ch 539 - Angry Chastising; Ruining of the Martial Emperor 3 (1/2)

Her volume was neither too loud nor too soft. Anyone who could hear it, heard it.

This was when everyone finally understood why Cheng Xiao Xiao did what she did. He was plotting to take over Sacred Land Zhongyuan; of course Cheng Xiao Xiao would act the way that she did.

Everybody turned to look at First Elder at the same time, including Cheng Yutang.

First Elder ignored everyone else but looked straight at Cheng Biyuan. He said in a deep voice, “Biyuan. This is the family that raised you. Is what how to repay them?”

“Family? You mean this ruin?” replied Cheng Biyuan casually. He then carried on, “You are not even a Cheng. The Cheng’s had raised you, cultivated you and look what you have done at the Cheng’s for the last tens of years? You had killed at least tens of Cheng’s if not hundreds. I would like to ask why are you trying to destroy the Cheng’s?”

“What did you just say??” First Elder changed colors immediately.

“Am I wrong? Can you honestly tell me that you are a Cheng by birth?”

Cheng Biyuan’s look was stone-cold. He stared squarely at First Elder and said, “But, it made sense that you’d deny it. After all, you have already given up on your ancestry and took up another last name. So it’s only natural that you wouldn’t be honest about your own lineage. What wouldn’t a traitor who’d betray one’s own lineage like you do?”

“How did you know that?” Suddenly, First Elder decided to admit to it openly.

An uproar came from the crowd, especially from the Cheng’s. All of them stared straight at him in disbelief.

“Secrets cannot be kept forever,” said Mo Xuanzun all of a sudden.