Only a few people know the secret of his blood. In the Garden of Zhou, the Demon General couple and the shaman elder had both died. Monsters could not communicate with humans, and after Nanke told her father, she would definitely keep the secret. Yourong obviously would not tell anyone else, so that left only … her master and Senior Yu Ren.
Last night, Xu Yourong had already reminded him, but he didn't want to or didn't dare to think about it, so he didn't answer her.
But regardless of whether it was him or Xu Yourong, they were both very clear that the question still existed. It was not something that could be ignored just because they did not answer it.
Today, the Elder of Heavenly Secrets had directly torn apart the paper window, forcing him to face this question and obtain his own answer.
If this really was a plot to assassinate the Demon Lord, was it really arranged by Teacher and Senior Yu Ren?
Chen Chang Sheng suddenly raised his head, looked at the Elder of Heavenly Secrets and asked, "What was the final result?"
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets slightly raised his eyebrows. He had not expected that this youth would be able to calm down in such a short amount of time.
"As I said, when the Demon Lord returned to Xuelao City, he was heavily injured."
"I mean both sides."
"His Majesty the White Emperor has also suffered significant injuries and will need several years to recuperate, but the Demon Lord's injuries are even more severe."
"Based on what I know, in Xuelao City, the Demon Commander and Black Robe have always been at odds with each other like fire and water, but they were forcefully suppressed by the Demon Lord. Now that the Demon Lord is heavily injured, doesn't this mean that his control over the entire demon domain, especially over those two, has weakened?"
"You could say that."
"Whether it's the Divine Empress, His Holiness the Pope, or Senior, what they're most worried about is the demons disrupting the confluence of the north and south, right?"
"Not bad."
"If the interior is unstable, it will be very difficult for the demons to divert their attention to destroy the confluence of the north and south."
"That makes sense."
"The human race and the demon race will have precious time to regroup, and the situation of the entire continent will be in our favor?"
"Yes."
After this conversation, the garden became quiet again.
After a long time, Chen Chang Sheng said, "That's enough."
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets slightly raised his brows, asking, "Enough?"
"Yes, I might have been bait and almost died, but if I can get so many benefits, then … it's enough."
Chen Chang Sheng looked at the Elder of Heavenly Secrets and said seriously.
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets looked into his eyes and saw no hypocrisy, no reluctance, only sincerity.
"Even if you're being used?"
"Yes, even if I'm being used."
"Don't tell me you don't feel angry because of this?" the Elder of Heavenly Secrets asked.
Chen Chang Sheng thought for a while and said, "Yes, I am very angry or sad. I will find a chance to ask him face to face."
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets understood his meaning and knew that he would not reveal the name of the one who set this trap. He said, "Every person has their own choice. I only hope that you will not regret it."
Chen Chang Sheng said, "Actually, I still don't understand why you always want me to make a choice."
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets thrust his hand into the fog and, like a magic trick, produced a basket of peaches.
The peaches were plump, pink and tender, looking extremely tempting.
He took out a peach from the basket and handed it to Chen Chang Sheng, along with a small knife.
Chen Chang Sheng very naturally took the knife and began to carefully peel the skin.
Peeling the peach made no sound and the garden was very quiet. After a short while, he had finished peeling a peach and politely offered it to the Elder of Heavenly Secrets.
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets shook his head and indifferently said, "To eat a peach, to peel or not to peel, this is a choice."
Chen Chang Sheng's hand holding the peach froze in midair.
"If I were eating a peach myself, I wouldn't peel it, because the skin is nutritious, but I was thinking of Sir eating it. Old people have difficulty digesting, so peeling is more suitable."
This was his explanation.
To the Elder of Heavenly Secrets, this was meaningless.
"No matter who it is directed at, no matter what the final choice is, in the end, you have made a choice."
"So?"
"Sweet or salty, peeling or not peeling, survival or death, these have always been questions."
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets looked into his eyes and calmly said, "Life is made up of countless multiple-choice questions, who can completely avoid them?"
Chen Chang Sheng asked, "If no matter what choice we make, it is not in accordance with our hearts, then what should we do?"
"At the time when the Demon Lord blocked your path on the mountain path, as the master of Mount Han, I could have made two different responses, but whether it was activating the Heavenstone array and simultaneously trapping him and all of you in Mount Han, forcing you into desperate straits, or ignoring the Demon Lord and saving you first, to me, neither was a perfect solution."
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets continued, "When I made my final choice, I still relied on my own heart."
Chen Chang Sheng asked, "Not in accordance with your heart, but in the end, you still acted according to your heart?"
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets replied, "When the vault of the heavens shatters and the stars fall, it is simply impossible for you to make a rational judgment. You can only act according to your heart at that moment, that is your true heart."
Chen Chang Sheng fell silent for a very long time, then said, "I understand."
"Every person will face their own multiple-choice question and give their own answer. My choice to activate the Heavenstone array and have you, Tang Tang, and the others die together with the Demon Lord was my heart. Although this is unfair to you all, I do not feel ashamed, and I believe that no one will blame me, because the Demon Lord's life is more important than all of you combined."
"I don't have too many complaints about this."
"Even to the one who set this trap?"
"I just feel … that they should have told me beforehand, or perhaps … this would have made me feel better, not like I was purely being used."
"Every person can only take responsibility for their own choices. I do not care about what the one who set this trap was thinking, but for you, I want to make some compensation."
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets calmly said to him, "I advise you to grasp this opportunity."
Hearing these words, Chen Chang Sheng was somewhat shocked, and also somewhat perplexed.
With the Elder of Heavenly Secrets's status in the continent, these words of his were an enormous temptation to any cultivator.
Whether it was gold, silver, treasures, secret cultivation manuals, divine weapons, or even famous mountains and great rivers, the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets could produce them all.
However, Chen Chang Sheng did not lack for these things. He had the Halving Blade Style, the secrets of the Mount Li Sword Style, his status as successor to the Pope, the Heavenly Tome Monoliths, and Tang Thirty-Six.
What could the Elder of Heavenly Secrets give him? Or perhaps, what was the most extraordinary aspect of the Elder of Heavenly Secrets?
It was his wisdom, his experience, his understanding of the world, and his countless secrets that were unknown to others.
"I would like to ask Sir a few questions."
Chen Chang Sheng made up his mind and looked at the Elder of Heavenly Secrets.
This answer was clearly within the expectations of the Elder of Heavenly Secrets. He faintly smiled, the wrinkles on his face deepening.
"Who am I?"
This was Chen Chang Sheng's first question.
This was also the third to last question of the Essay on the Origin of the Dao.
This was the answer that countless experts and masters, after cultivating to the peak, had sought in a daze.
This was one of the most famous questions in the Ten Debates between the Pope and the Grand Scholar of the Demon race, Tungus.
This was a metaphysical question, a philosophical question. This question had already entered the domain of the Dao.
But the Elder of Heavenly Secrets understood that Chen Chang Sheng's question was not so particular. It was very direct, very simple.
He just wanted to know … just who am I?
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