Parents in Name Only
"Ren Yisheng, I know you're hiding in here, come out!"
The dead Ren Yisheng is completely different from the living Ren Yisheng.
The former dispelled Turkalando's resentment, allowing everything to return to its original state, while the latter left Turkalando with lingering resentment. When Ren Yisheng impersonated the new god of the Turkal tribe and became the mastermind behind Zhang Xuezhou and others, Turkalando became furious.
She still had many things she didn't understand, but that didn't stop Turkalando from questioning Ren Yisheng.
The fact that the other party is hiding in the Scarlet Alliance State has little to do with her, but the fact that they've caused trouble in the Thur Shrine is very likely some kind of trigger, which may one day lead her to experience the strange future that Zhang Manqian saw.
"Don't hide inside and keep quiet. I know your abilities are now beyond those of ordinary people; you're completely different from a normal person!"
"Kalan..."
"Shut up! It's one thing for you to cause trouble in the Scarlet Alliance State, but why are you coming here to cause trouble?"
If Ren Yisheng's arrival leads to Turkorando's death, and Turkorando ultimately succeeds to the chieftainship, that is a future she does not want to see.
While everything was still in its infancy, Turkalando felt it was essential to eliminate the risks.
This risk is undoubtedly a Ren Yisheng.
"Don't think I don't know your weakness. If you don't come out now, I'll throw these Soul Jade into the sea, so you'll never be able to use them for the rest of your life!"
"Well!"
Turcalando was not only aggressive, but also genuinely prepared to act.
Before Huang could even get angry, Ren Yisheng suddenly appeared.
What do you want to ask me?
His body treaded on the air, Ren Yisheng youthful body floated in mid-air.
Once his body is exposed and retracted, it doesn't matter what clothes he wears, which forces Ren Yisheng to tear off a piece of cloth to cover his lower body.
"You..."
Turkalando had considered many ways to meet Ren Yisheng, but each one was unexpected.
She had never seen Ren Yisheng alive and well. The first time she met this father in the biological sense, he was a corpse. And this time, the Ren Yisheng she saw was also abnormal.
Her pupils contracted slightly, and she looked at the six or seven-year-old child with a look of horror.
The other party appeared out of thin air in the palm of the statue of the god Tu'er, and also deviated from the form of an ordinary person, even floating without any support.
"Are you a human or a ghost?" Turcalando exclaimed in surprise. "Are you really Ren?"
"You look exactly like Corlando when she was young, but your temper doesn't seem as good as hers," Ren Yisheng said with a slight cough.
"You charlatan, get out of here right now!"
After being scolded by Ren Yisheng, Turkalando's temper flared up easily, and she immediately started trying to kick him out.
"Aren't we troublesome enough already? Do you want to cause us trouble again?"
"Your mother and I only had some medical exchanges; we never intended to harm anyone," Ren Yisheng explained. "Artificial embryo culture is a very normal experimental procedure. It's just that we didn't expect the world to move towards an era of genetic warfare, rather than an era where humans could overcome the challenges of reproduction and achieve in-vitro fertilization of the next generation. This is simply a mishap in the development of our times!"
"That's true," Turkelando followed, equally embarrassed. "It's normal for us researchers to cultivate the next generation ourselves. It just so happens that Ren's medical skills are also very high, and he's artificially cultivating..."
"Mom, don't speak up for him!"
"We don't have the kind of love you imagine, the kind that starts with passion and ends with abandonment," Ren Yisheng said helplessly. "Although I once liked Kelando, she was bound by religion, and I was similarly bound by worldly conventions. We both knew that everything would end without a trace, and in the end, we both rationally accepted reality."
"Then you guys..."
"If you've ever liked someone and then it ended, you won't care so much about love anymore. Besides, we each have our own beliefs, and we're too busy with so many things to do," Ren Yisheng said.
"But..."
"We are simply bound by our reproductive genes; the instinct to procreate remains unchanged, and we cannot escape the gaze of the world. Ultimately, through our individual upbringing, you came into being!"
"That's all?"
Turkalando found it hard to believe.
One is the chieftain of the Tur tribe, and the other is a professor from the Scarlet Alliance State, both belonging to the high-ranking group.
In Turkalando's heart, she always believed that her mother and this father had once had a passionate love affair, but were forced to separate for various reasons.
But she never expected that the two of them were a research team.
Even if they once had feelings for each other, they both let go of them rationally.
This was not the answer she had imagined, and she had no reason to continue to question her father harshly.
For a moment, Turkalando even felt a sense of loss, as if he were merely a tool.
"Fortunately, this world hasn't entered the era of embryonic gene cultivation that you imagine!"
Feeling utterly disappointed, Turkalando uttered another curt remark and continued his act of driving people away.
"Actually, you don't need to kick us out. We really do want to leave," Ren Yisheng said. "We're thinking of returning everything to you, including An Ran's position as the Holy Maiden Priestess!"
"What?"
Turkalando was startled.
In her view, if the future unfolds as Zhang Manqian envisions, it will most likely be a consequence of Ren Yisheng's actions.
But Ren Yisheng to leave voluntarily left her feeling somewhat helpless.
Clearly, her guess was wrong.
Ren Yisheng came, but Ren Yisheng is leaving again.
It is clearly unreasonable and arbitrary to blame Ren Yisheng for things that might happen years later.
"Are you really leaving?" Turkalando asked doubtfully.
"Really?" Ren Anran nodded and said, "Don't worry, we won't harm your divine authority or disrupt your order. This crown and this scepter can be returned to you now."
"But... something's not right!"
Seeing that Ren Anran and Ren Yisheng were really leaving, Turkalando couldn't help but feel anxious.
If Ren Yisheng and Ren Anran refuse to leave, Turkalando is certain that future events will be inextricably linked to these two.
But Ren Yisheng and Ren Anran really left, which left Turkalando without any possible direction to pursue the truth.
That was the future she knew, yet it was also a future she could not avoid.
She no longer knew how to solve this problem.
"You seem a bit strange. Has something happened?" Ren Anran asked.
"That's a question for Ren!"
Instead of answering, Turcalando began to recount the relevant events, even taking out the simple sketch drawn by Zhang Manqian.
"I don't know what's gotten into Kalando, but she just believes in the messenger you appointed. You just need to talk to Kalando and explain that it's all a psychological trick, and make everything clear," Turcolando said.
"You should know that I used to be a staunch atheist and would never do anything like being a divine messenger!" Ren Yisheng waved his hand and said.
"Then... what was this divine messenger called?" Turcorando asked.
"Zhang Manqian, Zhang Xuezhou's older sister, is the sister of that young man who came to our clan before. She was originally there to let Zhang Xuezhou glimpse his future, but she ended up glimpsing me instead!"
"She?"
Turkalando mentioned someone, which made Ren Yisheng hesitate a bit.
He doesn't believe in God, but he trusts that Zhang Xuezhou and Zhang Manqian won't make any outrageous statements.
Having known them for several years, he understood their character.
The presence of factors related to the Sinkhole No. 2 and Hongku also makes these two people stand out from the crowd.
Others might be considered charlatans for doing this, but Zhang Manqian is someone you could believe in.