Shen Cong was watching the demon girls dance in the Ten Thousand Monster Cave!
Just as he was engrossed, he suddenly heard fighting sounds nearby!
As the commander of the City Defense Battalion!
He was responsible for the safety of the entire White Emperor City!
Now, with people fighting right under his nose, wasn't this an insult to him?
So, he immediately took his sword and flew over!
Afterwards, he saw a figure flying towards him!
In the past, he would have surely struck with his sword!
However, he inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity with this figure!
It was as if the two of them shared an unknown past!
He instinctively embraced the figure!
The moment he looked down, Shen Cong felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his scalp tingling!
"Isn't this the person my father ordered to be hunted down the day before yesterday?"
"What in the world is going on?"
"Why do we look so alike?"
Shen Cong was stunned!
The Great Thousand World holds all sorts of wonders!
It wasn't surprising for two people to look alike!
But the problem was, what was that feeling of familiarity?
"Greetings, Young Master!"
You Jin flew over and bowed respectfully!
"You Jin, what is going on? Why did you kill this person?" Shen Cong's expression was unreadable, a strong anger rising in his heart. If the old man in his arms were still alive, it might explain their relationship!
But now!
He was dead!
He had died tragically at the hands of You Jin!
You Jin said, "Reporting to the Eldest Prince, this person suddenly attacked me, and I had no choice but to retaliate!" He paused, "I didn't intend to kill him. Is he really dead?"
"Are you questioning my words?" Shen Cong roared in anger!
"I dare not!"
You Jin quickly lowered his head!
Although he was an elder of the Xuanji Sect, he was far inferior to Shen Cong, the commander of the City Defense Battalion!
"You follow me!"
Shen Cong's expression remained unchanged!
He turned and led You Jin back to his commander's mansion!
Afterwards, he set up a barrier!
Not only that, but he also took out the tiger tally he held in his hand!
"Eldest Prince, what do you mean by this?" A hint of nervousness flashed across You Jin's face. As a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, he was not afraid of Shen Cong, an early Golden Core stage expert!
But the tiger tally in his hand was a rare magic artifact!
Within the vicinity of this artifact, even Nascent Soul stage cultivators would lose their cultivation!
This was a magic artifact specifically designed to counter Nascent Soul stage cultivators!
Shen Cong brushed aside the hair on Lu Zheng's face and said in a low voice, "Tell me, who is he?"
Hiss!
You Jin gasped!
He naturally recognized Lu Zheng!
This was the strategist of the remnants of the previous dynasty, a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage!
It's just...
How could he have been killed by a single palm from me?
"You Jin, I'll count to three. If you don't give me a satisfactory answer, I'll kill you right now!" Shen Cong exuded an overwhelming killing intent!
He knew You Jin was an elder of the Xuanji Sect and knew many things!
You Jin said in a low voice, "Reporting to the Young Master, his name is Lu Zheng, and he is the strategist of the remnants of the previous dynasty!"
"Then who am I? Who am I?" Shen Cong asked through gritted teeth!
You Jin said as a matter of course, "Young Master, you are the eldest son of the Martial King, the commander of the City Defense Battalion!"
Slap!
Shen Cong sent him flying with a slap, appearing in front of him like a ghost, his right foot stomping on You Jin's chest, not hiding his killing intent at all: "You Jin, do you take me for a fool?"
In fact, Shen Cong had long suspected that he might not be his biological son!
After all, as the eldest son of the Martial King's mansion, he was destined to become the new Martial King in the future!
However!
He had never been trained as the Martial King!
From the time he could remember, he had endured much abuse and mistreatment!
The purpose of doing so was only to motivate him, to make him a strong person!
Then, he slowly became a cultivator!
And finally became the commander of the City Defense Battalion!
If it weren't for his surname being Shen, he wouldn't even remember that he was the eldest son of the Martial King's mansion!
Especially after Shen Lang was born, he felt even more like he was adopted!
This thought itself existed, but he had never investigated it deeply!
Because to investigate this matter was equivalent to suspecting his father, the Martial King!
Even though he had many grievances with the Martial King, in his heart, the Martial King was still a father worthy of respect!
Until he saw Lu Zheng!
He seemed to understand something!
"Young Master, spare my life! I truly didn't lie. You are indeed the eldest son of the Martial King!" You Jin's face turned red. He said, "Moreover, I didn't kill Lu Zheng!"
"I only struck him with a palm. With his cultivation, it's impossible for me to kill him!"
"What happened today is a conspiracy, a scheme to sow discord between you and the Martial King, and to use you to eliminate me!"
You Jin, as an elder of the Xuanji Sect, was indeed insightful. Even now, he could analyze the cause and effect of this matter as an outsider!
Shen Cong stomped and shattered You Jin's chest, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood: "If I were my father's biological son, why would he leave such a handle for our enemies to sow discord between us?"
"If you don't tell me, I'll kill you right now!"
At this moment!
You Jin was truly terrified. He didn't doubt for a moment that Shen Cong would really kill him: "Tell, tell, tell, I'll tell you. You are called Lu Cong, not the eldest son of the Martial King!"
"You are Lu Cong's son, stolen from Lu Cong's side by the Martial King eighty-three years ago!"
Upon learning the truth, the Martial King's image in Shen Cong's heart completely collapsed!
At this moment!
He wished he could tear the Martial King to pieces!
You Jin said weakly, "His purpose in doing this was to cultivate you into a master, so that when the remnants of the previous dynasty attacked White Emperor City, you two father and son would face each other in battle!"
Shen Cong didn't doubt You Jin's words, because he knew that the Martial King's methods were despicable and extremely cunning!
He was most skilled in the art of stratagem!
"Is the third brother like me?" Shen Cong asked in a low voice!
You Jin said, "I don't know about the third prince..."
"Still stubborn?" Shen Cong was furious, the pressure from his foot increasing, causing You Jin to cough up blood and flesh with wails!
"Tell, tell, tell, I'll tell you!" You Jin was terrified. "His Highness Shen Feng is the son of the Ning King. Eighty years ago, the Ning King's consort gave birth to a son, but he died shortly after birth!"
"Afterwards, the Ning King had his son buried in the imperial mausoleum. Many people know this matter!"
"But what the world doesn't know is that the child born to the Ning King's consort that year was actually a pair of twins!"
"The child who died was not a natural death, but was killed by the matchmaker with her own hands!"
"Her purpose in doing this was to deceive the heavens and steal His Highness Shen Feng!"
"And all of this was done under the Martial King's orders!"
"Because the Martial King's enemy was not only the remnants of the previous dynasty, but also the Ning King who had been coveting him!"
"Therefore, he had to have a means to contend with the Ning King!"
"His Highness Shen Feng was a sharp knife for him to counter the Ning King!"
Shen Cong felt a chill run down his spine!
He never expected that the father he had always admired was a devil who would stop at nothing!
Although he had figured out his own identity!
A big question arose in his heart!
If what happened today was a conspiracy, if someone was trying to sow discord between him and the Martial King!
Then who was the mastermind behind it?