Chapter 153 Face Shou

The cafe fell silent. After a few seconds, Palace Master Zhisha put down the kettle. Her bright eyes under the mask narrowed.

"Tsk tsk, what do you mean by that? You've known me for a long time?"

She covered her mouth and giggled, looking a little neurotic. "You want to be my dream lover? Although your little face is not bad, it's still a bit lacking. If it were Fu Qingyang, he could be my dream lover."

For a moment, I didn't know whether to be angry that the boss was stealing my position as the master of the male favorite, or angry that you wanted to steal my boss... Zhang Yuanqing silently complained in his heart.

He looked serious and said with certainty, "You know my father, Zhang Zizhen, right?"

Palace Master Zhisha's smile instantly disappeared, the corners of her mouth slowly flattening. Under the mask, those beautiful and lively eyes became deep and unfathomable.

"You don't have to deny it. I know everything! The one who saved you back then and sent you to Songhai wasn't a member of the Chu family, but my father, Zhang Zizhen. So you never had any so-called family members around you.

"I've already asked Great Sage Qingdian. He's been with you for so many years and has never heard you mention family members. I've also asked Xie Lingxi. She said you were crazy, moody, and never even glanced at handsome men, let alone kept male favorites. But you're different to me. You always talk about male favorites, and you never refuse my requests. She just thinks I'm amazing and good at socializing, but I know it's not like that at all. Now I understand. You and I have never been strangers. It's just that I didn't know, and you never mentioned it."

Zhang Yuanqing said a lot in one breath, getting straight to the point without probing.

Because there was no need to probe. The evidence he had was enough to confirm Palace Master Zhisha's identity.

Palace Master Zhisha stared at him deeply for a moment, then giggled again. Her voice was soft, but the words she spoke were those of a complete yandere: (a Japanese term for a character who is initially loving or gentle but suddenly becomes menacing)

"Should I strip them naked and hang them on the Songjiang Bridge, or chop them up and feed them to the lions at the zoo?"

Her smile suddenly disappeared. She picked up two cups of coffee, her eyes gentle and affectionate, and said softly, "I bought the beans myself and ground them myself. They should taste good. I brewed them especially for you. Let's go sit over there."

From a madwoman to a gentle girlfriend, the change was so fast that Zhang Yuanqing couldn't keep up.

He followed the Palace Master away from the bar and sat down by the window.

The floor-to-ceiling window reflected the lights, casting their shadows: one dressed in a gorgeous ancient dress, her black hair flowing like a waterfall, like a rich heiress; the other with short hair and a T-shirt, with a straight figure, a modern young man full of vigor.

Zhang Yuanqing took a sip of the coffee. It was bitter and slightly sour, with a rich fragrance.

For coffee lovers, this was undoubtedly an excellent drink. For Zhang Yuanqing, adding two spoonfuls of syrup might be better. "

"Delicious!" he praised insincerely.

Palace Master Zhisha "heh"ed, as if mocking him, but immediately stopped and smiled, "I'm glad you like it."

She took a sip of coffee and began to tell her story:

"That's right. The one who saved me back then and brought me to Songhai wasn't a member of the Chu family, but your father, Zhang Zizhen. His Lingjing ID was Zhang Tianshi (Celestial Master Zhang). When your father was young, he was weak, so your grandmother carried a bag of rice and sent him to the Taoist temple on the back mountain of the village to practice with the Taoist priest in the temple and strengthen his body. He also learned a lot of fake tricks like drawing talismans, chanting spells, fortune-telling, and treating illnesses. In middle school, he relied on fooling people and swindled a lot of pocket money from his classmates.

"The parents of the classmates went to the school to question him, but they were also fooled by him. He said he was the reincarnation of the Ziwei Emperor (Purple Star Emperor), and the parents called him 'Little Immortal.'"

Reincarnation of the Ziwei Emperor? That's a small pattern. If it were me, I would say I was the reincarnation of Yuanshi Tianzun (The Jade Pure One)... Zhang Yuanqing couldn't help but laugh when he heard about his father's ridiculous past.

"How do you know all this?" Zhang Yuanqing asked. He didn't know any of this.

"Of course, your mother told me. I lived with them for a while. When the Chu family was exterminated, I was only six years old and didn't have the ability to live alone. At that time, your mother wasn't pregnant with you yet."

Palace Master Zhisha rested her chin on her hand, smiling.

Six years old? The Chu family was exterminated twenty-one years ago, so she's 27 now? The same age as Guan Ya... Zhang Yuanqing nodded. "What happened later?"

"Later, he sent me to a family to be fostered. He told me that he was going to do something very important. If he couldn't come back, he told me to live well in that family and wait for the Chu family to come and find me. At that time, you were just born, and your mother took you back to her parents' home to recuperate after giving birth." Palace Master Zhisha looked out the window at the silent street.

"I waited and waited, waited for many years, but the Chu family never came to pick me up."

As she said this, her eyes were a little desolate and sad.

"But your father did come back. He would occasionally come to that family to see me. Until you were six years old, I heard that he died in a car accident." Palace Master Zhisha sighed.

"Why didn't my father take you back?" Zhang Yuanqing thought. Then I would have a crazy sister.

Then going shopping now would be like having a little aunt on his left and a sister holding his hand on his right. How majestic.

Palace Master Zhisha was silent for a few seconds and said quietly:

"He was afraid! He said that if his enemies found him one day, then at least I could still live. But if I was raised by his side, we would all die."

"Enemies?" Zhang Yuanqing frowned. "The Night Rose?"

Palace Master Zhisha shook her head slightly. "I don't know. I was too young at the time. He didn't tell me many things."

"Okay, then tell me what you know." Zhang Yuanqing stared at her with aggressive eyes and said, "You sewed my soul together, right?

"What happened to me? Why do I see your memories? Did I really get sick in high school? I have no memory of any of this."

Palace Master Zhisha's dark and bright eyes looked back, her eyes deeply examining him. "Sure enough, the stitching is loosening, that's why you saw my memories. How do you feel now? Do you feel extremely uncoordinated?"

"A little, but it's getting better. I'm a Night Wanderer, and my spiritual body isn't fragile," Zhang Yuanqing said.

Only then did she nod with relief and said softly:

"Your spiritual body was sewn together by me. To sew together a spiritual body, you must use the same 'materials.' I tore a part of my own soul and used it as thread to sew together your fragmented spiritual body. I also suffered a great loss of vitality because of this and fell from the Dominator Realm to the Saint Realm."

"As for when you got sick, it was indeed when you were in high school. I'm not much older than you. If it wasn't in high school, do you think I would have been promoted to the Dominator Realm at such a young age?"

"That's right..." Zhang Yuanqing looked complicated. "Thank you!"

Palace Master Zhisha "heh"ed. "Your father saved my life, and I saved your life. We're even. Besides, this is my promise to your father."

"Promise?" Zhang Yuanqing was puzzled.

"A year before your father died, he came to me and said that if you were ever in danger in the future, he hoped I would save your life. After your father died, I kept in touch with your mother.

"I would meet her a few times a year. When you had an accident, it was your mother who found me."

"Why was my soul torn apart?"

"I don't know. When I saw you, your spiritual body was already fragmented, but miraculously it didn't dissipate.

"It seemed to be waiting for someone to save it. I asked your mother what happened, but she wasn't very clear either. She told..." Palace Master Zhisha recalled and said,

"When you were born, Zhang Zizhen told her that he wanted to leave something for you. He also told her that that thing was very important and that if something happened to you in the future, she should contact me immediately.

"I was only seven years old at the time, but your father seemed certain that I would become a Lingjing Xingzhe. He wouldn't tell your mother what that thing was specifically."

"Left something for me." Zhang Yuanqing slowly chewed on these words and suddenly remembered the pure Yang leader's exclamation the night before last.

His soul has problems!

And before the pure Yang leader said this,

He had already seen that his soul had been sewn together, so he was definitely not referring to the stitching.

Zhang Yuanqing took a deep breath and thought for a moment before asking:

"What was the important thing he said he was going to do back then?"

"He didn't tell me."

"What use are you? Forget it, you were just a little loli back then..." Zhang Yuanqing had another question:

"Do you know about the Xiaoyao (Carefree) organization?"

"Yes, that was the organization my father and your father had in their early years," Palace Master Zhisha said:

"In my memory, my father's health was always bad and he often needed Life Nectar to maintain his condition. Once, my mother complained to him, mentioning the Xiaoyao organization in her words."

She tilted her head and recalled: "She said that it was because my father was fooling around with 'that group of people' in Xiaoyao that he contracted an incurable illness."

Speaking of this, she smiled and said: "The interesting thing is that Zhang Zizhen, like my father, suffered from chronic illnesses."

"So, what did that group of people in the 'Xiaoyao' organization do back then?" Zhang Yuanqing said

"Anything else?"

Palace Master Zhisha thought for a moment and said:

"After I became a Lingjing Xingzhe, I almost never heard of the Xiaoyao organization again. To be precise, after your father and my father died, this organization disappeared."

"The information about this organization is probably only known to the official and the older generation of Lingjing Xingzhe. I haven't actively investigated it."

"Haven't actively investigated it?" Zhang Yuanqing glanced at Palace Master Zhisha and said faintly:

"Who are you trying to fool!

"You've been investigating the truth about the extermination of the Chu family for so many years. How could you let go of this clue?"

"I'm not trying to fool you. I really don't know," Palace Master Zhisha giggled and looked at him with her chin in her hand.

Zhang Yuanqing was at a loss for a moment and could only use his own brain.

His soul was torn apart, which was likely related to his father, Zhang Zizhen. When he was born, his father gave him something, and it was this thing that caused his soul to become abnormal in high school.

To verify this guess, he first needed to know more about his father.

He asked, "How much does my mother know?"

Palace Master Zhisha said, "She's just an ordinary person. What do you think Zhang Zizhen would tell her? Knowing less doesn't mean safety, but knowing more is definitely not safe."

"It seems I have to investigate myself." Zhang Yuanqing fell into thought again.

The current breakthrough is the Xiaoyao organization.

Perhaps by finding out the truth about the disappearance of this organization, he could find out what his father and Chu Shang did back then and why they contracted the same disease.

Then, he could follow the clues and find out what important thing his father did back then.

In addition, Zhang Yuanqing was very concerned about the enemy his father mentioned.

Was this enemy referring to the Night Rose or someone else?

Zhang Yuanqing believed it was the latter. The reason was simple. What the Night Rose wanted to seize was the "Mother Goddess Uterus" to revive their leader.

Back then, Palace Master Zhisha was just a little baby who had just learned to wipe her own butt and wasn't even a Lingjing Xingzhe yet. It wasn't enough to make the Night Rose chase after her relentlessly.

The Night Rose and the Military God Sect still had a lot of prestige.

Thinking of this, his thoughts were very clear. There were two things in front of him:

First, would his spiritual body be torn apart again?

Second, what exactly was the thing his father left him, and would the so-called enemy target him?

These were major events related to his own safety and must be investigated clearly.

He couldn't wait until danger came to his door before reacting.

"Will my spiritual body be torn apart again?" he asked.

"Your mother found medicine for you. Originally, as long as you persisted in taking it, you would be fine. I didn't expect you to become a Lingjing Xingzhe later, so you don't have to worry anymore. As your level increases, your spiritual body will slowly heal."

Palace Master Zhisha rested one hand on her cheek and stirred her coffee with a small spoon.

"Is the thing my father left me still in my spiritual body, or did it leave when it tore my soul?" Zhang Yuanqing was more concerned about this.

Palace Master Zhisha shook her head!

Since you don't know if the thing is still there, how can you be sure that my spiritual body won't have problems again? This woman is really hiding some information... Zhang Yuanqing was very cunning. The question just now,

was both a genuine

doubt and a test.

"Was my father killed by the enemy he mentioned back then?" He took a sip of the warm coffee.

"Your mother said it was a car accident. Your uncle collected the body. I was only eleven or twelve years old at the time, and I didn't even attend your father's funeral. How would I know how your father died? You can ask your mother," she pouted.

Zhang Yuanqing "Oh"ed and quickly listed a plan.

One: Search the official database for information about the "Xiaoyao" organization.

Two: Call his mother and talk to her frankly.

Three: Go to the zoo in the middle of the night and secretly communicate with the zoo's artifact spirit under the guise of visiting the Magic Eye.

The third item was too risky and would be reserved for backup for the time being, because he was not the real Zhang Zizhen after all. If the artifact spirit found out that it had mistaken him and was disappointed and furious, or if the Dog Elder noticed, things would become very passive.

There was likely another hidden reason for the Dog Elder obtaining the zoo. He couldn't be careless.

"I've asked everything I wanted to ask," Zhang Yuanqing finished the coffee in his cup and stood up. "Thank you for your frankness. Hmm, can I call you Sister?"

"No!"

"Why?"

"No means no." Palace Master Zhisha refused coldly and ruthlessly, then softened her tone and said, "If you need help during your investigation, you can contact me."

"Okay." Zhang Yuanqing was about to use the Star Teleportation technique when he suddenly remembered something: "Eh, that's not right!"

The expression under Palace Master Zhisha's mask suddenly became tense. She pursed her lips, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Yuanqing first thought about the logic, and then said:

"You've known me for many years, but I don't know you.

"What's the problem?" she said with a smile.

"But ever since I met you, you've been calling me a male favorite and wanting to marry me immediately. But you know Zhang Yuanqing. What does that have to do with me, Yuanshi Tianzun?" Zhang Yuanqing narrowed his eyes:

"When I met you, I was disguised. How did you know that Yuanshi Tianzun was Zhang Yuanqing?"

Palace Master Zhisha was stunned for a second or two and said:

"Since I want to see you, wouldn't I investigate you? You were disguised when you met me, but was Wang Qian disguised when you met him? He described your appearance, so I naturally knew that Yuanshi Tianzun was Zhang Yuanqing."

"That makes sense." Zhang Yuanqing had nothing to say and turned into starlight and teleported away.

Palace Master Zhisha sat alone in the cafe. After a while, she pulled out her phone from her chest and edited a message:

"Your son knows that I sewed his soul together."

The message was sent, and after a dozen seconds, a text message replied:

"Did you tell him?"

Palace Master Zhisha edited a message expressionlessly:

"He had an accident the night before last and his soul had a problem, so he read my memory fragments. I was startled by him just now. I thought he really knew everything. Fortunately, I was able to get away with it. Next, he will investigate Zhang Zizhen's past."

"Stop him! Don't investigate. It's very dangerous!!"

"I can't stop him. Besides, I also agree that he should investigate. You stopped me from investigating the extermination of the Chu family back then. Are you still going to stop him now?" Palace Master Zhisha replied.

There was a long silence on the other side, and then a reply: "I will turn off my phone for the next few months."

Fu Family Bay Villa.

Zhang Yuanqing returned to his bedroom, turned on his computer, and logged into the "Yuanshi Tianzun" account.

He searched the official database for the word "Xiaoyao".

A lot of information was searched out, including item names, Lingjing IDs, and even research plans.

But none of them were what he wanted.

So he logged into Guan Ya's account and searched for "Xiaoyao". He found that the search results had not changed at all.

I can't find it, and Guan Ya is

a Saint, a patrol captain, and her authority is even higher than that of an ordinary garrison enforcer. She can't find it either?

Zhang Yuanqing didn't believe that the official would not have recorded an organization that had been powerful twenty years ago.

Uh, it seems that the Five Elements Alliance hadn't been established at that time? No, even if the Five Elements Alliance hadn't been established, the five major gangs would have their own databases. After the merger, the previous data was discarded?

He believed that it was likely that the account's authority was not enough.

Information that enforcers were not qualified to view could only be found by Fu Qingyang!!