He was one of the children chosen by the Five Elements Spirit Pearl.
Then why had he survived the evil spirits without a single protective talisman on him?
"Because my parents protected me with their lives, and Duke Yan helped keep them from being harmed by your evil spirits. After I turned three, I had different parents..." Liu Zi Xing said slowly.
"Impossible. Even if someone kept your parents safe, you had no protective talisman on you. After you changed families, the evil spirits should have continued hunting you. How could you possibly..."
Gu Ming could not make sense of it.
But when he remembered that this child's mother was Liu Wan, dread began to rise in his heart, and a suspicion quietly took root.
Could it be that the evil spirits could no longer touch him because Liu Wan had adopted him?
Liu Wan had subdued him at the Divine Temple, and his baleful aura could not affect that woman in the slightest.
Even Sister Wan, that formidable little darling, was Liu Wan's daughter.
Could it be... that Liu Wan was...
"And you said you never harmed me! You didn't just want to hurt me-you wanted to hurt my parents too!" Liu Zi Xing raged, his eyes reddening.
He could not accept that someone he considered a friend was the very culprit who had once tried to harm him and now wanted to harm his parents.
"I'm sorry. We stand on opposing sides. Harming you was never my wish. But now, these two assassins before you want to kill me. I can't simply refuse to fight back..."
Gu Ming lowered his eyes and apologized, then continued, "Besides, they know something I want to find out. There is no way I will let them leave."
His master, Jiyan, was still