Sensing that something was wrong with Daoist Zhi He, Lin Ke rose to his feet, literary qi surging around him as he guarded himself warily.
"I..."
Daoist Zhi He fell silent, bitterness written all over his face.
Lin Ke frowned. "Are you all right?"
Something was off about Daoist Zhi He, and it had started when he mentioned Lin Xuanji.
"I... I am Daoist Zhi He. I am..."
Daoist Zhi He gave a bitter smile. "I am Feng Yu's younger brother, Feng He, and also your younger brother... Lin Zhi."
Even Lin Ke struggled to wrap his head around those words.
He knew Feng He-that was Daoist Zhi He's name.
The Yaochi Saintess's real name was Feng Yu, and her younger brother was Feng He.
But the Lin Zhi that Feng He spoke of...
A possible answer came to Lin Ke, one he could scarcely believe.
"When my mother was pregnant with me, Lin Xuanji came..." Bitterness deepened at the corners of Daoist Zhi He's mouth. "I was... one fetus with two souls."
Feng He was Lin Zhi!
"You never knew, all these years?" Lin Ke found it hard to believe.
He had never heard of anything like this in his previous life, and this was his first time learning of it in this one.
At the same time, he glanced toward the Stonefolk who had already vanished into the distance, frowning in thought.
That had not been Daipan.
It was Shi Yi!
And in this relationship, Daoist Zhi He might not even be the one in control, nor was Shi Yi necessarily the subordinate!
I've fallen into a trap. Lin Xuanji...
Unease stirred within Lin Ke.
The next instant, without waiting for the anguished Daoist Zhi He to answer his question, he grabbed him and set off after Shi