Chapter 474 Truth

'People change. Who can guarantee they’ll only do good their entire lives? A Peak Ruler constantly spouting about saving the world is inherently terrifying,' Elder Sun said indifferently.

'Terrifying?' Victoria frowned.

Elder Sun scoffed. 'Aren't fanatics terrifying?'

He rocked in his rocking chair, the creaking sound scattering the light in his eyes.

Elder Sun gazed at the sky, his eyes losing focus as he sank into distant memories. 'Among the elders of the Taiyi Sect, Shanhe Yongcun and Ling Tuo were closest. He was a Lingjing Xingzhe from the end of the Republic of China, born in an era of war and national collapse, so he greatly admired Ling Tuo's idea of saving the world.'

'But in the eyes of other elders, this Seventeenth Young Master seemed a bit chuuni. Well, they didn’t have the word ‘chuuni’ back then. Although his talent was outstanding, as the son of the sect leader, his behavior was too immature and unsuitable for a major task. Managing an official organization is different from fighting and killing.'

'However, Ling Tuo's focus wasn’t on the Taiyi Sect. He secretly joined an organization called "Xiaoyao" and became one of the Dark Shadow Twins, hunting down evil professionals and maintaining world peace with four so-called like-minded friends.'

'Taiyi Sect disciples were forbidden from joining other organizations, but the four youngsters performed quite well, so we pretended not to know. Of course, opposition was useless. That group of four could challenge us old guys.'

'Until that year, the Xiaoyao organization participated in the battle for the Compass of Light with the former Marshal. The Marshal died, and the Xiaoyao organization took away the most important core fragment.'

'Afterward, the sect leader demanded that he hand over the core fragment. Ling Tuo refused, and even fought with the sect leader, resulting in a breakdown.'

Ling Jun blurted out, 'Why would a Peak Ruler fight with his father?'

Elder Sun shook his head. 'Perhaps it was because the core fragment wasn't on him. The sect leader didn't make things difficult for him. But from then on, Ling Tuo rarely returned to the Taiyi Sect. The following year, in 1999, Shanhe Yongcun suddenly told me that Ling Tuo was going to do something big. If that thing succeeded, it could unlock the secrets of the Lingjing and the truth behind the extinction of ancient cultivators. Lingjing Xingzhe could escape the fate of extinction.'

'What is the secret of the Lingjing?' Victoria stubbed out her cigarette and sat up straight.

As the rocking chair creaked, Elder Sun said, 'I don't know, because Ling Tuo never came back. He died, or so the sect leader said. Then, Crimson Sun Executioner erased Ling Tuo's information.'

'Shanhe Yongcun was depressed for a while, but half a year later, he suddenly came to me and said something inexplicable…'

At this point, he paused, a look of confusion and incomprehension in his eyes. After so many years, those words still seemed to be a mystery in his heart.

Ling Jun and Victoria didn't press him, silently watching him.

Elder Sun slowly said, 'He said that the end of Order is collapse, destruction, coldness; everything is wrong, and the Evil camp is the true Order. The current Order camp is defying the heavens.'

'He invited me to leave the Taiyi Sect and form a new organization, named… Dark Night Rose!'

Evil is Order? And the Order camp is actually evil? Ling Jun and Victoria exchanged shocked glances. Ling Jun murmured, 'He's crazy, right?'

This was originally a rhetorical question, but Elder Sun unexpectedly nodded.

'Yes, he's crazy. His mental state was very wrong, so I didn't agree. I wanted to inform the Grand Elder at the time, but he suddenly went mad and fought me. The child I adopted…'

Elder Sun turned his head, looking at the pagoda tree, a flash of guilt in his eyes. 'Was the one who was burned to death back then.'

The branches of the pagoda tree moved gently without wind, as if to comfort him.

Elder Sun retracted his gaze and continued, 'I wasn't his opponent and couldn't stop him. He left the Taiyi Sect and never appeared again. The Grand Elder, Crimson Sun Executioner, deleted his information and announced to the outside world that Shanhe Yongcun had returned to the Lingjing.'

'Two years later, the Chu family was wiped out by the Holy See and Dark Night Rose, and the rule-type item, the Womb of the Mother Goddess, was lost.'

Ling Jun stood there dejectedly, murmuring, 'Seventeenth Brother… no, Ling Tuo was resurrected at that time? He and Chu Shang of the Chu family were like brothers. He didn't need to destroy the family to use the rule-type item. This, this doesn't make sense…'

This was completely different from what he had imagined.

In this past event, Seventeenth Brother should have been a positive figure, and the stallion father should have been the big villain.

Ling Jun seemed to remember something, and suddenly looked at Elder Sun, his eyes sharp. 'No, I asked you last time if he killed Ling Tuo, and you tacitly agreed.'

Elder Sun said indifferently, 'That was just to prevent you from investigating further. Haven't you noticed yet? There is a lot of fog behind this old event.'

Victoria hummed and looked at her little lover. 'The sect leader has a weak concept of blood relations and is definitely not someone who dotes on his son. If he wanted the core fragment of the Compass of Light, he would definitely get it. How could he just let Ling Tuo go?'

'The conditions for using the Womb of the Mother Goddess are to prepare a blood bag and blood relatives. Ling Tuo seemed to know that he would die!'

'Just as you said, Ling Tuo and Chu Shang were partners closer than real brothers. If he needed the Womb of the Mother Goddess to be resurrected, why destroy the family?'

'How did Shanhe Yongcun go crazy? Who told him those upside-down, black-and-white information? These are all suspicious points. We can't be sure what role the sect leader played in it. Elder Sun is right not to let you investigate.'

Ling Jun looked blank, standing there in a daze.

…..

'So, Ling Tuo is the leader of Dark Night Rose?'

The voice of Grand Elder Di Hong was heavier than ever. 'No wonder Dark Night Rose suddenly emerged. The leader is a high-level Night Wanderer. How else could it happen except through internal division within your Taiyi Sect?'

Although his tone was heavy, he wasn't too shocked or surprised.

Obviously, as the Grand Elder of the Five Elements Alliance, he hadn't failed to consider this possibility.

Now it was just confirmed.

Elder Gou sighed, 'Dark Night Rose didn't have a leader before the Chu family was wiped out… Today, I finally understand what Demon Eye meant by that sentence.'

'The Taiyi Sect must take responsibility for this matter,' Fu Qingyang said coldly.

'How do we take responsibility? If it's about capturing Ling Tuo, then we've been doing that all these years,' Elder Zhao said indifferently.

'Hand the matter over to Qing Chu,' Grand Elder Di Hong said. 'There are many suspicious points in what you just said. How did Ling Tuo die? Why did Shanhe Yongcun betray the Taiyi Sect? Why did you remove Elder Sun's authority?' Facing the Five Elements Alliance Grand Elder's questioning, the microphone on Elder Zhao's head vibrated, his tone indifferent. 'There are some things that we don't know either. Some things, only the sect leader knows. No one can force a Demi-god to speak if he doesn't want to.'

'In fact, today's meeting is meaningless. We only learned the true identity of the enemy, but does it matter who the leader of Dark Night Rose is? Investigate his identity, grasp the details of the case, and then bring him to justice?'

'We've long done what we can't. We can't do what we can. Although we are law enforcers, we are not peacekeepers, we are Lingjing Xingzhe. Most of the time, when facing enemies, facing evil, we don't need evidence or reason, we just need to annihilate them.'

'You only need to know that Ling Tuo has become a Fallen One and betrayed the camp, that's enough.'

'Identity is not important. Even if his true identity is actually a dog, he is still a Demi-god, a terrifying enemy, someone who can contend with the sect leader and the five alliance leaders.'

'The confrontation with Dark Night Rose must continue and will not change in any way because of the leader's identity, nor will we be able to capture him just because we know the identity of the leader of the hidden organization.'

Fu Qingyang sneered, 'Don't change the subject. Intelligence is always the most important thing, no matter when. The Taiyi Sect is unwilling to say anything, yet you expect the Five Elements Alliance to clean up your mess?'

Elder Zhao was equally unyielding.

'First of all, we don't need you to clean up the Taiyi Sect's mess. Go back and ask the alliance leaders why the leader of Dark Night Rose never appears. Secondly, if you don't deal with Dark Night Rose, it won't erode the Five Elements Alliance?'

'I said just now, Demi-gods can't be forced to say things they don't want to say. Do you really think the five alliance leaders don't know anything? At most, they don't know about Ling Tuo, but do the alliance leaders care whether the leader of Dark Night Rose is Ling Tuo or a dog?'

The conference room fell silent for a time.

Elder Gou coughed. 'If it's Ling Tuo, then everything will be clear. The reason I was lured away, besides that phone call, was also the handwriting left by Zhang Tianshi. Ling Tuo is one of the Dark Shadow Twins, so he must be familiar with Zhang Tianshi's handwriting.'

However, at this time, no one cared about this small matter anymore, or rather, everyone agreed with this statement and felt that there was no need to discuss it.

Grand Elder Di Hong said coldly, 'Meeting adjourned!'

……

In the study of the Fu Family Bay villa.

'The matter has been investigated clearly. The leader of Dark Night Rose is Ling Tuo, the seventeenth son of the Taiyi Sect leader. Knowing you're too lazy to look at the information, he was in the Xiaoyao organization…'

Fu Qingyang stated the information expressionlessly. He spoke very detailedly and seriously.

But the woman on the other end of the phone kept humming in agreement, full of perfunctoriness.

'Are you listening to me?'

'Oh, it's Ling Tuo, I understand.'

'What do you understand? What do those words of Shanhe Yongcun mean? How much do you know about Ling Tuo, no, the leader of Dark Night Rose?' Fu Qingyang heard a slight rustling of fabric on the phone.

'Don't ask about Demi-gods, you're not qualified to know.' Fu Qingxuan was in a bad mood most of the time.

Before Fu Qingyang could speak, she said happily, 'This is a really good treasure. It can amplify all my skills below Demi-god, including passives. My combat power will increase by at least 20%.' Fu Qingyang's stern face twitched fiercely.

It was like seeing his wife and lover showing affection in front of him.

'I'll let you play with it for a few days at most.'

'Spring, summer, autumn, and winter.'

'Fu Qingxuan!' Young Master Qian was furious, unable to bear it any longer.

'You didn't enter a dungeon after being promoted to Ruler. It's impossible to find such a top-quality item in a level 7 dungeon. Who gave it to you?' Fu Qingxuan asked curiously.

Fu Qingyang ignored her.

'It's Yuan Shi Tianzun, right?' Fu Qingxuan's cold tone carried a hint of a smile. 'I could see it when I was in Ghost City. Tsk, tsk, how much did you spend to buy it from him? I'll sell it to you for double the price.'

'He gave it to me!'

The female Marshal on the other end of the phone was stunned and didn't speak for a long time.

After a long while, she said seriously,

'The bond between you two is deeper than I thought. I'll study it for a week and return it to you. Yuan Shi Tianzun can become your right-hand man in the future, someone you can rely on for life.'

'Are you teaching me how to do things?' Young Master Qian was as arrogant as ever and hung up the phone.

Ding!

The phone rang.

The screen showed that the message was from "Fu Qingxuan".

Young Master Qian clicked it open, and his face changed drastically.

The avatar changed from a white-haired beauty to sleeping on a kang.

The Marshal silently changed the avatar back.

At dusk, Fu Qingyang sat behind his desk, while Zhang Yuanqing stood in front of the desk. The two of them stared at the phone on the desk, the screen showing the caller: Ling Jun!

'…That's all the information I could gather. Elder Sun isn't very clear about the various suspicious points behind this matter. Victoria believes he is unaware,' Ling Jun said with some dejection.

This matter was a huge blow to him.

'Fu Qingyang, what are the meeting results? Do you have anything to add?' Ling Jun asked.

'I know even less than you do,' Fu Qingyang said coldly. 'Elder Zhao refused to reveal any information. He is a Peak Ruler and knows more than Elder Sun, but combining it with your information, I think he didn't tell everything either.'

'Evil is Order, how crazy. Ling Tuo was already dead at that time. Who told Shanhe Yongcun these world-shattering things?' Zhang Yuanqing said softly.

'You mean… the stallion was behind all of this?' Ling Jun was a smart man and immediately understood.

'Who knows? Let's put aside your stallion father for now and let us sort out the events,' Zhang Yuanqing said, placing his hands on the desk and staring at the phone. 'After the battle for the Compass of Light, the four Xiaoyao members, who were already very close to the truth of the Lingjing, gained great inspiration from the core fragments, so they decided to do something big, which was likely to completely unlock the secrets of the Lingjing.'

'They knew that this trip would be life-threatening, so they prepared blood bags and blood relatives in advance for resurrection.'

Ling Jun immediately interrupted, 'Wait, using blood relatives for resurrection sounds like something a villain would do. Did the Xiaoyao organization collectively go crazy at that time?'

Fu Qingyang also interrupted, propping his elbows on the table, interlacing his fingers, and said, 'It doesn't necessarily have to be blood relatives. It could also be a "clone". Chu Shang is a Fate Arbiter, so it wouldn't be difficult for him to replicate a clone. He could even let the three Xiaoyao members give birth to "blood relatives".'

Zhang Yuanqing subconsciously covered his abdomen, then released it, and continued, 'In that event, Ling Tuo died. For some reason, the three Xiaoyao members didn't choose to resurrect Ling Tuo, so Ling Tuo's supporter, Shanhe Yongcun, had to join the Holy See and destroy the Chu family together to resurrect Ling Tuo.'

'Why didn't the three Xiaoyao members resurrect Ling Tuo?' Ling Jun asked.

Zhang Yuanqing said, 'I don't know. This is the most core secret. Without understanding what happened that year, we will never be able to figure it out.'

'Then there's no way to investigate,' Ling Jun sighed.

'What do you think, Boss?' Zhang Yuanqing looked up at Fu Qingyang.

Fu Qingyang had a cold face and ignored him.

'Boss, you've suddenly become cold to me.'

Fu Qingyang sneered, 'You better pray that Fu Qingxuan doesn't spread that photo around.'

'What photo?' Ling Jun on the other end of the phone asked curiously.

But Zhang Yuanqing and Fu Qingyang ignored him.

Fu Qingyang lowered his elbows, put his body weight on the back of the chair, tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and slowly said, 'If we want to figure out what happened that year, we naturally have to ask the people who knew about it that year. There is one person, no, there is one thing that might know.'

'What thing?' Ling Jun asked.

Zhang Yuanqing's heart stirred, and he heard Fu Qingyang say in a deep voice, 'The Zoo!'

'According to the information that Elder Gou confessed at the meeting, the former owner of the Zoo was Zhang Tianshi, one of the Blazing Sun Twins of the Xiaoyao organization, and later gave it to Elder Gou.'

'After the meeting, I checked the information and found that the time Elder Gou reported to the headquarters was December 12th, while Ling Tuo died in 1999.'

'In other words, Zhang Tianshi gave the Zoo to Elder Gou after that incident. Props are the closest partners of Lingjing Xingzhe. Props with artifact spirits know everything about their owners.'

'It might know what happened that year.'

Ling Jun's spirits lifted, 'Let Elder Gou communicate with the artifact spirit.'

Fu Qingyang shook his head slightly. 'Elder Gou isn't stupid. He has probably realized this, but he hasn't held a meeting or reported to the headquarters, indicating that the artifact spirit didn't tell him.'

'That's like saying nothing. Okay, it's still a direction,' Ling Jun complained.

At this time, Zhang Yuanqing silently walked to the wine cabinet, pretending to pour wine, so as to avoid Fu Qingyang's possible gaze.

He had an idea.

——Re-enter the Zoo, disguise himself as Zhang Zizhen, and extract information from the artifact spirit.

But his background was a very important secret, and he couldn't let anyone know, and Fu Qingyang was too sensitive.

Zhang Yuanqing poured two glasses of whiskey, and when he returned to the table, he had suppressed the thoughts related to the Zoo and Zhang Zizhen. He sighed while sipping his wine, 'There is no breakthrough in this matter for the time being, let's put it aside for now. I need to sort out the information, Mentor, don't touch this case recently, let's contact each other again when we have clues.'

He put down his wine glass, 'Boss, I'm going back to be with Sister Guan Ya, and I'll refine the Yin corpse spirit servant that my cousin gave me.'

He would act tonight.

Fu Qingyang nodded, 'Before dark, I will arrange the materials for you.'

Zhang Yuanqing bowed his head, 'Thank you, Boss.'

Then he turned into starlight and disappeared.

Fu Qingyang held the wine glass in his palm and was silent for a few seconds. His gaze fell on Zhang Yuanqing's wine glass, which he had only sipped once, and his eyes suddenly became deep.

'You only drink cola, you idiot!'

Mai Bao Xiao Lang Jun reminds you: Remember to collect it after reading.

Due to various issues, the address has been changed to. Please collect the new address to avoid getting lost.