webnovelfull Chapter 1696 Cang Zi'ang is Ming Chuan!
Chapter 1696 Cang Zi'ang is Ming Chuan!
Su Hao and Luo Yang exchanged a glance and tacitly slowed their pace, gradually separating themselves from the large group of Qingcheng Yufa Sect members and the main route for the guests to visit.
They all felt like they had a stone weighing on their hearts.
Mingchuan… that face, the occasional expression he showed, Elder Jinman’s undisguised intimacy and familiarity, plus Sect Master Su Hongzhen’s resolute hatred…
All the clues seemed to point to the answer they were unwilling to face, yet could not help but doubt.
"Luo Yang, let's split up and take a look. Be careful not to trigger the formation," Su Hao said in a low voice, his voice a little hoarse.
Luo Yang nodded, his eyes filled with complex emotions: "Senior Brother, if... if it really is him..."
"Let's find the evidence first." Su Hao interrupted him, took a deep breath, and walked towards a rainbow bridge that looked relatively secluded and connected several smaller suspended buildings.
Luo Yang, however, chose a different direction.
The interior of Wanchuan Sect is mysterious, with seemingly floating palaces connected by pathways, but some places are exceptionally quiet, like independent little worlds.
Su Hao felt increasingly alarmed as he walked. The spatial layout here was stable and exquisite, and the flow of spiritual energy was perfectly natural, far surpassing the mountain gate of the Qingcheng Yufa Sect.
More importantly, a strange sense of familiarity, like a fine spider web, was entwined around his heart.
He walked past a spiritual garden that exuded a faint medicinal fragrance, and a small and exquisite pavilion appeared in front of him.
The area around the pavilion was quiet, contrasting with the noise in the distance.
Just as he was about to approach and investigate, a very faint but strangely familiar "hey-ha" sound, accompanied by a childish but earnest soft sigh, came from a half-open window on one side of the pavilion.
Su Hao stopped abruptly, his heart clenching as if gripped by an invisible hand.
This sound...
He almost held his breath as he quietly pressed himself against the window frame and peered inside through the crack.
Inside, soft cushions were laid out, and three small figures were inside.
The first thing that catches the eye is Jinwa!
He was in a fairly standard starting stance, his face serious, muttering to himself: "...spiritual energy circulates throughout the body, all things return to one... Yaya, look, like this, don't rush!"
Across from him, Ya Ya moved clumsily, but she studied very diligently, repeating in her childish voice, "Wan, Wan Hua Gui Gui Yi..."
Beside him was Chen Shu, who was meditating peacefully!
His current strength no longer appears to be as weak as it once was!
He has reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment!
How much time has passed?!
"boom--!"
As if a thunderbolt had exploded in his mind, Su Hao felt all the blood rush to his head and then freeze instantly.
All speculations and doubts were completely confirmed at this moment by the undeniable scene before them.
Mingchuan...that's Cang Ziang!
The Elder Cang who once called them brothers and was genuinely respected by them is now the Wan Chuan Sect Master Ming Chuan, who stands on the opposite side and is hated to the bone by the Sect Master!
A profound sense of absurdity and anger at being deceived, the sting of past friendships, and a feeling of powerlessness in the face of harsh reality...
A flood of emotions overwhelmed him, leaving him frozen outside the window, unable to move.
Just then, another hurried, light footstep approached, and it was Luo Yang, whose face was also deathly pale and whose eyes were filled with horror.
Clearly, he also noticed something was wrong and came looking for the source of the sound.
Luo Yang followed Su Hao's gaze and looked inside. He was instantly struck dumb, opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a sound.
Perhaps it was their loss of composure that revealed their true feelings, or perhaps it was the children's innate sensitivity.
Chen Shu, who was meditating, was the first to open his eyes alertly. His clear eyes instantly locked onto the view outside the window, and he shouted in a low voice, "Who?!"
Jinwa immediately stopped his stance and, like a little leopard, shielded Yaya behind him, nervously looking out the window.
Ya Ya blinked her big eyes and curiously peered inside.
Su Hao and Luo Yang knew they couldn't hide it anymore, and their hearts turned ice-cold.
Luo Yang subconsciously stepped forward, with a hint of urgency and dazedness that he himself was unaware of, and gently pushed open the half-closed door.
"Squeak-"
The door opened.
The warm light streaming out of the room shone on Su Hao and Luo Yang's faces, which were filled with shock, complexity, and even a hint of pain.
Inside, the three children could finally see the person who had come in.
Time seems to stand still at this moment.
Jinwa's wariness turned into astonishment, and he blurted out instinctively, "Big...Senior Brother! Senior Brother Luo Yang!"
Ya Ya immediately hid behind Jinwa.
Chen Shu was the calmest, but his slightly constricted pupils betrayed the shock in his heart.
He stood up, his small body trying to adopt a defensive stance, shielding his younger siblings even more firmly behind him, and asked in a deep voice, "Senior Brother, Senior Brother Luo Yang, it's been a long time."
That "long time no see" instantly confirmed all their previous guesses...
The last vestige of hope they had vanished completely.
Cang Zi'ang... is Ming Chuan...!
For a moment, the whole world seemed to fall silent.
Luo Yang and Su Hao were both unable to speak.
After a long while, it was Chen Shu who reacted first.
"Senior brothers, today should be the founding day of our Wanchuan Sect, right? Why aren't you in the main hall? What brings you here?"
As Chen Shu spoke, the power of the late Foundation Establishment stage was already quietly brewing!
Su Hao and Luo Yang's lips became incredibly dry.
"Chen Shu...you, the Cang Zi'ang you initially followed was one of our sect's people! Cang Zi'ang must have been killed by Ming Chuan, how could you have colluded with him?!"
"Why did you bring your younger siblings with you here?!"
Su Hao's words were filled with heartache.
They were heartbroken not only for Cang Ziang's deception and concealment of them, but also for the fact that these three children, who originally belonged to their sect, were so easily abducted!
Chen Shu's expression was serious: "No comment!"
Jinwa, however, refused.
He scoffed, "Brother Shu, what's there to hide? If they want the truth, just tell them!"
"Senior Brother, Senior Brother Luo Yang, you don't know, do you? Before Brother Mingchuan arrived at Qingcheng Yufa Sect, the three of us siblings were bullied in Qingcheng Yufa Sect and were chased around like stray dogs in the outer sect."
"If it weren't for Mingchuan, we would never be living such a glamorous life!"
“It was Brother Mingchuan who gave us a new life, so when we found out he wasn’t Cang Ziang, we naturally followed him here!”
Ya Ya clenched her little pink fists: "Yes! Brother Mingchuan has taught us so much. He makes sure we have enough to eat and wear, and we're no longer bullied. His cultivation has also improved so quickly! Why can't we come with him?"
"The Qingcheng Imperial Law Sect has never truly protected us from beginning to end!"