Gu Qingze hesitated for a moment, and finally asked, "Feng Ying... I want to know why Ling Xiao was suddenly controlled by the Heavenly Dao?"
Feng Ying looked at him, a hint of amusement in his eyes: "Why do you ask that?"
Gu Qingze explained, "Because if it's so easy for Heavenly Dao to control him, then it shouldn't have to worry about the Son of Heaven deviating from the plot. Wouldn't it be fine if they could just control him directly? So, I guess Ling Xiao must have been suddenly controlled by Heavenly Dao."
"You may have misunderstood," Feng Ying said. "I'm not asking you for these reasons. I want to know why you're asking me this question. What's your thinking?"
Gu Qingze thought for a moment, then repeated what Feng Ying had said: "Because you... know everything?"
Feng Ying shook his head and said firmly, "You are not just suspicious of this. Gu Qingze, you are doubting me and suspecting my involvement in this matter."
Gu Qingze didn't deny Feng Ying's accusation because it was the truth. He didn't intend to lie because he knew he couldn't fool Feng Ying. Just like before, he had only selectively avoided topics that were not so friendly to him.
Seeing that he was silent, Feng Ying knew that this was Gu Qingze's silent answer.
He sighed helplessly and said, "Well, what happened today... let's call it an unexpected development. It was indeed partly my doing."
"But please believe me, this was not my intention. The way things turned out was completely beyond my expectations."
"Gu Qingze, do you still remember the Dream Valley when you entered the Qingyun Sect's secret realm?" Feng Ying asked slowly.
"...Dream Valley?" Gu Qingze nodded.
Although that experience brought his relationship with Ling Xiao closer and allowed him to obtain the Dream Pearl, it also caused Ling Xiao to be affected by the so-called contaminated "Original Spirit".
Therefore, he did not have a good impression of Dream Valley.
Wait... the polluted "Original Spirit"?!
Gu Qingze suddenly looked at Feng Ying: "...illusion, origin spirit? What's the connection between them?"
Feng Ying nodded. "Your guess is correct. According to the original plot, Chu Lingxiao should have obtained the uncontaminated Origin Spirit here as one of his golden fingers. However, something unexpected happened."
He paused, then continued, "Although I have been trying to conceal the fact that the plot has deviated, the Heavenly Dao has still noticed. It has asked me to perform some operations on the Origin Spirit in an attempt to correct the deviation of the plot."
"I wonder if Chu Lingxiao has mentioned to you that he encountered another Chu Lingxiao who was completely different from him in the illusion?" Feng Ying asked.
Gu Qingze nodded. "When I learned about this, I thought it was a disorder of time and space, causing Chu Lingxiao in the original time and space—that is, the time and space without my intervention—to meet Chu Lingxiao in the current time and space."
"Actually, there's no such thing as the original future time and space," Feng Ying explained. "That's just something Heavenly Dao deliberately conjured up using its power to put everything back on track. It's just its ideal vision of what Chu Lingxiao should become."
"Heavenly Dao hopes to use this method to shake Chu Lingxiao's heart and make him waver."
"But unexpectedly, Chu Lingxiao remained unmoved and unaffected. Therefore, Heavenly Dao allowed me to implant the contaminated Origin Spirit into Chu Lingxiao's body."
"After implantation, the contaminated Origin Spirit can subtly influence Chu Lingxiao's thoughts at any time." Feng Ying continued, "More importantly, this leaves a 'thread' like something for the Heavenly Dao, giving it the opportunity to control Chu Lingxiao's behavior."
Gu Qingze asked anxiously, "If we leave this 'thread', does that mean that Tiandao can control Lingxiao at any time?"
Feng Ying shook his head and explained, "Of course not. My goals are different from Tiandao's, and I certainly won't completely obey Tiandao's orders. The reason I did that at that time was to temporarily appease Tiandao."
He paused and continued, "The 'thread' I left behind is actually flawed. It's only a temporary 'thread'. The Heavenly Dao can only use it once. In other words, after it controls Chu Lingxiao once, the 'thread' will break and become ineffective."
Gu Qingze's mood became a little complicated: "Since you knew about this matter a long time ago, and knew that Ling Xiao might be controlled by the Heavenly Dao, then why did you say that this incident was beyond your expectations?"
Feng Ying sighed and explained, "I just didn't expect that Tiandao would use such a method at this critical moment, and even disregard the continuity of the plot."
"I've been extremely careful, never revealing your identity, and never letting the Heavenly Dao become suspicious of me. But why is its killing intent towards you so strong?"
Gu Qingze laughed at himself and said, "Maybe it's because... I'm positioned as a villain in the plot."
Unexpectedly, Feng Ying analyzed the situation seriously after hearing this: "That's definitely not the case. According to the plot, it's far from the time when the villain needs to die."
Gu Qingze smiled slightly and said, "Actually, these things are not the most important."
"What really concerns me is... Feng Ying, are you sure that the 'thread' can only be controlled by Tian Dao once, and that you haven't left anything else that could allow Tian Dao to control Ling Xiao again?"
Feng Ying nodded almost without thinking, and answered affirmatively: "No, and after this incident happened, just in case, I specially conducted a comprehensive special examination on Chu Lingxiao."
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