Lu Wenxing sighed, looked at the cultivators from the five sects present, then at Xin Shi, and said, "I am the Xin Yao you mentioned."
"Ah!" In an instant, gasps and exclamations echoed throughout the underground palace.
The mysterious totem of the [New Life] organization, and Xin Yao, whom everyone thought had perished, were actually among them!
And it's the least likely one!
If we were to tell the cultivators of the Five Sects directly that Xin Yao was among them, they would never guess that it was Lu Wenxing!
Shi Xuan asked seriously, "Then how did you become Lu Wenxing? From when?"
“It started from the moment he was born,” Xin Yao said, “Back then…”
As he said this, he gave Xin Shi a cold look.
Xin Shi was completely stunned at this moment.
Clearly, this result was completely beyond his expectations.
He never would have imagined things would turn out this way.
Not only was the foolproof formation broken, but how did his grandson become his father?
This also explains why that space was chasing after Lu Wenxing and trying to take him away, because it was originally set up for his soul!
Lu Wenxing, or rather Xin Yao, continued, "Back then, I was murdered by Xin Shi and buried under the Cixi Tree while I still had a breath left."
He only said one sentence, but the people around him were already incredibly curious.
But no one interrupted him; everyone wanted to hear what had happened.
Xin Yao didn't keep him in suspense and explained Xin Shi's purpose: "He blamed me and his mother for not giving him the talent more suitable for cultivation, and in the end, he developed hatred. After finding the Cixi Tree, he thought he had found a way to change his fate."
The rest is self-explanatory: he killed his own father, fed him to the Compassion Tree, and then used the fruits that grew to enhance his own cultivation.
This shocking thing actually happened...
Xin Yao continued, "At that time, I was not completely dead yet. He was afraid that my soul would not perish and would come back to find him, so he used this Soul-Suppressing Altar to try to take away my soul after I died. But his mother discovered his intentions at the time." As he said this, a look of sadness appeared in Xin Yao's eyes.
When he remembered everything—the half-demon inheritance he obtained in the outer realms, the demon core he acquired in the nine-story pagoda, the white light that emanated from his body when his soul was about to be taken away…
These events, one by one, are all reflections of my deceased wife.
Everyone says that the demon race is dangerous, but for Xin Yao, that's not the case at all.
He calmed himself down before continuing, "At that time, I was almost unconscious. Looking back now, the last time I closed my eyes and had any memories, I was already Lu Wenxing. It seems that when he was born, his spiritual roots clashed and he couldn't survive, which attracted a soul of the same origin to take over."
That makes perfect sense.
As an infant with dual ice and fire spiritual roots, it would be very difficult for him to survive. Perhaps it was because of this unconscious soul entering the body during the Astral Projection stage that his ice spiritual root was suppressed, causing Lu Wenxing to always appear in the cultivation world with a single fire spiritual root.
Later, when Lu Wenxing had reached the Golden Core stage, his Ice Spirit Root, which had been suppressed for too long, finally reappeared, nearly costing him his life.
Not to mention a newborn baby.
Looking at the dejected Xin Shi, Xin Yao sneered, "You and I are really destined to be together. We've been entangled for hundreds of years, and the only thing that hasn't changed is that I've always been your best help in becoming stronger."
At first, it became his nourishment, but after it came back to life, it became his target for possession.
This is a true destiny, but it's a karmic entanglement.
Xin Shi gritted his teeth, unable to utter the word "father" no matter what.
Today, all his resources have vanished, and he can no longer even escape.
Could it be that he's destined to die here in such an unclear and ambiguous way?
He was so unwilling to accept it!
Why?! Why is the world so unfair?!
Some people are born with the potential to cultivate, making rapid progress with just a little effort. But he, even with all his might, faces numerous obstacles on the path of cultivation. While others have already reached the Foundation Establishment stage, he can barely manage to enter the Qi Refining stage.
Everyone was going to laugh at him, and he was so unwilling to accept it!
If there's a shortcut, why not take it?
On the path of cultivation, one should sever all emotions and love. Parents and kinship are fleeting; only strength is your loyal companion forever!
The most regrettable thing is that his foundation was too weak. He took so many shortcuts and absorbed all the fruits of Xin Yao's power, but he ate them all by himself. In the end, he could only barely merge with him.
Even now, his body and meridians can no longer withstand too much spiritual power, so he has to find a new body...
Lu Wenxing was the most suitable one; he was his blood relative and had been recognized by the land of inheritance.
No one could be more suitable than him!
Xin Shi coveted Lu Wenxing's body while hating him. Even a half-demon had such talent, while he, the son of a Nascent Soul cultivator, had nothing!
It was only a moment, but Xin Shi had already thought about too much.
He didn't want to die here like this!
How can centuries of planning be ruined here!
Although he is ruthless and heartless, others are not!
Perhaps, in their eyes, the laughable concept of family ties still imprisons their minds.
Thinking of this, Xin Shi immediately changed his expression. He looked at Xin Yao with a sorrowful expression, as if he was about to cry.
Seeing this, Shi Xuan lifted the silencing order for him.
The moment Xin Shi was able to speak, he pleaded with Xin Yao through a sob, "Father! I was wrong! I haven't stopped repenting for a single moment all these years!"
Xin Yao looked at him without saying a word.
Shi Xuan looked at him, then at Xin Yao. His acting skills were far inferior to hers.
Xin Yao acted alongside Lu Wenxing quite a bit, so even someone as dense as him could tell by now.
No one spoke, but Xin Shi did not stop.
He cried out in anguish, “Father! I was wrong! I went astray! Father! Father! Listen to me, I was misled back then! I was ridiculed to the point of losing my mind! I will never do it again, never again!”
Xin Yao saw through his pretense at a glance. If he hadn't spoken, it would have been fine, but now that he had, it only made it clear that this person was beyond redemption.
At this moment, Shi Xuan spoke first.
"Second, you should still be my second senior brother... It's already a stroke of good fortune that you've recovered your fragmented soul here. No matter what your relationship with Xin Shi is, you are not the one who can decide his life or death."
Everyone knows the truth of this.
Although Xin Yao was once the strongest expert on the entire continent and had saved the Qian Yuan Continent from a great catastrophe, the current situation is that the Xin Yao of the past has fallen, and now only Lu Wenxing of the Lianfeng Sword Sect remains.
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