The thousands of strands of wind on the surface of the lake somehow managed to pass through the formation and reach the field. It scattered the fog and lowered the temperature.
That was how the two of them felt.
"My medical skills are not as good as Shang's or Yin's."
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets looked at him and said, "If the two of them don't have any ideas, I also don't know what to do."
Chen Chang Sheng gazed into the distance. On the other side of the mist that had been blown away, he could faintly see the dark blue lake. It was very beautiful.
"However, according to my speculation, since your problem lies in the blockage of your meridians caused by the explosion of your sun chakra when you were a baby, if you don't try to cultivate, and even directly disperse the true essence in your body, you might be able to barely maintain your original state. At the very least … you might be able to delay the outbreak of your injuries."
Upon hearing the words of the Elder of Heavenly Secrets, Chen Chang Sheng retracted his gaze and asked, "Senior, how confident are you?"
Regarding this matter, the Elder of Heavenly Secrets had been calculating for a very long time while he was unconscious. He directly said, "Twenty percent."
Twenty percent. This was a rather awkward number. It could be said that there was hope, but it was a little uncertain. It could be said that there was despair, but it was clear that there was a path ahead.
Today, Chen Chang Sheng learned many things, many things about himself, but at the end of the road ahead, there was still a large shadow.
If it had been anyone else, after going back and forth between hope and despair so many times, their spirit would have long since been on the verge of collapse, but he didn't.
He even quickly got rid of his previous emotions and regained his true calmness.
Tianji Laoren's expression did not change, but great waves were already surging in his heart — with this child's temperament, if not for the heavens not faking his fate, how could he not have obtained the Great Dao?
Chen Chang Sheng's willpower was truly terrifying. He recovered his calmness at an unimaginable speed, even forgetting the previous conversation.
Then, he asked a very naive question.
"Senior, which side are you on?"
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If anyone else were to ask the Elder of Heavenly Secrets this question, they would assuredly suffer a miserable fate.
However, Chen Changsheng's identity was very special, whether it was his relationship with the Pope, Shang, or the possible relationship with the Divine Empress.
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets actually replied in full detail.
"My relationship with the Li Palace has always been good, but my relationship with Yin is not good. My relationship with your Zhou Empire is not good, but my relationship with the Empress is good."
"Then … if I really am Crown Prince Zhaoming … will the Divine Empress kill me?"
Chen Chang Sheng's next question was not only naive and childish, it was even a bit excessive.
What was even more outrageous was that the Elder of Heavenly Secrets really did answer once more.
"Based on my understanding of Her Ladyship, she will eventually. She has been waiting for two years, but she can't wait forever. "
"Why?"
"Have you heard of the legend of defying the heavens and changing fate?"
"I always thought it was just a rumor."
"Rumors often come from the truth, and sometimes the truth is even more bizarre than the rumors."
Chen Chang Sheng was silent.
There had always been a certain saying on the continent.
Several hundred years ago, the Divine Empress was expelled from the Imperial Palace by Emperor Taizong. In the Hundred Herb Garden, she met two friends and learned of the secret of defying the heavens and changing fate.
Those two friends were the current Pope and his master, the former Principal of the Orthodox Academy, Shang Xingzhou.
The Divine Empress swore to the starry sky that she was willing to sever her bloodline in exchange for this peerless achievement.
"The bloodline has been severed …" he muttered.
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets looked into his eyes and serenely said, "This fellow, Fate, has never made a one-time deal. There is no such thing as an end to defying the heavens and changing one's fate. From offering sacrifices to the starry sky to returning to the sea of stars, it is ongoing at all times. If the Empress wants to succeed in defying the heavens and changing her fate, she cannot have any descendants. "
"And if she does?"
"If she does, then it is a gap in her fate, her greatest weakness."
"But … if I really am Crown Prince Zhaoming, then the Empress … she is my mother."
When Chen Chang Sheng thought of this problem, his emotions became uncontrollably complex.
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets had a very calm expression, even somewhat callous. "The Empress once had many children, but they are all dead."
Chen Chang Sheng asked, "And Princess Ping?"
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets replied, "Quite a few people, including me, know that Princess Ping is not the Empress's biological daughter, but she herself does not know."
Upon hearing this news, Chen Chang Sheng was shocked speechless. Then, he realized that many things that he did not understand before were now answered.
For example, the Divine Empress doted on Princess Ping, but her education was very problematic.
For example, when Princess Ping wanted to compete with Xu You Rong for favor, she would always lose.
"If the Empress has any descendant in this world, it can only be Xu You Rong."
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets seemed to know what he was thinking and said, "Even though this is a spiritual and bloodline inheritance."
Chen Chang Sheng fell silent for a very long time, then asked, "Since Sir has a good relationship with the Empress, why are you telling me these secrets?"
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets replied, "Because I hope to help you make the correct choice."
As he said this, he glanced at the peach in Chen Chang Sheng's hand.
The peach had already been peeled for a very long time. The color of the flesh had not changed, but it felt like it was no longer fresh.
After a moment of silence, Chen Chang Sheng asked, "What can I choose?"
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets replied, "You can pretend to know nothing, return to the capital, and then be executed by the Empress, or you can choose to leave and conceal your identity, never to be seen again."
Chen Chang Sheng raised his head and looked at him, asking, "But, why is it up to me to choose?"
"Because … I do not wish for the Empress to once again face such a difficult choice." The Elder of Heavenly Secrets was deeply moved. "From the moment you entered the capital, she has always been hesitating, otherwise you would have long since died … a tiger eating its own child, what a tragedy."
Chen Chang Sheng's nose twitched and his breathing became rather coarse.
Only those who were most familiar with him knew that this was a sign that he was in an extremely bad mood.
In this past year, he had very rarely displayed this sort of behavior.
So Luoluo knew, Tang Thirty-Six knew, but not even Xu You Rong knew.
"Then what about the children eaten by the tiger? What about the children eaten by the tiger? Aren't they even more sorrowful and miserable? "
He stared into the Elder of Heavenly Secrets's eyes and said, "And I might not be Crown Prince Zhaoming. Even if I am, it shouldn't be up to me to make the choice. It should be her. Sir wants me to conceal my identity, never to be seen, so why can't she pretend to know nothing and do nothing?"
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets replied, "Because you have already appeared in the capital, so how can she pretend not to see you? From the Orthodox Academy to the Ivy League gathering, from Mei Li Sha's announcement on the Divine Avenue of the Li Palace to first rank of the First Banner in the Grand Examination, too many people have intentionally allowed the Empress to see you. "
Chen Chang Sheng asked, "So what if she sees me?"
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets replied, "If you really are Crown Prince Zhaoming, then you are the Empress's most fatal flaw in defying the heavens and changing fate. Every day you stay in the capital, every day she sees you, is an unimaginable torment for her. If she continues to ignore you, then you will ultimately become the bane of her fate. Two years ago, on the night you fixed your Fated Star in the Orthodox Academy, many people actually sensed it, and in the last few days, I have been constantly calculating. In the end, I have confirmed that I was not wrong. "
After hearing this, Chen Chang Sheng fell silent for a very long time.
The so-called starry sky, the so-called fate, they both appeared on the Heavenly Tome Monoliths. The so-called defying the heavens, the so-called changing fate, they had all been recorded in Wang Zhice's notebook. He had seen them, he had read them, and he clearly remembered that the lines formed by the stars on the Heavenly Tome Monoliths were indefinite. In the opening chapter of Wang Zhice's notebook, it was written: There is no fate!
"There is no fate," he whispered.
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(Nightfall has a chapter that I like very much, and it's also a chapter that many readers like. It's called 'Life is a Question, Various Kinds of Idiots'. This chapter is about to talk about the question. Yes, just like Nightfall, it's about to solve the question.)
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