Chapter 1359
: Asking for forgiveness
Chapter 1359: Asking for forgiveness
Midday on the moon.
Chengkong is immersed in the disassembly and research of the radiation machine.
This was the machine Lin Fan had taken out for demonstration earlier, but it had been damaged by lightning. He naturally brought it back with him when he was cleaning up the place.
After a hectic day, I was exhausted both physically and mentally. When I slumped in my chair and thought about nothing, I couldn't help but take out this broken machine.
How big is the gap between the mechanical skills of this world and the skills from outer space?
Chengkong disassembled the machine bit by bit with a curious mindset, his entire mind immersed in the task at hand. When he heard the knock on the door, he just casually responded with "Come in" and didn't care about what happened next.
After waiting for an unknown amount of time, he felt that he had finished his work. When he looked up, he saw a bloody man kneeling in front of the table.
Even though the other person had his head down, Cheng Kong recognized at a glance that the man kneeling silently with blood all over his body was his little disciple Lin Fan.
"What's going on?!" Cheng Kong jumped up from the chair, crossed the long table and landed directly in front of Lin Fan.
A metal bar covered in spikes was tied to her back, piercing her flesh. Blood flowed through the wound, staining her white undergarment red, and even dripped onto the ground...
Cheng Kong flicked his sleeves, throwing the tormentor far away. He pulled Lin Fan up and looked him up and down: "What the hell are you talking about?"
Lin Fan's face turned pale, and he avoided Cheng Kong's gaze for a moment before looking at him firmly: "I apologize. I'm sorry, I lied to you, and..."
"Alright!" Cheng Kong understood immediately. Seeing Lin Fan like this, he felt angry and distressed. "You, you! You usually look so smart, why are you as stupid as a pig now? Or is it..."
He tugged at Lin Fan's arm and dragged him to the edge of the couch, where he sat down. He crossed his arms over his chest and asked in a scrutinizing tone, "Are you acting like this on purpose to torture me?"
Lin Fan quickly denied it, "I just really don't know how to express my apology for lying to you. After thinking about it, it seems that this is the only way to show my sincerity."
Who was Cheng Kong? As the head of the leading sect, he possessed power, wealth, resources, and abilities. Lin Fan simply couldn't find a suitable apology, and in the end, he could only offer a humiliating apology.
The clear air laughed: "You...eat quickly!"
Seeing Lin Fan obediently take the medicine he threw to him and swallow it in one gulp, Cheng Kong breathed a sigh of relief and sat down with his sleeves brushed.
"Looking at you like this," he looked at her with disdain, "I wonder if you thought I had done something to you. I've long suspected that your identities were different, but I saw you were so careful to hide it that I didn't bother to expose it. Since you want to confess now, I'll listen."
Yunze only talked about how he met Lin Fan and the others in outer space and how they sent him back to Yunze. He did not elaborate on the details, and then someone else came.
Cheng Kong and others had long suspected something because of the frequent actions between Lin Fan and Lin Yuan in recent years, but they cleverly concealed it. After guessing that it was all for Shanggu, they spared no effort to cover it up and cooperate.
But when it comes to curiosity, who doesn't have it? Not to mention that they haven't yet mastered their cultivation, even Lin Yuan is chasing after Yin Ze, right?
The world outside the sky! Before this, Chengkong and the others had never thought of this possibility.
Lin Fan felt a weight on his shoulders as a brocade robe covered her. The uneasiness in his heart gradually subsided because of this warmth.
From Lanxing, to Noah, and then to the meeting with Yinze, the two of them simply recounted their agreement.
Perhaps because he was originally studying mechanical engineering and his head was always full of wild imagination, Chengkong's acceptance was much better than Lin Fan expected.
"I see." He nodded in sudden enlightenment. "No wonder Venerable Yin Ze gave the Chaos Pearl away. It turns out there's a connection. Then..."
Chengkong asked many more questions, some about Yuehua Star, some about the Noah, and some about the ancient world. His questions were not coherent, usually just asking whatever came to his mind.
"So, even if the spiritual energy is restored and we can ascend normally, there is a possibility that after ascension, we will encounter a storm like the one that happened to Venerable Yin Ze, and end up dying?" When he said this, his brows were furrowed.
"I don't know." Lin Fan shook his head. "When our spaceship arrived, we didn't detect any nebula storms in the surrounding area. We're unsure whether Binze's encounter was accidental or if ascension was a necessary special opportunity." Cheng Kong nodded slowly: "Then, if we ride your spaceship, regardless of our cultivation level, even without ascension, can we go to the outer world and travel freely?"
There was a curiosity in his eyes that was eager to try.
"Yes," Lin Fan replied, "but the strength accumulated during ascension will eventually return to oneself. For example, without a spaceship, we wouldn't be able to freely travel in the universe, but after ascending, Yinze can. Although he encountered an accident along the way, and despite his realm dropping, as you saw, he re-cultivated his Golden Core, and his realm has recovered faster than ordinary people. The reason we come here to learn immortal cultivation is to improve our own strength, not just to have a spaceship and everything will be possible."
"That's right," Chengkong said with a smile. "If it weren't for his high enough realm back then, Venerable Yinze wouldn't have survived and would have been stranded on Yuehua Star, waiting for you guys... Speaking of which, I haven't heard you call me that all day. Do you not want to acknowledge me as your master anymore? Because you are from outside the universe and are not bound by the constraints of this place?"
"Of course not." Lin Fan quickly denied, "I thought... you would blame me for lying about my identity and refuse to acknowledge me."
Earlier in the meeting room, she and Chengkong were on opposite sides. Judging from Chengkong's expression, he didn't consider her as his disciple.
"Well," Chengkong said with a solemn expression, "I was indeed unhappy at first, but later on, I realized that apart from your origins, you had no other devious intentions. You were studious and hardworking, obedient and ambitious. With so many good qualities, that deceptive background didn't seem to be a big deal."
"What's more," Chengkong laughed, "you even went to purify the radiation from the ancient world without telling us... We're not completely blind. That's what we should have done, and you didn't even express your good intentions... Aside from lying about your origins, everything you did benefited the world. How could we have the nerve to criticize you? Instead, we'd feel ashamed to be your teachers..."
"No, no," Lin Fan waved his hands repeatedly. "All my masters and uncles are very kind and have selflessly imparted a lot of knowledge to me. I have always felt unworthy..."
As she spoke, she took out a thick booklet and pushed it in front of Chengkong.
"This is the secret inheritance system I obtained from the ancient world tree. It encompasses all the Taoist inheritances since the creation of the world until the ancient destruction of the world. I know that knowledge is priceless, but I hope this can make up for it."
All the data she obtained from the World Tree was stored in her mind. Over the years, she used her spare time to create this manuscript bit by bit, and finally sent it out today.
Chengkong widened his eyes in disbelief, reached out to flip it, and his hands began to tremble more and more.
"This..." he asked in a trembling voice, "You're just going to give it to me like this?"
The sudden interruption of the immortal cultivation tradition has always been the greatest pain in the hearts of the immortal cultivation community. Now this huge treasure is placed before Chengkong...
Obviously, no one would know if she did it secretly...
"This is our apology for rashly entering your world and concealing our identities to practice magic." Lin Fan said.
"But didn't you just..." Chengkong looked at the bloodstains on the ground next to him.
"Carrying the thorns to apologize is to hide our identities, and this is to compensate for the knowledge we have learned." Lin Fan said seriously, "Only in this way can I achieve a sense of both mental and practical forgiveness."
No one owes anything to anyone... Cheng Kong felt empty inside.
"Then..." He hesitated, "If I accept it, will you still be my apprentice in the future?"
Lin Fan paused and looked at Cheng Kong: "Once a teacher, always a teacher. As long as Master is willing, no matter where I am, I will be a disciple of Changtian Sect."
"Okay, okay..." Chengkong clapped his hands and smiled. "This is the best gift I've ever received."
Lin Fan knew that the matter was completely over, and he felt relieved.
Chengkong's expression suddenly changed.
"What do you think about the Tribulation Thunder Trial?"