The moment those words were spoken, Lin Heng's eyes widened.
There was actually a Silent Parasol in Hedong Land!?
The issue had returned to square one. The Silent Parasol was a Primordial Spirit Wood. Its fruit was called the Fallen Parasol Fruit, incomparably poisonous—whoever ate it would drop dead!
But its branches could be eaten, and if planted in the soil, they could grow an Eternal Mulberry.
The Eternal Mulberry itself was worthless, but the Longevity Dao Fruit it bore was increasingly precious, so miraculous that even the dead might be reborn after consuming it.
Where there was an Eternal Mulberry, there was bound to be a Silent Parasol. Where there was a Silent Parasol, there would certainly be an Eternal Mulberry!
Now, it was known that the Silent Parasol had already been destroyed. At most, its trunk and branches had been preserved by people of the past.
So here came the question: if the Wei Family possessed an Eternal Mulberry, what was going on with the Silent Parasol in Hedong Land?
One had to know that only by planting a Longevity Dao Fruit borne by an Eternal Mulberry could a new Silent Parasol grow!
Moreover, a mature Silent Parasol required at least three thousand years to grow. The timeline would have to trace back to the era of the Martial Emperor. After all, the Literary Emperor's reign had been too short. From his ascension to the Female Emperor taking the throne, it had only been a little over a thousand years at most.
Didn't that mean the calamity of Hedong had been caused by human hands?
Lin Heng voiced his speculation. This was merely one possible answer.
Murong Ziyan's expression turned grave after hearing it. "What you said makes sense. This is exactly what we considered. Prince Qi and