Anyone with eyes could see Zhan Aotian and Chen Ke and immediately think they are father and son, simply because they look so alike.
Looking at the young man's face, which was almost identical to his own, Zhan Aotian's eyes reddened with excitement, and his legs trembled as he unconsciously took two steps forward.
Chen Ke paused briefly before striding into the courtyard. Zhan Aotian was thrilled, but Chen Ke didn't even glance at him and brushed past him. Zhan Aotian's outstretched hand froze in mid-air.
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Chen Ke turned around to look at him.
Zhan Aotian hesitated for a long time before finally asking, his voice choked with emotion, "You see me, don't you have anything you want to ask?"
Chen Ke: "Sorry, I don't know you."
Hearing his own child speak to him so coldly, Zhan Aotian swayed in pain.
It's all his fault. He failed to protect him, which allowed that vicious and despicable person to harm him!
Suppressing the countless thoughts swirling within him about skinning Liu Ru alive, Zhan Aotian spoke as calmly as possible, "Child, I want to ask you, where did you come from? Where do you live? Are there any other family members in your home?"
Chen Ke's gaze lingered on Zhan Aotian for a long time, guessing that he probably still wanted to find his biological child in his previous life. However, the original owner of the body had already died at that time, and Zhan Boling's strength had increased by leaps and bounds and posed a threat to him. Therefore, he continued to act as if nothing had happened.
Thinking of this, Chen Ke changed his original answer and replied, "I live in a very remote place downstream from the Goddess River. I have quite a few relatives and friends."
"Then...then how have you lived your life all these years..." Zhan Aotian's gaze fell on Chen Ke's ill-fitting coarse linen clothes, and his voice began to choke up again. It took him a long time to finish his sentence, "Was it good?"
Chen Ke spoke frankly: "It used to be pretty bad, but now it's not so bad."
"Why wasn't it good before?" Zhan Aotian only heard the first half of the sentence and was very anxious.
Chen Ke remained silent.
So Zhan Aotian started to fill in the blanks in his mind.
The more I imagine it, the sadder I get. I feel like no matter how I try to make up for it, it can't make up for the damage caused by his parents not being around when he was young.
Seeing that Zhan Aotian couldn't get out of his thoughts anytime soon, Chen Ke went inside to get the rest of the money from Chu Tian.
It turned out that the money wasn't so easy to get. Chu Tian said that the emperor wanted to invite him to the palace as a guest.
Chen Ke: ······
This sentence sounds familiar.
King Yan Ying was overjoyed. "Go, go, go! I've heard that the emperor's house is the biggest and most beautiful. I want to see it too!"
Chu Tian watched as the Flame Eagle King kept making sounds from its beak, and asked Chen Ke with some uncertainty, "Is...is the Flame Eagle King talking?"
He had only asked out of curiosity, but he didn't expect Chen Ke to actually nod.
"He said he didn't really want to go to the palace; he just wanted the emperor to send out the rest of the money."
Chu Tian: ""
Flame Eagle King: ""
Chu Tian looked somewhat troubled. "This...this is an order personally issued by the Emperor, I—"
"Director Chu." Chu Tian was interrupted by Zhan Aotian, who stepped in, before he could finish speaking. "I will go to the palace and report this matter to the Emperor."
Chu Tian was taken aback. "Your Highness, are you sure?"
Zhan Aotian had just composed himself and was trying to find an opportunity to make amends. Now that he learned his son didn't want to enter the palace, he naturally had to seize the opportunity.
Do you know why the emperor summoned Bu Ke to the palace?
So my son's name is Bu Ke? If he returns to the War King's Mansion in the future, should he be called Zhan Ke or Zhan Bu Ke?
"Your Highness, Prince Zhan?"
Chu Tian called out several times before the Prince of War came to his senses. "What's wrong?"
"Tell me, do you know why the emperor summoned Bu Ke to the palace?" Chu Tian asked without waiting for Zhan Aotian's reply, and continued, "Because of the Flame Eagle King standing on his shoulder, and even more so because of the vanished and extinct elixirs and spiritual herbs in his animal skin bag!"
Zhan Aotian was already stunned when Chu Tian mentioned the Flame Eagle King. He looked over in shock and realized that the beast standing on his son's shoulder really was the legendary Flame Eagle King.
"This, this..." Even Zhan Aotian, a prince, was so surprised that he stammered.
"Do you know what kind of medicinal herbs and spiritual plants are in that animal skin bag? Even the lowest grade ones are small-leaved purple star flowers that are over ten years old!"
Zhan Aotian was so shocked that he was speechless.
He had just been thinking of using all the resources in the War King's Mansion to compensate his son, but his son casually took out something that instantly killed all the elixirs and medicines in the War King's Mansion. How could he possibly compensate him now?
Chu Tian shrugged. "Do you still think it's acceptable to refuse Bu Ke's entry into the palace?"
"Then we must refuse even more!" Zhan Aotian said coldly, his expression turning solemn.
Chu Tian looked at Zhan Aotian with a probing gaze, then sighed heavily, "Why are you doing this?"
"Why bother? Chu Tian, don't think I don't know what your intentions are in reporting these things to the royal family. You know who the royal family is!"
Chu Tian was taken aback when Zhan Aotian suddenly turned his attention to him. He was stunned for a long time before finally saying, as if he was furious, "No matter what you think now, I meant well when I reported to the royal family!" and then stormed off.
Zhan Aotian's expression was also unpleasant. The royal family was domineering and unreasonable. Relying on the presence of two martial arts masters from the martial arts hall, they acted with increasingly no restraint. Now, they wanted to send Bu Ke into the palace to find out if he had any more immortal herbs and spiritual medicines, or to force him to reveal the source of these herbs and spiritual medicines.
Yan Ying Wang looked left and right, then leaned close to Chen Ke's ear and asked, "What do we do now? Go back and get some people to go with us, or go alone?"
Chen Ke: ······
"Bu Ke, you can't go to the palace. I'll go to the palace and explain this to the emperor. Now you can go back home in peace. By the way, where are you staying now?" Zhan Aotian decided to take responsibility for this matter alone. If the emperor really blamed him, then the Zhan Prince's Mansion would bear the full burden!
Chen Ke was unaware that his adoptive father was prepared to use the entire War King's Mansion to bear the emperor's wrath. He replied, "Qingyun Sect."
Zhan Aotian nodded. "Alright, then you can go back to Qingyun Sect with peace of mind. As for this matter—" He stopped abruptly mid-sentence, "Where are you going to stay?"
Chen Ke: "The former site of Qingyun Sect."
"Why are you living in Qingyun Sect? Did you join Qingyun Sect?" To be honest, Zhan Aotian never really liked Qingyun Sect. Even when Zhan Boling got engaged to Fairy Yue of Qingyun Sect, it was only because Zhan Boling and Du Wan liked him that he agreed.
Before Chen Ke could answer, Zhan Aotian said firmly, "No, you can't live there!" If Lin Yue returned and married Zhan Boling, then Zhan Boling would be the son-in-law of an elder of the Qingyun Sect, while his own son would still be a disciple of the Qingyun Sect? Would he have to bow and pay his respects to Zhan Boling in the future?
No! Absolutely not! He could overlook the fact that his son had secretly enjoyed a life of luxury for over twenty years, because he had no choice as an infant at the time, but he would never allow Chen Ke to be inferior to him again!
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