Chapter 114 (1/2)

Chapter 114

Chapter 114 The Truth

There was a certain river that flowed completely straight, no end in sight . It was bordered by high cliffs on both sides whose sides were as smooth as if they had been cut with a sword .

The river was hundreds of meters deep, and the racing water was like galloping horses, roaring into the distance, forming countless eddies .

Two people, one old and one young, were standing right on the edge of a cliff, looking down on the swirling river water .

“Dad, why have you brought me her?” Long Chen was still confused .

The two of them had flown on a Magical Beast for a full day to arrive here . The view was definitely amazing, but Long Tianxiao wouldn’t waste that much effort just to bring him here for the scenery .

Long Chen also sensed that this river was a bit odd . But as for what part of it was strange, he was unable to tell .

“We came here for me to tell you the truth about your past . ” Long Tianxiao looked down on the surging river water, his expression complicated .

“The truth about my past?” Long Chen couldn’t believe his own ears .

Long Tianxiao sighed and patted Long Chen’s shoulders . “You’re not actually my birth child . You were adopted . ”

“How is that possible!?” Long Chen looked at Long Tianxiao in shock, his heart in a complete mess .

“That is also why your mom went so out of control that day . She didn’t want you to know this secret . ”

Even in the face of life and death battles, Long Chen had never felt so lost . He couldn’t accept this! His own father and mother weren’t his birth parents?

Long Chen’s mind became empty and desolate as if he had lost his soul .

“Chen-er, although you aren’t my biological son, in the eyes of your mom and I, you are our true son . ” Long Tianxiao’s eyes blurred as he looked at Long Chen .

“If I’m not your biological son, why was I a part of your fiancee agreement you made before either Meng Qi or I were born?” asked Long Chen .

Hearing that, a pained expression appeared on Long Tianxiao’s face . Looking down on the surging water, he said, “Your mother and I were expecting to have a child . But in the seventh month of her pregnancy, an accident caused your mother to miscarry . We felt the painful loss of a child . At that time, your mother was in so much pain that she wished she were dead . Furthermore, at that time, I wasn’t even home . Your mother almost committed suicide . Only after I returned did your mother tell me about this matter . ”

“Was it done by Ying Hou?” Long Chen ground his teeth .

Long Tianxiao shook his head . “No . At that time, I still didn’t have that much of an enmity with Ying Hou . Furthermore, his finger had yet to be severed . It really was just a careless mishap by your mother . That was also why she was filled with so much remorse and pain . I had just happened to find you as a baby and bring you back while I was still unaware of what had happened . You coincidentally filled the regret in your mother’s heart . Speaking of which, we both have to thank you, otherwise with your mother’s const.i.tution, that depression probably would have already taken her life . ”

Long Chen continued to remain silent . Long Tianxiao patted him on the shoulder . “Real men don’t need become a mess just because of some blood relations or not . Even if you aren’t my birth son, I will forever spend my time trying to protect you from wind or rain . Even if I’m not your birth father, if I really do run into troubles, wouldn’t you still risk your life for me? There’s no need to worry about such senseless things like blood . ”

Long Chen nodded . He also felt there was no need to split hairs over an insoluble issue . But still, for the parents he loved to not be his birth parents was still something that was difficult to accept .

“Your mother and I truly treat you as precious as your own lives . That is especially true for your mom . Having already lost a child, you are the everything in her life,” said Long Tianxiao .

Long Chen shook . He finally understood why Long Tianxiao had told Chen Fei that if the worst case scenario arrived while protecting the Long family that he should protect Long Chen above everything else .

Back then he had thought that his father had given up on his mother . That he would protect him over his mother had caused him to feel some anger and disappointment . But now when he thought about it, he finally understood his father’s pain .

His mother had already lost a child . She absolutely wouldn’t be able to endure losing a second child . If his father did end up saving his mother, letting Long Chen die, she would hate him for the rest of her life .

Thinking of how deep his mother and father’s love for him was, Long Chen couldn’t control his tears anymore and began to cry .

A father’s love was life a mountain; a mother’s love was like an ocean . He would never be able to repay their love in his lifetime . And now he was about to leave them . He was really too heartless .

“Dad, I…” Long Chen was about to say that he wouldn’t go when his father interrupted him .

“Chen-er, men must aspire to travel afar and make their mark on the world . Don’t give up your dream just for some familial love . If you do, your mother and I would feel guilt for the rest of our lives . I know your mom . Although she can’t really let you go like this, she truly wishes for you to be happy . ”

Long Tianxiao had to stop for a moment before then continuing, “You’ve also become aware that someone has done something to your body .

“I also don’t know who did this . When I found you, you were barely over a month old . I have no idea who would do such a vicious thing to a baby, but when I found you, I realized your Dantian and abdomen had three strange holes in them that had yet to heal . If I haven’t guessed wrong, yoru Dantian’s Spirit Root must have been removed by some specific instrument . As for what the other two holes were for, I’m still not sure . But I a.s.sume it was furthering what had happened to your Spirit Root . ”

Long Chen’s heart was racing . So what had happened to his body hadn’t been done by Ying Hou . There was some other reason .

Long Tianxiao only knew that one hole had been facing his Dantian and realized that his Dantian was completely empty, his Spirit Root stolen .

But after Long Chen had merged with a Pill G.o.d’s memories, he knew that it wasn’t just his Spirit Root . His Spirit Bone and his heart’s Spirit Blood had also been taken away .