Yu Chuan looked on in surprise and reached out his hand toward the ball of flame.
As he approached, the Crimson Divine Fire instantly burrowed into his finger and disappeared.
Yu Chuan froze, as if he were frozen in place, completely motionless.
Shu Jianyue looked at her and asked, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Yu Chuan snapped out of his daze, shook his head, and looked at Chong Jiu, asking, "Is this all there is to the contract? Is it really that simple?" He had thought it would be complicated because Chong Jiu had been so cautious before.
The truth was exactly as he thought, but he didn't know why it turned out this way. Fortunately, it was an easy contract.
Chong Jiu stood up, looked down at Yu Chuan and said, "Take these few days to go into seclusion, get familiar with his presence, and you two can also develop a tacit understanding."
After Yu Chuan nodded, he and Shu Jianyue left the small cubicle.
Shu Jianyue went out to find Yan Xi and the others, promising to tell them what happened next, and naturally she couldn't go back on her word.
Knowing that she was going to find Yan Xi, Chong Jiu didn't go with her. "Yueyue, give me that spear. I'll go back and take a look."
Shu Jianyue blinked and moved the spear out of her spatial storage. She couldn't lift it, but she could still move it.
Chongjiu took the spear and returned to his bedchamber.
Shu Jianyue walked over to Yan Xi, and actually didn't have much to say. She just told them everything they wanted to hear.
Of course, Tao Ling concealed her search for a body in hopes of being reborn, only telling the story of the Yayu Beast.
Shu Jianyue glanced at them and said, "Just take this as a story, don't spread it around. If this gets out, it will have a bad impact."
She was even more afraid that someone with ulterior motives would try to take advantage of her to find the Yayu Beast Monster, only to be devoured by its spirit and suffer immeasurable consequences.
As soon as she finished speaking, Yin Yue transmitted her voice to her, saying that Wei Sheng, Nan Lan, and Lian Sheng had arrived.
Lian Sheng had gone to the Upper God Realm to investigate matters, while Wei Sheng Nan Lan was dealing with the remaining matters of the temple, so she did not move to the Spirit Beast Sect with them.
Now that the two of them have come together, does that mean everything has been resolved?
"Mother, what's wrong?" Yan Xi asked when she saw her mother lost in thought.
Shu Jianyue shook her head and said, "It's nothing. Wei Sheng, Nan Lan, and Lian Sheng are here. Mother will go and see them."
Shu Jianyue arrived at the main hall of the Spirit Beast Sect and saw Wei Sheng, Nan Lan, and Lian Sheng sitting inside. She smiled and asked, "Is everything settled?"
Wei Sheng Nan Lan stood up first, bowed and said, "It's all done. The new God Lord has been appointed, and I have officially withdrawn from the temple."
"However, this new god seems very amiable. I don't know if he's faking it or if he really is."
Lian Sheng was a step behind him, and she also stood up and bowed.
Shu Jianyue glanced at Lian Sheng, a flash of surprise crossing her eyes, then smiled and nodded, "Whether he's faking it or not, we just need to avoid contact with him."
"If he comes knocking on our door, we're not afraid of him at all."
"Now that everything over there has been taken care of, let's move to Zunlong Peak. We can discuss the rest when your father returns."
"Yes, Madam Xie." Wei Sheng Nan Lan nodded with a smile. All his things were in his storage ring. He could simply check in after receiving the invitation.
Shu Jianyue turned to Lian Sheng and asked with a smile, "Lian Sheng, how's the investigation into the Upper God Realm going?"
Lian Sheng paused for a moment, glanced at her, and then glanced at Wei Sheng Nan Lan.
Wei Sheng Nan Lan looked at him with some surprise, not understanding what his look meant. Was there something that he and his wife couldn't know?
It's one thing if he can't know, but what about his wife?
"What's wrong? Can't you tell me?" Shu Jianyue smiled at him, her expression unchanged, but she had already confirmed it in her heart.
Lian Sheng thought for a moment and shook her head, saying, "No, it's just that we didn't find anything this time or last time."
"Oh, it seems there are things that are inconvenient for me to know." Shu Jianyue said, narrowing her eyes.
"Do you need me to summon the deity for you?"
Lian Sheng's eyes lit up, but she did not nod immediately. Instead, she said, "I cannot make the decision on this matter. Please forgive me, Madam."
"Oh, what kind of important matter is it that even I cannot know?" Shu Jianyue said, giving Wei Sheng Nanlan a wink.
Wei Sheng Nan Lan immediately stepped forward, grabbed Lian Sheng, tied her up, and then threw her in the center of the main hall.
Lian Sheng sat on the ground, completely bewildered. "What are you doing?"
Shu Jianyue got up and came to stand in front of him, looking him over. Then she frowned and asked, "Who let you out?"
Lian Sheng's eyes flashed, and she feigned innocence, "What do you mean, 'released'? Didn't the God Lord order me to go to the Upper God Realm to handle some business? Even though I didn't complete the mission perfectly, I shouldn't be locked up like this."
"Heh, Lian Zheng, you must have gone mad from being in that statue, do you really think that I, a celestial being, can't see through your little tricks?" Shu Jianyue took out a used, unwashed chopstick and lifted his chin.
"Are you unaware of the gap between yourself and Lian Sheng, or what? Are you so confident that I won't discover your problem?"
Wei Sheng Nan Lan squatted down beside her, examining the 'Lian Sheng' in front of her. "Madam, what is his relationship with Lian Sheng?"
Shu Jianyue looked at him in surprise, "You didn't know?"
Wei Sheng Nanlan shook her head, "Know what? Is there something that happened in between that I don't know about?"
Shu Jianyue shook her head. "Alright, his name is Lian Zheng, and he is Lian Sheng's younger brother."
"Their mother is mentally ill. She abandoned a son like Lian Sheng, sealed Lian Sheng away, and promoted this idiot to a higher position."
"That's a difference of several hundred years, how come you didn't notice anything wrong?"
Wei Sheng Nan Lan thought back carefully. It had been several hundred years. At that time, Lian Sheng suddenly took a long leave of absence. When she came back, she was a different person. She was no longer close to him and did everything in a very proper and conventional manner.
But gradually he stopped getting close to him, and he didn't pay much attention to what happened to him afterward.
They got back together after the arrival of the deity.
"So, he was impersonating Lian Sheng all along?" Wei Sheng Nan Lan was completely stunned.
Then he looked at the fake 'Lian Sheng' in front of him again, "It's one thing that they look the same, but how come their cultivation levels are the same too? How did you tell them apart?"
Lian Zheng also looked at Shu Jianyue, wanting to know where she had gone wrong.
Shu Jianyue stood up and sat down on the chair next to her, saying, "Lian Sheng has never looked down on me. He will tell me the truth about anything I want to know."
"He was secretive, his eyes were wandering, and his demeanor was different."
"Even if he somehow managed to make his cultivation level as high as Lian Sheng's, it's still fake, and he can't match her aura."
Lian Zheng sat there dejectedly, her head hanging low. This was indeed something they hadn't expected, or perhaps they chose to ignore it because they couldn't change it.
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