The ugly truth behind his past problems

Li Qingzhao looked at Zhan Chen with a puzzled look on her face. She could see that Zhan Chen was serious and she had never seen her son so serious before. Zhan Qingyue and little Tao also looked at Zhan Chen with curious expression on their faces.

"Mother, I actually never intended to talk about this with you but I want to make sure of something. So, I am asking for your forgiveness in advance", Zhan Chen looked towards his mother.

He knew his words would reopen the wound in his mother's heart but he also wanted her to learn the actual truth. So, he asked for her forgiveness in advance.

Li Qingzhao furrowed her brows slightly but she still nodded her head. There was a questioning look on her face as she looked towards Zhan Chen.

"Mother, does Ziming Yue has anything against us?", Zhan Chen looked towards his mother.

"Ziming Yue, which Ziming Yue? Are you talking about your aunt?", Li Qingzhao asked with a puzzled expression on her face.

"Yes mother, I am asking about that aunt of mine", Zhan Chen nodded his head.

"Why are you asking? Has she done something to you?", Li Qingzhao furrowed her pretty eye brows.

"Mother, have you noticed one thing? I couldn't progress in my cultivation no matter how hard I have tried", Zhan Chen spoke with a profound look on his face.

Li Qingzhao nodded her head as it was the exact problem that was bothering her since a long time. Zhan Chen was initially a talented child. He attained the Meridian opening realm while he was only twelve but he had no progress since then.

They had consulted with many alchemists but all was in vein. Everyone was telling that Zhan Chen was normal but his talent most be worst. As, he couldn't progress a step even after cultivating for years.

"Do you know mother? From when I couldn't cultivate?", Zhan Chen looked towards his mother.

Li Qingzhao shook her head as she was not sure about what happened to Zhan Chen.

"I couldn't cultivate since that incident in uncle's palace", Zhan Chen whispered in a low voice. There was a serious look on his face as he looked towards his mother.

Li Qingzhao became flustered after listening the words of Zhan Chan. "Chen-er, what do you mean by it? You can't slander your uncle like this. He was harsh to you but you can't blame him. Both of you kids had indeed gone overboard at that time ", she blurted out.

"When did I say anything against uncle?", Zhan Chen looked at his mother with a smile.

Li Qingzhao became speechless for a while then something struck her brain.

"Is it Ziming Yue? But how is it possible? She didn't do anything against you", Li Qingzhao looked at him with a confused expression on her face.

"Mother, My convergence meridian was fractured but I have not found it until now. Now that I have recovered I can get a quick breakthrough. Then you will understand everything", Zhan Chen replied.

"Convergence meridian? Even if it was fractured how can it be healed? Chen-er, are you trying to fool me", a trace of anger appeared on the face of Li Qingzhao.

"Mother, please check my body with your essence energy", Zhan Chen show his palm to his mother.

Li Qingzhao had a sceptical look on her face but she still took a look. She placed her hand on Zhan Chen's and inject a trace of her essence energy into the palm of Zhan Chen.

She closed her eyes and started to check the said meridian of Zhan Chen.

"How is it possible?", she murmured with a panicked expression on her face. Few moments later, her shock turned into exhilaration as her eyes welled up.

"It is good. Chen-er, God has not abandoned us yet", she held the hand of Zhan Chen with an agitated expression on her face. Drops of tear slid past her pretty looking face as she looked towards her son.

"Aunt, what happened to Zhan Chen?', came the agitated voice of Zhan Qingyue.

"Qingyue, your brother's body has recovered", Li Qingzhao spoke while trying to hold her tears.

"You don't know the exact condition of your brother's body but it was very severe. I thought without a third level or fourth level healing pill, he couldn't recover", Li Qingzhao explained to Zhan Qingyue.

"It was so severe! How dare the Gu clan treat little Chen like this", Zhan Qingyue spoke with agitation and fury. She knew that the Gu clan had beaten Zhan Chen severely but she thought It was just some broken bones. Now that she had found out the exact condition, she felt agitated like never before.

"Big sis, Am not I fine now? So, why are you making such a face?", Zhan Chen spoke with a smile. Seeing his dazzling smile, Zhan Qingyue became dazed for a moment. Then her face reddened as she lowered her head.

"Mother, big sis, little Tao", Zhan Chen called out every one present.

"Please keep my recovery secret to everyone. If outsiders know about my recovery, it will cause a ruckus", he spoke with a serious looking face.

Li Qingzhao knew the gravity of this matter, so, she immediately agreed. Zhan Qingyue also wouldn't leak such a thing. Although she was a little clumsy before Zhan Chen, she was originally the most genius girl of Red cloud city. She grasped the situation immediately. Little Tao didn't understand such complex matters but she was absolutely loyal to Zhan Chen. She wouldn't say anything unless Zhan Chen permitted.

They left soon after so that Zhan Chen could take some rest. Before leaving, Li Qingzhao informed him about her relationship with his aunt.

According to her, Ziming Yue wanted to pair her with one of her brothers but she rejected firmly. Since then, she was holding a grudge and show her maliciousness by ruthlessly attacking Zhan Chen.

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The morning sun sprinkled it's golden rays on the Red cloud city. Zhan Chen opened his eyes and sat up. After a good rest, he was feeling better.

He tried to move his hands and felt absolutely fine. Then he stood up and stretched his limbs. "Looks like my body has digested the medicinal essence", Zhan Chen thought to himself.

He shook his head after recalling the lie he had fabricated to fool his mother. He said her that a mysterious expert came in his dream when he was in a coma. Since then, many profound techniques of alchemy and various profound cultivation methods kept appearing inside his dream.

Although Li Qingzhao felt sceptical about his words but she still accepted his explanation as it was the only thing that could explain his mysterious recovery.

"Now it is time to focus on my cultivation", he thought to himself.