Chapter 1 The Truth

The President, wearing a silver mask, silently gazed at Zhang Yuanqing, his eyes beneath the mask as deep as a pool.

Zhang Yuanqing met his gaze without changing his expression.

A long silence fell in the room. No one spoke. The clamor and honking of horns outside the window occasionally drifted in. The two stared at each other in silence.

Suddenly, the President chuckled. "Why would you think I'm your uncle, even though he is outstanding? Only a good-for-nothing like me would say something so shameless!”

Zhang Yuanqing rolled his eyes. "That day you asked me to meet at Grandma's house, I started to suspect something. Zhang Tianshi is wary of even the members of the Free Radicals organization and didn't reveal his real-world identity, but you know his wife and children like the back of your hand, and you know where his mother-in-law's house is. That doesn't make sense. Why would he trust you? But if you were his brother-in-law, it would all make sense."

The President retorted, "Fool, have you forgotten Gouzi of Songhai?"

Zhang Yuanqing said, "True, you might know Zhang Tianshi's identity for other reasons, like Gouzi. But what about my mom? Chen Shu, a self-righteous woman brimming with unwarranted confidence, took my dad's doppelganger overseas to work for you? Why would she trust you unconditionally? And you actually entrusted the Jishi Society, which you painstakingly built up, to an ordinary woman to manage. During the battle for the Light Compass, you used up all your resources to snatch the core fragment, and then handed it over to my dad. I don't believe there's no special relationship between you."

The President didn't refute this time, and said, "Continue."

"I've been incredibly perplexed for a long time. Why is Little Doubi so keen on stealing your wallet? He has the ability to find treasures. I thought he was after money at first. At the time, I had only recently become a Lingjing Xingzhe (Lingjing Walker) and didn't know much about the treasure-hunting mechanism. Later, I realized that he wasn't sensitive to money, but only to treasured items."

"You've revealed far more than just these things. The president of the Merchant Guild is Chinese. I remember that when you were young, Uncle, you dreamed of traveling the world with a sword and ran away from home for several years. You never mentioned the experiences of that time. You sent the precious Perfect Human Skin to me through Mr. Bill. You want to support me in becoming the Lord of the Sun. Apart from you treating me as your successor, I can't think of anyone else who would favor me so much. During my time in New York, although you concealed it somewhat, your personality was too much like the family disgrace, even your taste in clothes."

Zhang Yuanqing said all the words he had been holding in his heart for a long time in one go. "When I was a child, the whole family thought it was strange. How could such a shrewd woman as Aunt marry such a family disgrace like you, and even endure Grandma's harshness for your sake? It can't be just because you're a mediocre rapper, can it?"

The President said unhappily, "Don't talk about your uncle like that. I believe your uncle is an excellent rapper."

"Whatever kind of rap it is, I have another important piece of ironclad evidence." Zhang Yuanqing snorted. "After realizing that you might be the family disgrace, I finally remembered why Diana looked familiar. When Bing Ge and I were squatting for you on Red Light Street when I was a child, I saw her. I saw her greet you into the hair salon with my own eyes. Hmph, I'm going to tell Aunt."

"Okay, you win. I won't act anymore." The President surrendered. "Yuanzi, Diana and I are innocent. She was a dispatched member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs back then, collecting intelligence in China, just like Annie. I saved her twice during my travels abroad. She contacted me after coming to China. It was also because of her relationship that my intersection with the Goddess Association became deeper and deeper, and finally we reached an alliance."

As he spoke, he took off his mask, revealing a handsome face with a touch of flamboyance and fine crow's feet at the corners of his eyes.

It was indeed his good-for-nothing Uncle.

Uncle stretched out his hand to him, and Zhang Yuanqing responded by stretching out his hand. The uncle and nephew bumped shoulders, reaching a consensus.

During this time in New York, as his interactions with the President deepened, Zhang Yuanqing had already figured out his identity.

In fact, Uncle hadn't been too deliberately concealing it and had been hinting to him all along, such as their similar taste in clothes, the day he asked him to meet at home, and indulging Little Doubi in stealing his wallet.

These were all signals that Uncle was giving. Otherwise, with the identity and ability of a Void Demigod, Little Doubi wouldn't have been able to steal his wallet at all, and he could have been flawless in his behavior and dress. But since Uncle didn't say it explicitly, Zhang Yuanqing pretended not to know. After all, he was still a Saint at that time, and Uncle had concealed a lot from him. In the past, he could explain it by saying that his level was too low. Now that he had become a Ruler, he was already qualified to participate in high-level games, and Uncle had no reason to hide anything from him anymore.

So Zhang Yuanqing didn't want to pretend anymore and chose to come clean.

Uncle leaned back on the sofa, crossed his legs, and conjured a goblet from the void. "You should have guessed the Palace Master's identity as well, right?"

Zhang Yuanqing rolled his eyes. "Jiang Yu'er, I knew it was her a long time ago."

Aunt had exposed herself even earlier. Little Doubi stole her underwear and liked to hug her legs, the Palace Master's unreasonable favor towards him, and the many coincidences in the details, and so on.

Zhang Yuanqing had suspected that the Palace Master was Aunt during the Little Red Riding Hood incident, but he was still a newbie at that time and didn't know that the Musician profession could create physical doppelgangers. When he saw the Palace Master and Aunt appearing at the same time, he was fooled.

"In fact, after guessing Aunt's identity, I suspected you even more. Aunt has used teleportation props more than once, and they are reusable teleportation props. There is no intersection between the Palace Master of Zhisha and the president of the Merchant Guild, but Jiang Yu'er and the family disgrace are siblings. Little Doubi is also evidence of you two. How could a little Infant Spirit be compatible with the treasure-hunting skills of the Void profession?" Zhang Yuanqing spoke eloquently.

Uncle immediately came up with a rap: "Foolish Yuanzi, don't underestimate that child, he is a great brother-in-law, a little one sent to you."

He's been single-rhyming for half his life, when did he learn to double-rhyme? While Zhang Yuanqing complained about his brother-in-law, he asked, "It wasn't Aunt who sent him?"

"It wasn't Aunt who sent him?"

"It can also be considered that she sent him. That child had a difficult birth and died early. Yu'er discovered that he was full of spiritual power and was very suitable to be a spirit servant. She couldn't bear to see him disappear like this, so she begged me to give him characteristics, and then took him home and treated him as a gift to celebrate your becoming a Night Wanderer."

Damn it, you two were acting all along! Zhang Yuanqing muttered to himself, and then asked, "Does Grandma know about Aunt's background?"

"Of course she knows. Yu'er wasn't cut out of her belly, how could she not know. However, when Zhang Tianshi fostered her in your grandma's house, he only said that she was a friend's child, whose parents had died in a car accident and had no relatives at home. Your grandparents are not Lingjing Xingzhe (Lingjing Walkers), so they didn't mention the Chu family." Uncle replied.

"No wonder, no wonder Grandma has been forcing Aunt to go on blind dates, because she knows that Aunt is not 25 years old, but a 27-year-old woman." Zhang Yuanqing suddenly realized.

The ages of the Palace Master and Aunt didn't match, and Zhang Yuanqing had been puzzled by this point.

Now that he thought about it, in order to conceal her identity, Aunt's age had been lowered, but Grandma knew her real age, so she was so anxious to marry off her daughter.

Not having a boyfriend at the age of 27 is quite explosive even in a big city like Songhai.

In addition, when the Xiahou family came to Songhai to take revenge on the Palace Master, they once used the relationship of the Public Security Bureau to investigate the registered residences of women of eligible age in Songhai.

They didn't find the Palace Master.

Now that he thought about it, it was right that they couldn't find her. His grandfather was the former captain of the Public Security Team, so wouldn't it be easy to modify her household registration.

"In fact, your mom wanted to raise Yu'er as a child bride, and brainwashed her every day, saying that if she gave birth to a son, she would let her marry you, so that they would be a real family. Yu'er fell for this, because she had been orphaned since she was a child and craved family affection." Uncle啧啧 said:

"But your dad died young, so she had to go abroad, and Yu'er stayed in your grandma's house. Your grandma raised her for more than 20 years and treated her like her own daughter. How could her own daughter be with her grandson? No matter how she thought about it, it felt awkward, so she was especially guarded against it. Whenever she saw Yu'er being close to you, she would get angry."

I suddenly understand why Chen Shu unreasonably hates Guan Ya jie (older sister)! Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself.

At the same time, he understood why Grandma was so overjoyed after knowing that he had a girlfriend and even encouraged him to live together.

"Chen Shu went abroad with Zhang Tianshi's doppelganger back then, right? Uncle, do you know where Chu Shang and Master Wuhen's doppelgangers are?" Zhang Yuanqing asked expectantly.

The Free Radicals group of four entered the dungeon with the determination to die, wanting to unlock the secrets of the Lingjing (Mystic Realm). They all left doppelgangers in reality. Once they died, the Chu family could use the Womb of the Mother Goddess to resurrect them.

Now, apart from Zhang Tianshi's doppelganger being taken abroad by Chen Shu, the doppelgangers of Chu Shang and Master Wuhen are missing. The former died twenty years ago, and the latter died this year.

"I don't know, I'm not very familiar with them." Uncle said unhappily, then changed the subject: "But your dad definitely knows. As long as you resurrect your dad, you can resurrect Chu Shang and Zhang Tianshi, but the Womb of the Mother is in the hands of the Soldiers of Heaven Sect. It's almost impossible to resurrect your dad."

"Isn't it enough to find the Devil's Eye?" Zhang Yuanqing said as a matter of course.

Uncle shook his head slightly:

"Zhang Tianshi is a peak Ruler. As long as he is resurrected in the Northwest, Shura will be able to sense it instantly. The reason you were able to resurrect successfully last time was because you were like an ant in Shura's eyes. When you're sleeping, would you care if an ant crawled past you?"

Although it was a bit hurtful to his self-esteem, Zhang Yuanqing couldn't refute it. "Then we can only find another opportunity. Perhaps we can let the Devil's Eye Heavenly King steal the Womb of the Mother Goddess. We'll discuss this later. By the way, what about my cousin?"

When he asked this question, his face was full of anticipation.

"He's your grandfather's successor, not mine." Uncle shrugged. "Yuan Jun is an unpromising ordinary person."

"You're a Demigod, and your only offspring is not a Lingjing Xingzhe (Lingjing Walker)?"

"Will Demigods necessarily give birth to them? The Master of the Taiyi Sect has many offspring, but less than a tenth are Lingjing Xingzhe (Lingjing Walkers). How many did the Demigods of the Lingjing (Mystic Realm) family, who acted as stud horses for a hundred years, give birth to?" Uncle took a sip of red wine and哼哼 said:

"Besides, Yuan Jun isn't one now, maybe he will be in a few years. Didn't you only get your character card this year? And I painstakingly helped you snatch it from the Demon Lord."

Zhang Yuanqing's heart skipped a beat. "Speaking of the Demon Lord, Uncle, I was just about to tell you that the Demon Lord appeared in the Slaughter Dungeon. To be precise, it was his obsession. It was he who used my body to summon the Sun, break through the Yin Concealment of Taiyin, and restore the Moral Values."

"What?!"

Uncle jumped up from the sofa, his expression unprecedentedly discomposed. "Impossible, it's impossible for the Demon Lord to have any remaining obsession."