Chapter 133 Misleading

Zhang Yuanqing's mind exploded with a "boom," as if a grenade had detonated inside, shattering his soul into fragments and grinding his consciousness into powder, leaving only a blank space. His ears rang with a persistent buzzing.

He didn't know how long it had been before Guan Ya's increasingly urgent calls jolted him awake. "Yuanshi, what's wrong?" "Aren't you at Fu Qingyang's villa? How did a portrait of the Demon Lord suddenly appear? What's wrong? Should I come over?" As a scout, Guan Ya keenly sensed something was amiss from Yuanshi's long silence. Zhang Yuanqing took a deep breath, trying to keep his voice from trembling, and said, "It's nothing, Sister Guan Ya, thanks for your help. I have something to take care of. I'll hang up now!"

He hung up the phone impatiently. The moment he pressed the "end call" button, he slumped back in his chair as if he'd been completely drained, gasping for breath. *The Demon Lord isn't dead. The Demon Lord is still alive. She… she…* If the Demon Lord isn't dead, what am I, the Demon Lord's successor?

Could there be hidden dangers with the character card on me? How could the Demon Lord have appeared so coincidentally that night and taken the small sun from the Fallen Holy Grail? The Demon Lord didn't kill me that night. He obviously knew I was the owner of his character card. If he didn't kill me, does he have other motives? Does Brother Bing know the Demon Lord is still alive? … Was it really Brother Bing who sent me the character card that day? All sorts of thoughts and doubts arose like bubbles, dense and chaotic, making it impossible for his brain to think calmly. The Demon Lord's appearance filled Zhang Yuanqing with deep fear, which overwhelmed his reason and prompted him to get up and walk towards the door—report to the organization, tell the Five Elements Alliance that the Demon Lord isn't dead, even if it means exposing my identity as the Demon Lord's successor!

Just then, the Elvis Presley speaker he had placed on the bedside table suddenly emitted a "buzzing" electrical sound. Then, a low, voice, as if suppressing some kind of pain, rang out, "For any Lingjing Xingzhe, only death can sever the binding of a character card. Even the five leaders of the Five Elements Alliance, the highest leaders of the evil organizations, are no exception…" Zhang Yuanqing, who had already grasped the doorknob, froze instantly. It was the voice of Grandmaster Wu Hen.

He remembered, he remembered the conversation he once had with Grandmaster Wu Hen. After the mysterious man took the "small sun," he had suspected in his heart whether the mysterious man was the Demon Lord, and he was deeply worried about it. So, the next day, he rushed to the Wu Hen Hotel in Jinshan City to ask Grandmaster Wu Hen, who was a Ruler. The answer he got was the audio that the Elvis Presley speaker had just played.

That's right, I clearly confirmed it, the Demon Lord is already dead… Zhang Yuanqing took a few deep breaths, his emotions stabilized slightly, and he released the doorknob and returned to the table to sit down. He pondered, thinking…

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"The master of the Taiyi School said that the Demon Lord is already dead! That strongest Night Wanderer of this era is even stronger than the five leaders of the alliance, and Yin Ji seems to have said that the master mainly cultivates the Star Official, who is known as all-knowing."

"Would such a person misjudge? Obviously impossible. Moreover, the Demon Lord is related to many big shots, the president of the Goddess Association, the White Tiger Marshal of the Five Elements Alliance… If the Demon Lord had the ability to deceive even them, then he wouldn't have needed to fake his death. Obviously, that's unreasonable."

People always believe what they want to believe. Zhang Yuanqing, as if he had grasped evidence, immediately overturned the possibility that the Demon Lord was still alive, and felt great joy and relief from it. "But the Ghost Bride shouldn't lie to me, and there's no need to lie…"

Thinking of this, two doubts suddenly emerged in Zhang Yuanqing's mind. First, the Demon Lord should have sensed the Ghost Bride at that time, right? How could he have let the Ghost Bride see his face? Second, the Demon Lord had entered Jinshui Amusement Park before, how could the Ghost Bride not recognize the Demon Lord?

Immediately, he gently exhaled a mouthful of Taiyin power beside him. The faint black yin energy fluttered and condensed into a beautiful figure wearing a wedding dress and a red veil. A bit glamorous, a bit eerie.

"Wife, I suddenly remembered something I didn't ask." Zhang Yuanqing looked at the portrait on the table and said, "Do you have any impression of this person?" The Ghost Bride stood still like a resentful spirit. No, she was originally a resentful spirit… She replied with a soft, but slightly erratic voice, "Husband, this one does not know this person."

Doesn't recognize… Zhang Yuanqing frowned at first, then suddenly realized that Jinshui Amusement Park was not an S-level dungeon before. It was affected by the Third Daoshan Niangniang that the difficulty level changed. And in the original version, the ghost marriage was not a must-play facility.

The Demon Lord and Brother Bing probably hadn't played the ghost marriage, or perhaps, the Ghost Bride was a low-level resentful spirit at that time, with low intelligence. Even if she had seen him, she might not remember. Speaking of which, I took away the Ghost Bride. The difficulty level of Jinshui Amusement Park might be downgraded to A-level. Forget it, who cares… Zhang Yuanqing said, "I understand, thank you, Wife."

At this moment, light footsteps passed by outside the door and gradually faded away. It should be a Miss Bunny passing by. From under the red veil, the Ghost Bride's delighted voice suddenly floated out, "There are many young and beautiful women here. Which one does Husband like? This one can possess her and consummate the marriage with Husband." Although the spirit realm gave her the setting of a bride waiting to be married, eager to choose a husband, the Ghost Bride was a spirit body and had no physical body.

Ah, this… Zhang Yuanqing then realized that the Ghost Bride had so many uses. Marrying a ghost was equivalent to marrying millions of beauties? He cleared his throat and said, "Having Wife by my side is enough to make me feel deeply satisfied." He quickly swallowed the Ghost Bride back into his abdomen.

With this interlude, Zhang Yuanqing's mood calmed down a lot, and his thoughts became clearer.

"If, if the mysterious person is not the Demon Lord, then why would he play the role of the Demon Lord? It's definitely not to show it to Black Impermanence, because there's no need to act in front of a dead person." Assuming the mysterious person sensed the Ghost Bride's peeping, then he was showing it to the Ghost Bride, but what's the purpose? He wanted to convey information through the Ghost Bride, to whom? To me?" "But he couldn't have predicted that I would return to Jinshui Amusement Park, nor could he have predicted that I would subdue the Ghost Bride… Wait, that person can disguise himself as the Demon Lord's appearance, he must know the Demon Lord very well, so could he also predict that I would obtain the teleportation jade talisman at some point in the future?"

The thinking is getting clearer and clearer, but in the end, all the doubts return to the original question—what is the purpose of the mysterious person impersonating the Demon Lord? And, what is the reason why he deliberately showed his face to the Ghost Bride? Compared to the initial confusion about who the mysterious person is, now, it is just a transfer from one doubt to another, without any progress in unraveling the truth.

"But at least there is a direction. The final answer is gradually unraveled by constantly collecting clues. Instead of considering the mysterious person's purpose, what I need to decide now is—should I pretend that nothing happened, hide this matter, or confess the truth to the organization and seek protection? Maybe the Five Elements Alliance can give me the answer." After thinking for a moment, Zhang Yuanqing weighed the pros and cons and chose to hide this matter.

Because no matter what the mysterious person is planning, what kind of purpose he has, at least he has not shown direct pressure and crisis.

And once the identity of the Demon Lord's successor is announced, the forces and big shots involved in the Demon Lord, which I already know, are beyond the protection of elder-level figures. Leaving aside the heavy fog, starting from the most core word "danger," anyone with a brain would choose the former. Wu Hen Hotel.

At half past four in the afternoon, after the peak period for delivering takeaways, Kou Beiyue finally had time to return to the hotel. He pushed open the glass door, first stood at the cold air vent at the door, and enjoyed the convenience of human high technology.

Then he sighed contentedly and walked to the front desk, saying, "Xiaoyuan, I've found out an important piece of information."

Xiaoyuan lowered her head and played with her phone, not even looking up, and perfunctorily "uh"ed. Kou Beiyue patted the marble counter angrily and said, "It's really important information."

Xiaoyuan "huh"ed and said, "Is it that Yuanshi Tianzun came out of the dungeon, or that the dungeon strategy caused a dispute between the Taiyi School and the Five Elements Alliance, or that the Demon Eye Heavenly King is missing, or that evil profession is killing people somewhere?"

"You, you these are all old news, mine is new." Kou Beiyue glared and said, "I found out that the evil organization is going to hold a summit in Jiangnan Province to discuss how to assassinate Yuanshi Tianzun. He's in big trouble!" Xiaoyuan had a "I knew it" expression on her face, put down her phone, and looked at him solemnly: "Which year didn't the evil organization hold a summit? Which year didn't they target the official's genius figures?" … Kou Beiyue choked, unconvinced, and said: "Forget it, I won't tell you, anyway, I've already agreed with the Human Blood Mantou to go to Jiangnan Province to participate in the summit under the pretext of participating in the killing dungeon." Xiaoyuan's cold face suddenly widened her eyes, and she said in a deep voice, "You want to participate in the summit?"

Seeing Xiaoyuan's face turn ugly, Kou Beiyue's momentum suddenly weakened, and he asked weakly: "Yes, yes… What's the problem? Don't worry, I definitely won't participate in the killing dungeon, I'm just tricking them, participating in the summit to find out information." Xiaoyuan sneered, "You're the smartest, the high-level of Lingneng Association, the Soldiers' School, and the Void Sect are all fools, and I'm also a fool. How could I teach you such a fool." Kou Beiyue was unconvinced, but he didn't argue with Xiaoyuan, who he regarded as his sister and mother. Xiaoyuan's face was serious: "The summit is not something that anyone can participate in. It requires recommendations from the three major organizations. There will also be other tests at the entrance. You are familiar with Yuanshi Tianzun, and you are also practicing with Grandmaster Wu Hen. You are not on the same path as them." "Once your identity is exposed, you will surely die!" Kou Beiyue's face changed immediately, and he said stammeringly: "There are other tests, the Human Blood Mantou didn't tell me about these…" Xiaoyuan snorted coldly, "Yes, why didn't the Human Blood Mantou tell you?" Seeing that Kou Beiyue didn't understand, Xiaoyuan, like a mother tutoring her child with homework, raised her voice hatefully, "He's testing you, wanting to see your background, your background, to see if there is a problem with you!" Kou Beiyue understood and said immediately: "Then, then I won't go." "Then the Human Blood Mantou will know that there is a problem with you, at least he will suspect you. Don't mess with him in the future, and you can't deliver takeaways anymore," Xiaoyuan said. Kou Beiyue nodded, but he was a little unwilling, and said: "I heard that the high-level of the evil organization issued a death order, Fu Qingyang and Yuanshi Tianzun, one must die. I originally wanted to sneak in and see what arrangements they have…" Xiaoyuan's face changed, and she changed her words: "It's not that there is no way for you to participate in the summit." Kou Beiyue was overjoyed and said: "What way?" "Ask for help from Grandmaster Wu Hen, he can help you hide from the evil organization's tests. When I was in the extraordinary realm, I went to the summit once. That time Grandmaster Wu Hen helped me, so I know that there is a test process at the entrance," Xiaoyuan said, leaving the bar and walking into the depths of the hotel. "Wait a minute" Kou Beiyue stared at her suspiciously: "Why did you immediately change your mind when I said that Yuanshi Tianzun and Fu Qingyang must die, aren't you afraid that I will encounter danger?" "No one will suspect that a fool like you is an undercover agent," Xiaoyuan replied calmly. Lying "Kou Beiyue said angrily, "Are you because of Yuanshi Tianzun? In your heart, am I not as important as Yuanshi Tianzun? Xiaoyuan, I treat you as… the most important person, but you only think about Yuanshi Tianzun." The word "sister" was swallowed back. "There's no such thing." "You do." "There's no such thing." 7:30 in the evening.

After having dinner, Zhang Yuanqing came to the computer. The screen was lit up, displaying the interface of the official internally developed conference software. Zhang Yuanqing skillfully entered the ID account and password of "Yuanshi Tianzun" and clicked login. Login successful.

The interface suddenly changed, appearing like a network class software layout, arranged like a miniature version of a large classroom overview. At the front was the "lectern," and underneath were portraits, matched with spirit realm IDs. Yuanshi Tianzun was in the first row, first seat, next to Zhao Chenghuang, and next to him was Sun Miaomiao.

In addition, he also saw familiar figures such as Tianxia Guihuo, Jiang Jingwei, Yuan Ting, Maoshan Taoist, and Guo Hezu. A total of thirty-eight people.

It is worth mentioning that Qingsongzi was imprisoned by the Five Elements Alliance for plotting against Yuanshi Tianzun in conjunction with Zhu Rong, and he missed the killing dungeon. At this time, the elders on the podium had not yet logged in, and the members were in a muted state. In the chat box below, a line of words jumped out: [Jiang Jingwei: Yuanshi Tianzun is here, let's change positions, I want to be in the first position.] [Little Match Boy welcomes Yuanshi Tianzun, Long Live Tianzun Old Man]

[Peony Fairy Yuanshi Tianzun, when you enter the killing dungeon, can I follow you] [Maoshan Taoist Hehe]

[Long Live White Tiger: The old man Tianzun is here, tsk tsk, when I enter the killing dungeon, I want to advance and retreat with Tianzun.] [Jiang Jingwei Don't type so fast, you've brushed away my words.