Chapter 59

As Jing Tian saw Ah Zhu eat the immortal bean, he immediately controlled her to fly back to stand beside Xiao Feng and released the mental control over the two of them.

"Heavens! I'm better?" Ah Zhu, who had instantly recovered after swallowing the immortal bean, immediately landed and looked at herself in disbelief, patting and touching various parts of her body.

Despite being released, Xiao Feng still looked surprised at Ah Zhu, who had been on the verge of death but was now lively and energetic, unable to say a word...

"Alright, you can be happy later. First, give me my reward." Jing Tian said, looking at the still incredulous Ah Zhu.

"Oh? Oh!" This time, Ah Zhu became particularly obedient, directly taking out the cloth-wrapped *Yi Jin Jing* from her bosom and handing it to Jing Tian.

Jing Tian didn't look at it right away; instead, he turned his gaze to Xiao Feng and said, "She's done, now it's our turn."

With a somewhat gloomy expression, Xiao Feng heard Jing Tian say, "I know everything about your background. You can ask me anything, but I want your Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms."

"What? No way, how can you be like this? Didn't you just get your reward?" Before Xiao Feng could speak, Ah Zhu stepped forward and said to Jing Tian with dissatisfaction.

Jing Tian rolled his eyes and said irritably, "You are you, and he is he. The reward I got earlier was for saving you, and his questions also require a reward. You silly girl, you haven't even married him yet, and you're already protecting your husband?"

"W-What husband? Don't say such nonsense."

Jing Tian looked at Ah Zhu, who was denying it with her words but had a fanatically shy expression, and sighed helplessly. He then looked at Xiao Feng, waiting for his response.

Xiao Feng also felt a bit embarrassed by Jing Tian's teasing, but since it concerned his background, he quickly put aside other thoughts and said seriously to Jing Tian, "The Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms are the supreme skill of the Beggar Sect. Although Xiao Feng has left the Beggar Sect, I cannot pass it on to outsiders. As for my background, I already have a lead, so I don't need to trouble you."

Hearing Xiao Feng's words, Jing Tian immediately pouted, controlled the rocking chair that the Xuan-Yao Sect people hadn't taken away to fly under him, and landed on it, swaying as he said, "I want your Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, not the Beggar Sect's Twenty-Eight Dragon Subduing Palms. And the lead you mentioned is probably Duan Zhengchun, the Prince of Dali's Southern Town, right?"

Seeing Xiao Feng nod in acknowledgment, Jing Tian said, "Think about it. If he were the leader, how old would he have been when the incident happened? Would you let a nameless little kid lead the martial arts community?"

Hearing Jing Tian's words, Xiao Feng's face changed dramatically.

Seeing Xiao Feng's changing expression and Ah Zhu's worried gaze, Jing Tian continued, "I know the whole story, every detail. And if you agree to the deal, I can also give you a free piece of information about the real parents of the young girl beside you."

Hearing this, Xiao Feng looked at Ah Zhu, who was equally surprised by Jing Tian's words, and made up his mind, saying resolutely, "Alright, I agree to your terms."

"That's much better." Hearing Xiao Feng's agreement, Jing Tian felt much better.

"Ask your questions." Jing Tian said to Xiao Feng.

"Who is the leader?" After making his decision, Xiao Feng didn't hesitate and directly asked the question he was most concerned about.

"Xuan Ci, the abbot of Shaolin Temple."

"What? It's him?" Both Xiao Feng and Ah Zhu were extremely surprised, their faces full of disbelief.

Xiao Feng's eyes slowly turned red, suppressing the urge to set out immediately to confront him, and continued weakly, "Why did this action take place?"

"Huh? You have a good temperament. I thought you would rush over to take revenge without a second thought."

Seeing Xiao Feng's expression, Jing Tian stopped teasing and said, "Someone spread the word in the martial arts community that the Khitans were coming to the Central Plains to steal the secret manuals of the seventy-two skills of Shaolin Temple, which led to this action."

Hearing this, Xiao Feng's eyes flashed, and he quickly asked, "Who spread the word?"

"Murong Bo."

"What?" Ah Zhu exclaimed in shock.

Hearing it was Murong Bo, Xiao Feng felt angry but also sighed, thinking he was already dead and there was no place to take revenge.

Seeing Xiao Feng's expression, Jing Tian chuckled and said, "You don't think he's dead, do you?"

Xiao Feng looked up in confusion, acknowledging Jing Tian's words.

"He's not dead, just faking it."

"How is that possible!" Ah Zhu, who had already been shocked by the news today, couldn't help but exclaim again.

Xiao Feng, hearing Ah Zhu's exclamation, clenched his fists tightly.

"Ah, how boring." Jing Tian, seeing their reactions, found it amusing at first but gradually felt bored. Not wanting to waste more time, he said, "Forget it, I'll tell you the whole story. Asking back and forth would waste too much time."

"This all started with the Murong family. The Murong ancestors were the royal family of the Xianbei, and after their country was destroyed, they always wanted to restore it. After the death of Murong Longcheng, Murong Bo's father, Murong Bo took over this responsibility."

"To restore the country, Murong Bo had to create chaos, so that his family could rise up and start a war. If it were a peaceful era, the Murong family would be considered rebels and suppressed by the government."

"To create chaos, Murong Bo's assassins and spies discovered that Khitan nobles were coming to the Central Plains to visit relatives. He saw this as a good opportunity. If the Khitan nobles were killed, it would trigger a war between the Khitans and the Song Dynasty, giving him a chance to rise up."

"So, to kill the Khitan nobles and avoid future retaliation from the Khitans, he fabricated a lie that the Khitans were going to Shaolin Temple to steal the scriptures, deceiving Shaolin."

"Shaolin fell for it. Led by the abbot Xuan Ci, they gathered some experts from the Central Plains and went to the route of the Khitan nobles, successfully killing what they thought were the scripture thieves."

"But in reality, it was just your family returning to the Central Plains to visit relatives." Saying this, Jing Tian pointed at Xiao Feng, who was already furious but was struggling to hold back.

He continued, "Your father's name was Xiao Yuanshan. He learned martial arts in the Central Plains and had sworn not to harm anyone in the Central Plains. His martial arts were quite high. When he was ambushed, he fought with restraint. It wasn't until your mother was killed and you, still a child, stopped breathing that he lost control."

"Thinking you and your mother were dead, Xiao Yuanshan went on a killing spree, wiping out all the experts who had ambushed him. Feeling disheartened, he planned to jump off a cliff with you and your mother."

"However, after jumping off the cliff, Xiao Yuanshan discovered you were still breathing. In a hurry, he used his internal energy to lift you and throw you back up the cliff, landing on what he thought was a dead body. But that person wasn't dead, just severely injured and unconscious."

"That person was Xuan Ci."

"When you were thrown up, Xuan Ci woke up. Seeing Xiao Yuanshan's actions, he became suspicious of the operation and didn't kill you. After reviving a few severely injured and unconscious people, they returned to the Central Plains to confront Murong Bo."

"By then, Murong Bo had received the news and faked his death, making it impossible to confront him. Xuan Ci, helpless, had to let the matter go."

"Later, feeling guilty about the stone inscription left by Xiao Yuanshan at the cliff, Xuan Ci had you raised by a family at the foot of Shaolin Mountain and had Shaolin's Xuan Ku teach you martial arts. After you left the mountain, he had the severely injured and unconscious leader of the Beggar Sect take you into the Beggar Sect. This was partly to compensate you and partly to keep an eye on you."

"That's your background. Do you have any more questions..."

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