickly helped Han Yunxing up and said, "Senior, please get up first."
Long Chen had a headache after helping Han Yunxing up. It was a great thing to have such an expert protecting him. In the future, Long Chen would definitely be able to do whatever he wanted in the True Martial Imperial Palace.
However, Long Chen wasn't used to having such an expert treat him as a Young Lord and act humbly, while he ordered him around. His personality didn't want such a thing to happen.
Long Chen would never procrastinate in anything he did. He would be swift and decisive. He knew that if he asked Han Yunxing to keep a distance from him, pretend that they didn't know each other, and not call him Young Master, he would definitely not agree.
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