Chapter 579 – Life Is Precisely Countless Multiple-Choice Questions (I) (1/2)
Chapter 579 - Life Is Precisely Countless Multiple-Choice Questions (I)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
The countless threads of wind on the lake, through some inexplicable means, passed through the array and gusted onto the scene, brushing the mist away and lowering the temperature.
A reflection of the moods of the two people conversing.
”My medical arts are inferior to Shang's, and also to Yin's.”
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets gazed at Chen Changsheng and said, ”If those two had no means, then I also do not know how to begin.”
Chen Changsheng gazed into the distance. Where the wind had scattered the mist, he could faintly make out the beautiful sight of the dark blue lake.
”However, based on my speculations, since this problem of yours lies in the fact that the explosion of your sun wheel when you were an infant caused your meridians to be blocked up, if you no longer attempt to cultivate, even completely disperse all the true essence in your body, perhaps you could barely maintain your present condition for a while, or at least…delay the breaking out of your injuries.”
Upon hearing these words, Chen Changsheng drew back his gaze and asked, ”Senior, what is the chance of success?”
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets had already spent a great deal of time calculating this when Chen Changsheng was in a coma, so he answered straightaway, ”Twenty percent.”
Twenty percent was a rather awkward number. If one said it was hope, it was a rather remote one. One could call it despair, yet a path forward was clearly visible.
Today, Chen Changsheng learned of many things, things that concerned him, yet the end of the path ahead was still a great shadow.
If it were anyone else, going back and forth between hope and despair might have already made them go insane, but he did not.
He even managed to very quickly escape from his previous mood and return to true calm.
The expression of the Elder of Heavenly Secrets did not change, but his mind tossed and turned with great waves—with this child's personality, if the heavens had not appointed him to such a fate, how could he not obtain the Great Dao?
Chen Changsheng's will truly was very frightening. With unimaginable speed, he had regained his composure, even forgetting the conversation that had just occurred.
Then, he asked a very childish and naive question.
”Senior, which side are you on?”
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If another person were to ask the Elder of Heavenly Secrets this sort of question, the end would assuredly be very miserable.
But Chen Changsheng's status was very special, whether it was his relationship to the Pope and Shang, or his possible relationship to the Divine Empress.
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets actually gave him the answer in full detail.
”My relationship with the Li Palace has always been good, but my relationship with Yin is not. 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 Changsheng's following question was not only naive and childish, it was also somewhat excessive.
Even more excessively, the Elder of Heavenly Secrets actually answered him once more.
”Given my understanding of the Empress, she ultimately will. She has already waited for two years, but she cannot wait forever.”
”Why?”
”Have you heard of the rumor about defying the heavens and changing fate?”
”I've always believed that it was just a rumor.”
”Rumors often arise from the truth, and at times, the truth may be even more bizarre than the rumor.”
Chen Changsheng fell silent.
There had always been a rumor circulating across the continent.
Several hundred years ago, the Divine Empress was expelled from the Imperial Palace by Emperor Taizong. In the Hundred Herb Garden, she made two friends and comprehended the secret to defying the heavens and changing fate.
Those two friends were the current Pope and his master, the Principal of the Orthodox Academy, Shang Xingzhou.