Chapter 733 Two Chen Families


    “What secret?” asked Chen Pingan.


    “I don’t know the earliest details, but what I do know is that the Chen Family owned a precious item


    called the Sun Totem, an heirloom with the ability to foretell the future. It also contains various


    cultivation techniques within it, thus making it a treasure among all treasures!” exined Gu Yuehong.


    “Chen Diancang might have known something via the Sun Totem, which was why he then disappeared


    unexpectedly from our sight. I had gathered many families of Inner Energy practitioners to hunt him


    down, but all attempts failed in the end. However, after 20 years had passed, a new Chen Family


    suddenly appeared out of the blue, controlling the whole economy by owning half the Earth’s assets!”


    She then continued with a mocking expression, “At the time, many of us suspected Chen Diancang to


    be the person behind the founding of this new Chen Family, but he went missing when we wanted to


    investigate him. We knew the Chen Family was headed by Chen Jindong back then, but we knew


    nothing about Chen Jindong’s father. Oh, and of course, I must mention to you that Chen Diancang


    wasn’t your father’s real name at that time. His real name was Chen Long!”


    Then, she added, “Chen Diancang is indeed a clever one. Had the Gu Family not met the King of Nine


    Doorster, we would still be fooled by him, especially since he was so talented at making up stories.


    There are many secrets about Chen Hao, of which Chen Diancang must have known a few. Of course,


    there would only be a handful of people who know what exactly the secrets are, but we’re not one of


    them.”


    Chen Pingan frowned; her words seemed to exin everything, especially some details that he had


    never mentioned to Chen Hao. While he was spying on Chen Hao, he noticed a mysterious man, who


    had also been spying on Chen Hao for an unknown period of time. He had not found out who the man


    was until a random opportunity came when Chen Pingan identally exposed his whereabouts, so he


    decided to fight the mysterious man and stripped the man of the veil that was covering his face.


    Although the man covered his face immediately, Chen Pingan was able to recognize his eyes and his


    expression at a nce, and he was thunderstruck. “Dad!”


    How could this man in ck be Chen Diancang, my father? Have I made a mistake? I must have made


    a mistake! Chen Pingan seriously doubted himself.


    He was very sure of his father’s fighting skills when he was younger, not to mention he had achieved a


    high cultivation base after having escaped from the Border Realm, yet his father’s abilities had greatly


    surpassed him. How could this be possible?


    With these questions unsolved, Chen Pingan continued to conceal his identity while investigating in


    secret whether his father had been kind or hostile toward Chen Hao. He had the suspicion because he


    had discovered earlier that his father had sedated Chen Hao multiple times. For this reason, he stayed


    undercover beside Chen Hao and examined Chen Hao’s body, only to find out that there weren’t any


    changes.


    Perhaps that was the reason Chen Pingan hid from Fang Jiannan the fact that his face wasn’t


    disfigured. He could not fathom his father’s intentions until the tragedy that happened at the Holy Water


    Ritual, where many people were killed, except for his father, who was missing. It was only then that


    Chen Pingan felt he might have realized something, but he was baffled at the same time. Why would


    his father be so cruel? Why was he doing all this?


    “So, what do you think? Has my story enlightened you on Chen Diancang, your father’s real character?


    Judging from your expression, I suppose you must have noticed something odd before this. Am I right?


    Hahaha!” said Gu Yuehong as she burst outughing.


    “I did notice something odd, but I really couldn’t fathom the reason behind your schemes. What are you


    people aiming for by killing so many innocent people with this giant scheme? Why must their lives be


    manipted in the hands of yours?” shouted an extremely indignant Chen Pingan, for he himself was


    one of the people being sacrificed in this giant scheme. Then, he added, “Besides, you just said that


    you don’t quite understand the secrets about Chen Hao, but I’ve heard a different story from Goddess


    Ziyan—you people knew very well that Hao is the reincarnation of a great god!”


    Gu Yuehong shook her head. “Both Luo Ziyan and the King of Nine Doors had indeed imed that


    Chen Hao is the reincarnation of a great god, yet this is nothing but a rumor that had been circting in


    the Border Realm. The King of Nine Doors had personally told me that this rumor had tempted many,


    yet even he couldn’t be sure if it’s true. The only fact we’re sure of is that Chen Hao possesses a


    fearsome force, which would enable anyone who owned it to move freely between the Three Realms.


    Many in the Border Realm called it the Essence of Nine Cycles and made up an interesting story for it.”


    Then, she continued, “The secrets about Chen Hao, on the other hand, was unknown, but Chen


    Diancang had possibly found out the secrets and taken actions, which was why many forces had


    turned against the Chen Family in recent years. He knows there’s no way he could deal with so many


    forces alone, so he hid himself all those years and showed up only now!”


    “I got it now! My father had mentioned it once—the Sun Totem had foretold that the Chen Family would


    meet its doom. Was he referring to this incident?” said Chen Pingan in revtion.


    “You’re right. The Chen Family is destined to meet its doom, for it must pay the price sooner orter,


    and the price will be huge!” said Gu Yuehong. “Of course, Chen Diancang, the sly old fox knew this


    very well. Being circumspect and farsighted as he is, he built not one, but two Chen Families to divert


    people’s attention by having lots of children with different women! Haven’t you asked yourself why you


    have never met your uncles or heard about your grandpa despite your family being described as a


    legendary one with many branches? You’ve never even met your mother, have you? The Chen Family


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    has many branches, but most of them are adopted by Chen Diancang, and your branch is his sole


    direct descendant.”


    Chen Pingan was dumbstruck at Gu Yuehong’s words. Two Chen Families? And she’s right—I’ve


    never met my mother nor heard about her, but is there another Chen Family in this world? This is much


    more terrifying! “How could there be two Chen Families?” asked Chen Pingan in disbelief.


    “Yes, there are two Chen Families indeed. We only discovered this second Chen Family a few years


    ago. Chen Diancang was clever enough to have diverted our attention. While everyone was having


    their eyes fixed on Chen Hao and his Chen Family, the other Chen Family had grown so much that it


    had put the Gu Family in peril. Had the King of Nine Doors not interfered, the Gu Family might have


    already been long gone,” said Gu Yuehong with a trace of lingering fear on her face. “Therefore, we


    must get our hands on Chen Hao too—as well as all the secrets about him—and destroy Chen


    Diancang’s n. That’s because we have a distinct feeling that we would lose the ability to protect


    ourselves if things were to continue developing the same way…”


    She then continued, “We had even suspected that Chen Diancang had gotten ahead of everyone else


    and seeded inmunicating with the forces in the Border Realm!”