Chapter 43

This middle-aged man was none other than the Great Hero Guo Jing, who guarded Xiangyang, and that little boy was surnamed Yang, named Guo, courtesy name Gaizhi.

Walking halfway, Guo Jing and Yang Guo took a short rest and found a stone tablet behind a pine tree.

Covered by long grass, the words "Changchun" were vaguely revealed on the stone tablet.

Guo Jing's heart stirred, and he brushed away the long grass; on the stone tablet was engraved a poem, which was exactly written by Changchunzi Qiu Chuji.

He looked tightly at this poem, couldn't help but be slightly distracted, and thought of the various past events in the desert more than ten years ago.

Seeing Guo Jing stunned, Yang Guo couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Guo, what is written on this stone tablet?!"

Upon hearing this, Guo Jing said, "This is a poem written by your Patriarch Qiu; he, the old man, saw that the world was full of disasters and felt very sad."

Thus, Guo Jing explained the meaning of the poem and added, "Patriarch Qiu is a person who has attained the Dao, and his martial arts are even more superb, but what is truly admirable is his compassionate heart for all people."

"Your father was the Patriarch's proud disciple back then. Looking at your master's face, Patriarch Qiu will definitely treat you well; you need to study martial arts diligently, and you will surely become a great talent in the future."

Listening to Guo Jing's words, Yang Guo's heart stirred, "Uncle Guo, I want to ask you one thing. How did my father die?!"

Upon hearing this, Guo Jing's face changed slightly, thinking of the past events in the Iron Spear Temple, his body couldn't help but tremble slightly, and he was silent and sad.

Yang Guo followed up and asked, "Who killed him?!"

Guo Jing's expression returned to calm, but he still didn't answer.

Seeing this, Yang Guo suddenly recalled that every time he asked his mother about the cause of his father's death, his mother always had a strange expression and avoided answering.

Although he was young, only fourteen or fifteen, he was exceptionally intelligent and knew that there must be a hidden story, but Uncle Guo Jing was very close to him, and Auntie Guo, although she was also very gentle to him, always inadvertently revealed a look of fear and helplessness in her eyes.

This made Yang Guo feel more and more that something was wrong, "My father was killed by you and Auntie Guo, wasn't he?!"

Upon hearing this, Guo Jing was suddenly furious, raised his palm, but suddenly slapped it heavily toward the stone tablet, and asked sternly, "Who taught you to ask such nonsense?!"

Guo Jing's martial arts had long reached the Heavenly Man Realm, and the "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms" he learned were even more extremely rigid and yang. Although he didn't use the "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms" now, in his rage, his palm power roared, and he actually shattered the stone tablet into pieces.

Seeing Guo Jing angry, Yang Guo quickly lowered his head and said, "Nephew knows he was wrong, I won't dare to ask nonsense in the future, Uncle Guo don't be..."

"Why are you admitting your mistake?!"

"Although your father was not a good thing, as his son, asking your father's killer how your father died, what's wrong with that?!"

"I can tell you seriously! Yang Guo! Guo Jing is your father's killer!"

Just when Yang Guo was admitting his mistake, a crisp child's voice came.

The person who arrived was Li Changsheng; he had finished reading some books and was cultivating, and in an instant, he arrived halfway up the mountain.

Just when Li Changsheng was preparing to go back, he suddenly saw two figures appear: a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, tall and broad; and a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy with delicate features.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Li Changsheng's heart stirred, and he understood the identities of these two: one was Guo Jing, who guarded Xiangyang, and the other was the future Great Hero of the Divine Eagle, Yang Guo.

However, what was different from the plot Li Changsheng knew was that in this comprehensive martial arts world, Guo Jing's wife was not Huang Rong, but Mu Nianci.

Yang Guo's mother had become the snake-catching woman Qin Nanqin.

Of course, this was because Li Changsheng saw records and rumors in the martial arts world that Guo Jing's wife was Mu Nianci, not Huang Rong, and had doubts in his heart, so he asked Qiu Chuji.

Qiu Chuji didn't say anything at first, but was finally forced by Li Changsheng using the "Supreme Heavenly Demon Dao" as an experiment to reveal many hidden stories.

Yang Kang was still the little prince of the Sixth Prince of the Jin Kingdom, roughly the same as the development of the original plot.

The changes were: after Guo Jing left the desert, he didn't meet Huang Rong, who was disguised as a beggar, but saved a beauty during a martial arts competition.

Yang Kang used the "Nine Yin Bone Claw" to kill Han Baoju of the Seven Freaks of the South, and the truth was revealed by Mu Nianci in the Iron Spear Temple; Yang Kang was furious and wanted to kill her to silence her, but Guo Jing, who arrived, saved her in his anxiety and killed him by mistake.

As for Yang Guo's mother, Qin Nanqin, she was originally a snake-catching woman who was abducted by the Iron Palm Gang and offered to Yang Kang, and was finally insulted by Yang Kang.

"You... what did you say?!"

"Uncle Guo is my... father's... killer?!"

Hearing Li Changsheng's words, Yang Guo's lowered neck suddenly stiffened, and he looked up in disbelief and asked.

Looking up, he saw Li Changsheng, who was actually a child, and immediately raised endless suspicion about Li Changsheng's words, "You... what nonsense are you talking about, a little child?!"

"I... I actually almost believed your words."

"Uncle Guo! I'm sorry! You treat me so kindly, how could you be my father's killer?! I... I shouldn't have doubted you..."

Yang Guo apologized to Guo Jing again.

However, Guo Jing looked at Yang Guo with a complex expression, somewhat not knowing what to say.

After all, Yang Guo's father, Yang Kang, was indeed killed by him by mistake.

But he couldn't explain it at this moment, but looked at Li Changsheng earnestly, his heart vigilant, "Who... exactly are you?!"

He saw that although Li Changsheng looked like a child, he emitted the aura of a Great Grandmaster, and he stood in the air; this kind of light-body technique was even more superior.