Chapter 2185 - 2188: Shenyue's True Identity Revealed

Led by Zuo Yuanhao, Qin Tian arrived at Maple Leaf Mountain.

Earlier, Xiaozhuang's scouts had already reported to Qin Tian that when the Fourteenth Prince entered West Capital City, he was alone.

So Qin Tian also didn't bring any guards, came alone with Zuo Yuanhao to the agreed meeting place.

In a bamboo loft on Maple Leaf Mountain, the Fourteenth Prince was living there, having already waited for Qin Tian for quite some time.

"Senior Brother, His Majesty has arrived."

Before the small bamboo loft, Zuo Yuanhao reported to the Fourteenth Prince, "I've already said everything I could say. As for the rest, I believe that now, at this point, it can finally be spoken."

Zuo Yuanhao looked at the Fourteenth Prince, prompting him.

The Fourteenth Prince took a deep breath, slightly closed his eyes, and said, "Since you've pushed the words this far and I'm already here, I know very well what I should say."

Zuo Yuanhao no longer spoke, just nodded slightly and withdrew.

After going downstairs, Zuo Yuanhao invited Qin Tian to go up.

The two of them went upstairs; the Fourteenth Prince looked at him and gave a faint smile: "Now that you've become Emperor, you've gotten fatter."

Hearing this, Qin Tian was dumbfounded for a moment, then also returned a faint smile and said, "You, on the other hand, haven't changed."

The Fourteenth Prince said, "Sit. I don't know what my junior brother told you, but today, now that you've come here, some of the things I'm going to say may shock you, may be unexpected—you'd best be mentally prepared."

Qin Tian gave a wry smile: "You've already shocked me. Zuo Yuanhao is your junior brother?"

This was something Qin Tian had never imagined.

How could the lofty Fourteenth Prince and Zuo Yuanhao be fellow disciples? That connection shouldn't exist at all!

Besides, the Fourteenth Prince had always presented himself as someone who only knew how to read books and didn't know Cultivation—could it be that he secretly cultivated?

Secret cultivation, and he actually managed to avoid the gaze of everyone in the Imperial Palace?

Thinking it over carefully, Qin Tian felt that Zuo Yuanhao's strengths lay in his stratagems; as for his cultivation, that could only be considered fairly ordinary.

But the Fortieth Prince—no, the Fourteenth Prince—according to what Gongsun Sanniang reported when she was monitoring him back then, could appear and disappear like a ghost, his cultivation unfathomably deep!

These two men are fellow disciples?

Qin Tian found it very hard to put that together.

"He really is my junior brother."

Seeing Qin Tian's astonished expression, the Fourteenth Prince wasn't surprised. He said, "We both studied under the same teacher. It's been many years; he is Long Yin, and I am also Long Yin."

"But I feel your cultivation is just too far apart," Qin Tian said bluntly.

"Yes."

The Fourteenth Prince said, "Our teacher, in his entire life, only took on two disciples: one disciple to learn Martial Arts, one disciple to learn letters. In the end, Teacher discovered that I had more talent in Martial Arts, and he had more talent in learning literature, so Teacher set our paths for us accordingly."

One civil, one martial?

Qin Tian had never encountered such a truly bizarre person, who only took two disciples and taught them two completely different things.

Moreover, the Fourteenth Prince's Cultivation Immortality Talent didn't seem to be inferior to Qin Tian's—at the very least, they were evenly matched.

Zuo Yuanhao's talent for strategy was almost omniscient in astronomy and geography; that level of intelligence was something even Qin Tian had to admire.

In this world, just what kind of person could have the ability to teach two disciples who were both outstanding and yet utterly different?

"You're curious about my teacher?"

The Fourteenth Prince was formidable in martial strength and not lacking in intellect either; seeing Qin Tian's shock and deep thought, he easily guessed what was in Qin Tian's mind.

"Yes, I'm curious what kind of person your teacher is."

The moment Qin Tian spoke, he suddenly thought of something, and his expression changed dramatically!

This time, the change on Qin Tian's face was very obvious; the Fourteenth Prince saw it at a glance and laughed: "No need for me to say it—you've already guessed it. Yes, it is exactly as you think."

"Haha… hahahaha…"

Upon hearing this, Qin Tian burst out laughing.

"I've always, always wondered who that Mister Shenyue, who controlled Long Yin for decades and was so mysterious he came and went without a trace, really was. Heh, I never expected—he's actually your teacher?"

Qin Tian was completely bewildered, shaking his head, feeling that many of his suspicions over the years had all been wrong.

"Your teacher's real name is also Mister Shenyue?" Qin Tian asked.

The Fourteenth Prince nodded.

"So there's actually such a high-level expert in the Spiritual Domain, able to effortlessly train you and Zuo Yuanhao?"

Qin Tian was truly fascinated.

The Fourteenth Prince said, "My teacher is not a person of the Spiritual Domain."

These words directly dispelled all of Qin Tian's doubts.

Indeed, how could such a figure come from the Spiritual Domain?

Qin Tian had previously seen this masked Mister Shenyue make a move; those so-called top experts of the Dragon Slayer Department were completely nothing in front of him—within the snap of a finger, they were turned to dust!

At that time, Qin Tian had even trailed after him, only to be discovered effortlessly.

"Then I'd like to know: why did Mister Shenyue create Long Yin?"

Following the information the Fourteenth Prince was revealing, Qin Tian's guesses and doubts were multiplying.

The Fourteenth Prince had come here this time with no intention of hiding anything; he would answer whatever Qin Tian asked.

Back then, he'd told Qin Tian that once the time was ripe, he would tell him everything.

Now, just as Zuo Yuanhao had said, the time was ripe.

The Fourteenth Prince said, "My teacher and Long Jun were once very good friends. He knew Long Jun's character very well. When he saw Long Jun harmed by the Ice Emperor, he was furious and unwilling to accept it, so he wanted to avenge Long Jun. Not only did he want revenge, he wanted to destroy the Ice Emperor's rule, to make the Ice Emperor, from the moment he ascended the throne, forever live in fear and unease."

No wonder.

If it were just about avenging Long Jun, with Mister Shenyue's martial strength, he could likely have directly charged into the Imperial Palace—as long as he didn't alarm those Elders of the Elder Council of the Tianyuan Dynasty, the Ice Emperor would have been hard-pressed to withstand him.

Yet Mister Shenyue chose another method of revenge. He wanted the Ice Emperor, because of Long Yin, to remember what he'd done to Long Jun for the rest of his life, never knowing peace!

There's no doubt Mister Shenyue succeeded.

However, while the Fourteenth Prince was speaking, Qin Tian noticed that when the Fourteenth Prince mentioned the Ice Emperor, his face was completely expressionless, as if he had no connection to the Ice Emperor at all!

This was what Qin Tian was most curious about.

After all, the Fourteenth Prince was the Ice Emperor's son, yet he'd actually joined Long Yin, which Mister Shenyue had created specifically to oppose the Ice Emperor?

"You… what exactly is your relationship with the Ice Emperor? Other than you not being his son, I truly can't think of any reason you'd join Long Yin, whose goal is to kill the Ice Emperor…"

Before Qin Tian could finish, the Fourteenth Prince chuckled.

"You really did guess right," the Fourteenth Prince said with a faint smile, "The Ice Emperor is indeed not my father. I've known that since I was young, etched into my heart."

Qin Tian saw that when the Fourteenth Prince spoke of the Ice Emperor now, not only was there no guilt, his tone even carried hatred!