Chapter 1764 - Let Chi Yao Come and Get It Herself (1/2)
Chi Kongyue wiped her tears away and said, “I’ll go and get Big Brother.”
“Don’t.”
Zhang Ruochen stopped her and said, “Do not let him know about this yet.”
“Why?”
Chi Kongyue was puzzled but seemingly able to guess something as she immediately said, “Actually, he hates you so much only because he regards you as the enemy. If he knows the truth, his att.i.tude toward you will definitely change.”
“Then, what?” Zhang Ruochen asked.
Chi Kongyue said, “Then…”
Zhang Ruochen folded his hands and added, “Then, will both of you follow me, or will you stay with Chi Yao?”
Chi Kongyue hesitated.
She and Chi Kunlun had been brought up by Empress Chi Yao ever since she could remember. Although the empress was extremely strict with them, she cared for them in every possible way.
From a young age, they trained in the best techniques, as well as the most exquisite martial arts and Saint techniques. They also consumed the purest sacred pills and elixirs. Not to mention, she would often personally guide and instruct them on their cultivation.
Even the empress’ direct disciples never got one-tenth of the treatment that the two of them received.
Chi Kongyue could truly feel the love, and it was definitely not fake.
It could be said that the empress was the person Chi Kongyue respected and trusted the most.
While the empress had lied to her, Chi Kongyue believed that there had to be something hidden within the lie. The fact that it was a huge secret was highly possible. The secret was probably the reason for Zhang Ruochen’s unwillingness to tell her the truth now.
If it meant leaving the empress and leaving the Kunlun Realm with Zhang Ruochen, Chi Kongyue was not yet mentally prepared to do it.
Zhang Ruochen continued, “Since you are unwilling to leave with me, then what is the point of telling your brother about it? With his personality, if he continues to stay in the Kunlun Realm after he finds out that I am his father, who knows what will happen.”
“No, it’s not like that… It’s not that I am unwilling to leave with you. It’s just.. Father, can you give me some time?” Chi Kongyue said.
Zhang Ruochen could understand Chi Kongyue’s feelings. She was just a child after all. It was difficult for her to suddenly leave with a stranger of a father. Furthermore, her father was the person she had hated as a nemesis for many years.
“Your brother’s character is just too frank and direct. Besides, he is rather impulsive as well. It will be difficult to change things once he makes up his mind. Even if I tell him that I am his father, he will never believe it,” Zhang Ruochen said.
Obviously, Chi Kongyue knew Chi Kunlun’s personality the best. He was much more impulsive, naive, and rebellious than the person Zhang Ruochen had described—totally immature.
“Do you intend to keep hiding this from him?” Chi Kongyue asked.
“The truth always comes to light; it will never be hidden for too long.”
“Both of you want to know the truth, so why would I not want to know as well?” Zhang Ruochen then said thoughtfully.
The ancient temple became quiet as Chi Kongyue and Zhang Ruochen began to contemplate.
A moment later, Zhang Ruochen asked, “Do you have the Shenwu Mark of Time?”
“Yes.”
“How is your cultivation in the Path of Time?”
Chi Kongyue said. “The Empress once gave me a tome to cultivate the Path of Time, but since the Path of Time is just too arcane and full of countless variables, its requirements for spiritual power are rather high. With the current strength of my spiritual power and cultivation, I have only managed to learn a little.”
“Let me see that tome,” Zhang Ruochen said.
Without any hesitation, Chi Kongyue took out the tome and handed it to Zhang Ruochen.
He flipped through the tome for a bit before he shook his head and returned the tome to her. “Well, for the Path of Time, aside from you, even I have only managed to scratch its surface. But I have mastered a set of swordsmans.h.i.+p techniques that will allow you to comprehend time through it. When the two are combined, their power is limitless. Do you want to learn it?”
Chi Kongyue’s eyes lit up, and she quickly nodded.
“For the next few days, I will stay in Xumi Dojo. I will teach you the Swordsmans.h.i.+p of Time in the evening,” Zhang Ruochen said.
After Chi Kongyue left, Zhang Ruochen finally let out a long sigh as a smile appeared on his face. It was gratifying with a touch of sadness.
Immediately after, Zhang Ruochen took out the l.u.s.terless lotus and held it in his hand as he mobilized his spiritual powers to inspect it.
The lotus was just too mysterious. It could, in just mere moments, strengthen Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation, spiritual power, physical body, and Saint Soul by over ten times. He felt like he had been reborn.
If it could also strengthen other cultivators, Zhang Ruochen would be able to train a large number of powerful cultivators in a short period of time.
“What?!”
An unexpected look of surprise appeared on Zhang Ruochen’s face. “It really is a treasure of time and s.p.a.ce! Incredible!”
After some investigation, Zhang Ruochen found out that the flow of time inside the lotus was twelve times slower than the flow of time outside.
Hence, a single year of cultivation within the lotus would only be one month outside.