h4Chapter 706: Chapter 711: The True Identity of the Secret Leader/h4

    "Not bad, I really want to know, how do you know my father, and what is your rtionship with him?"

    "Actually... I not only know your father, but I am also very close to him."

    Close?

    Hearing this word, Ling Chen was slightly startled and did not react for a moment. Noticing Ling Chen’s strange gaze, porridge girl realized her choice of words was inappropriate and quickly corrected herself: "No, don’t misunderstand, I mean, your father is my Master, that’s why our rtionship is quite close."

    "He is your Master?" Ling Chen was suddenly taken aback. He had never imagined that there was such a rtionship between his father and porridge girl.

    "Yes. I don’t want to keep it from you, you have actually met your father a long time ago, do you remember? Many times a man iming to be from the Secret Society hase to see you, he is your father."

    "What?" Ling Chen widened his eyes, somewhat unable to believe it all. That mysterious man from the Secret Society who imed to be his father’s friend was actually his father.

    Why... knowing that he had waited for him for so many years, and now being so close, why couldn’t he acknowledge him? Thinking of this, Ling Chen felt a mix of emotions, and it was an unpleasant feeling.

    Seeing the change in Ling Chen’s eyes, porridge girl spoke, "Don’t think too much, Master doesn’t disregard you, on the contrary, he values you so much that he hid his identity and refused to acknowledge you. Unfortunately, he originally wanted you to lead an ordinary life, but you still got involved. Master once said, when everything is resolved, he wille to meet you. But ns can’t keep up with changes, the actions of the Secret Society provoked the fierce retaliation of the God Organization, and even the experts of the Heavenly List were dispatched, which led to Master being captured."

    "You can’t be telling me that my father is the mysterious leader of the Secret Society?"

    Porridge girl nodded and said: "Yes. Although to the inner circle he imed to be a close follower of the leader, in reality, he is the true controller of the Secret Society, and he did so merely to conceal his identity."

    So that’s how it is!

    At this moment, Ling Chen finally understood the things he had been puzzled by before. He had wondered why the Secret Society suddenly agreed to help him unconditionally, it turned out to be because of his father. Including thest time Ling Kun found him and talked about the matters rted to the southern Ling Family. Ling Kun didn’t want him to get involved, as he wanted him to stay away from the family struggles.

    Thinking it over, Ling Chen looked at porridge girl and asked: "Do you know where my father is?"

    Porridge girl hesitated for a moment, then slowly shook her head and said: "Not sure yet."

    "Really?" Ling Chen stared into porridge girl’s eyes.

    Facing Ling Chen’s gaze, porridge girl appeared somewhat ufortable, slightly turned her head away, and said, "I have no reason to lie to you."

    "Well then, you..."

    "I’ve said everything I needed to, don’t ask any further, I still have very important things to do. If I seed this time, it won’t be long before I can reunite you with your father." After saying this, without waiting for Ling Chen to say anything else, porridge girl already ran towards the garden outside, and in a blink, she was out of sight.

    Watching the disappearing back of porridge girl, Ling Chen sighed silently.

    He could see that porridge girl was deceiving him just now. Porridge girl certainly knew Ling Kun’s whereabouts but chose not to tell him. Unfortunately, what porridge girl didn’t know was that he had long known his father was in the hands of Ji Gang.

    Back in his room, Ling Chen’s mind was still pondering the conversation with porridge girl. That mysterious man was actually his father, he originally thought that his father had forgotten about him, but it turns out he had always been watching his every move from the shadows.

    Father...rest assured, no matter the cost, I will definitely rescue you.

    ...

    Into the night.

    In Yangxin Pavilion, a dark shadow swiftly passed over the ground, heading straight for the deep parts of the valley.

    Upon reaching the valley, the shadow looked all around, seemingly in search of something. However, just at that moment, an elderly voice suddenly came from a tree branch: "Young girl, stop looking, you won’t find it."

    "Who’s there?" The shadow was startled and quickly looked up at the branches above. Instantly, an old man could be seen lying on a thick branch, holding a wine gourd with one hand, his face flushed, and a hint of drunkenness in his eyes.

    "You don’t need to know who I am. You just need to know that you won’t find anything in Yangxin Pavilion. Hurry up and leave, while the others haven’t discovered you yet. This ce is Yangxin Pavilion, not the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion. If others catch you here, the consequences won’t be pleasant. We never show mercy to those who trespass into Yangxin Pavilion."

    "You..."

    "Stop stalling, go on, don’t make it hard for this old man or for Ling Chen."

    "Ling Chen?"

    "Yes, he already guessed your purpose foring here, so he sent me a message, hoping I could help, to stop you. If you insist on taking action in Yangxin Pavilion, you’d be disregarding his kindness." After speaking, Du Kang jumped down from the branch, took a couple of sips of wine, then strode towards the thatched hut, saying as he walked: "Go on, don’t linger here. Since you’ve managed to get in, presumably you can also get out. I won’t see you off."

    Watching Du Kang’s figure gradually moving away, porridge girl’s expression suddenly became immenselyplicated.

    Could it be... Ling Chen knew about her purpose foring to the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion?

    ...

    The next morning, Ling Chen got up early, went to the windowsill, and stretched while looking out at the training field.

    Two days had passed, and today was the day to meet Du Kang at Yangxin Pavilion.

    Taking advantage of the early hour, Ling Chen went alone to the training field to loosen up his muscles.

    A day’s n starts with the morning; at this time, the training field was filled with martial artists practicing. Ling Chen chose a rtively high spot, swung a few punches to loosen up his body, then drew the Tianling de, practicing from swordy to swordsmanship, and only stopped when he was drenched in sweat.

    "Yo! Isn’t this Ling Chen, the first on the Neer List?"

    At that moment, a mocking voice came from not too far away.

    Ling Chen looked up and saw that the speaker was none other than Tong Nan. Ling Chen had met Tong Nan once during hisst visit to the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion and knew him to be a yboy, so the impression was deep.

    After ncing at Tong Nan, Ling Chen shifted his gaze beyond him to Song Yi and Liang Zheng standing behind.

    Liang Zheng remained his usual indifferent self. In contrast, Song Yi’s eyes held a trace of darkness toward Ling Chen, probably because he had lost to Ling Chen in a spar and was subsequently scolded by his master, Huang Zheng, which made Song Yi quite hostile towards Ling Chen.

    Seeing the three approaching, Ling Chen slightly furrowed his brow, then sheathed the Tianling de and turned to leave.