Chapter 240 (1/2)
”The temple has no trees, and is hidden within the snow-covered mountains It is said that there are two days in the year when it shows its true facade, and if you are not pure of heart, then you cannot see it”
Xiao En's aged-sounding voice was calnificant to him Because he knew of the connection between the teh price when kidnapping hi And because he knew the location of the temple, Ku He, who had benefited most fro Eant hope that he could receive the aid of Heaven from that te
Xiao En suddenly felt as if half his life had been a lie, and only the second half, spent behind bars, had been real The oldoutside the cave ”Master Fan,” he said, a stupefied look on his face, ”do you believe that there really are Gods?”
Fan Xian was silent He thought of his own rebirth, and of that box he had been left behind, and he nodded ”I believe in the Gods more than anyone else in this world”
”What are they?”
”If I knehat they were, then I would be a God myself”
Xiao En fixed hi as you to see things so clearly is rare indeed” He paused for a , so he does not see clearly”
Fan Xian knew that the story had finally begun Not was somewhat nervous and filled with anticipation
”Do you knohat this land was like thirty years ago?”
”The Kingdo, and could have united all-under-Heaven at any moment”
”Correct At that time, I was the head of the Red Riders of Wei, a trusted aide of the Ee look on Xiao En's face as he remembered the past It was not as if he were lost in his rudge Perhaps his iht hied to the Kingdom of Wei Every man of talent and accomplishment was part of their royal court But the ones who stirred up the court, apart from the first Emperor, were two pairs of brothers”
Fan Xian saw the old ly determined look, and felt so Mohan,” he said gently
”That's right He had greater prospects than I did” Xiao En's face softened ”And he wasfor 20 years, and he still remembered me I owe him”
”Why does no one know you are brothers?”
”The reason is very si Who kno many men I had killed in secret? He was a scholar, and naturally he didn't care for me I didn't feel any connection to him either,” Xiao En replied in a matter-of-fact voice
Fan Xian paused for athe topic ”And ere the other pair of brothers?”
”Zhan Qingfeng and Ku He”
”Zhan Qingfeng? The first Eeneral at the time?” Fan Xian was finally stunned So that was the secret connection between Ku He and the Northern Qi royal falehandedly defended the current Eer, and the royal faer brother of Zhan Qingfeng Since childhood, he was resolved to spend his life as ahis best so that he ht one day enter the temple” There was a hint of mockery in Xiao En's voice ”Many people believe in the temple, but who has even seen it in a thousand years? But thoselives ars”
”But the temple really does exist,” Fan Xian piped up