"But at the time, the three of us brothers didn't think there was anything wrong with it. In the universe, we were the only life forms, and the other planets were just plants. We never considered the possibility of other life appearing."
"For some reason, one day Kong suddenly said, 'Everything is meaningless, I am going to seek the truth of the Great Dao,' and then he disappeared. Afterwards, the universe entered billions of years of development and prosperity, and all of you so-called Realm Lords appeared one by one. The three realms, six realms, seven realms, all came into being, and the entire universe was filled with different life forces. Yu and I realized that Kong, back then, had cut off too many possibilities," the old man recalled the past bit by bit.
"All of you Realm Lords, without exception, are basically among the most original life forms from the beginning of the universe. Pangu, Nuwa, Fuxi, and you, Heavenly Emperor, were all among the first beings to exist. And you, should be considered the first human in the true sense of the word."
"When Yu and I saw how you developed to gradually approach us, and bit by bit began to touch the Great Dao, we finally understood that everything in this universe was full of possibilities, and we also suddenly understood why Kong had disappeared."
"You've all heard about why he joined the army back then, haven't you?" Zheng Jianguo continued to ask, still observing his three sons.
He was old, and his other skills hadn't improved much, but his ability to observe people had indeed become much better.
Even the slightest clue could be seen clearly by him.
The three nodded in unison. Lin Xiao's past incident was no secret, especially the fact that the Nangong family had sacrificed many people to the Lin family. They had also heard about it.
"Now, a piece of information has been placed before me," Zheng Jianguo said. The air in the entire office began to condense, and immense pressure bore down on his three sons. He stared at them, "There is a recording here, and in the recording, someone claims to be a member of my Zheng family, and has also used the identity of my Zheng family to force the Nangong family to obtain the cultivation technique inheritance of the War God Lin back then."
"What?"
Upon hearing this, the three reacted almost identically, all of them utterly astonished.
They had never imagined such a possibility.
How could this be?
"Dad! Is someone trying to frame us in this matter?" The eldest spoke first, stating with absolute certainty, "Our Zheng family members don't need that cultivation technique, and we haven't even thought about acquiring the Lin family's technique!"
From a young age, they had entered the army for training. To be honest, they didn't even know what inheritances the Lin family possessed, let alone trying to snatch them.
The most crucial point was that if they truly desired something, they would have taken it themselves, rather than going through such a convoluted process to find the Nangong family and then have them find someone to retrieve it.
This was not something a member of the Zheng family would do.
"I know, I understand better than all of you," Zheng Jianguo nodded, also believing his sons. Over the years, their conduct had been upright, and they were incapable of such actions.
"So, we must find out who did this now! And clear our Zheng family's name!"