Before?
Hua Mudan thought for a moment and said, "Before, he was the young master of the Chu Kingdom's Cold Sword Sect!"
Fox Linglong glanced at Peony and asked, "Did he tell you that?"
Peony shook her head and said, "Many people recognize him."
She remembered that when Li Taibai participated in the martial arts champion examination, many people from the original human sects of the Chu Kingdom also called him that.
Because he came from a third-rate power, many people didn't take him seriously at that time.
As a result, he shone brightly!
Even now, when Hua Mudan thinks about it, she is still happy for him!
Fox Linglong laughed and said, "Peony, you're too naive. Naïve and innocent, adorably silly, that's you."
"Just because many people recognize him, does that mean he is who he is?"
Hua Mudan was immediately taken aback. "Your Majesty, what do you mean by that?"
Hu Linglong narrowed her long eyes, then sneered, "How could a third-rate force like the Cold Sword Sect produce such a person?"
"Peony, considering that you are my sister who grew up with me, I won't keep you in suspense any longer."
"He wasn't actually the real Li Bai at all!"
"???"
Many questions flashed through Hua Mudan's mind; she felt like her brain wasn't working properly.
He is clearly Li Bai.
His Majesty, however, said that he was not Li Bai.
At this moment, Hu Linglong's cold laughter rang out again.
"While you were heading to the Cloud Realm, I captured that man named Bian Daque!"
"I used my unique secret technique to make him obediently answer some of my questions."
"To overthrow the demons and restore Chu is a very ambitious idea, but it sounds like a beautiful joke."
Bian Daque?
Peony was taken aback.
She remembered that it was the steward of the martial arts champion's mansion, who had a very good relationship with Li Taibai and even called Li Taibai "elder brother".
This time, Li Bai took Bian Daque with him on his expedition.
But Your Majesty said that she had already captured Bian Daque before. How could that be?
Looking at Hua Mudan's appearance, Hu Linglong sneered, once again feeling that she was innocent and naive.
Hu Linglong did not explain, but continued, "After capturing Bian Daque, I also invited the Witch King of my Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom to perform the Soul Summoning Technique on the corpse of Gu Jian, the eldest disciple of the Misty Sect."
"Guess who I invited?"
Hua Mudan knew about the Lich King, a being whose status was even higher than that of the Imperial Advisor.
The Lich King is very mysterious and never shows his true face.
But Hua Mudan knew that she possessed unpredictable abilities, even the power to communicate with the souls of the dead in hell.
Of course, getting her to help comes at a huge cost.
At this moment, Hua Mudan didn't know what price Hu Linglong had paid to get the Lich King to take action.
She didn't know why Hu Linglong mentioned Gu Jian, the eldest disciple of the Misty Sect, at this time.
But Hua Mudan had a vague sense of unease and asked with a frown, "Your Majesty, who did she invite?"
Fox Linglong glanced at Flower Peony and said, "I have invited Li Bai."
"???"
Many question marks flashed through Hua Mudan's mind again.
She found that her brain wasn't quite up to the task.
It's even on the verge of crashing.
She tried hard to think through Hu Linglong's words and understand them.
After a long while, she slowly came to her senses—
This "Li Taibai" is not the Li Taibai she knows.
Looking at Hua Mudan, Hu Linglong smiled and said, "It seems you've already realized some problems."
Seeing that Hua Mudan nodded, Hu Linglong continued, "The Lich King used a soul-summoning technique to extract Li Bai's soul from the corpse of Gu Jian, the eldest disciple of the Misty Sect. That's truly interesting."
"Peony, tell me. Gu Jian's body contains Li Bai's soul. And whose soul resides within Li Bai's body?"
Peony was dumbfounded.
Seeing that her brain was almost short-circuiting, Hu Linglong didn't make things difficult for her.
After glancing at a certain part of Hua Mudan's body, Hu Linglong sighed inwardly. Hua Mudan had indeed not escaped the rule of "big breasts, no brains".
But she seems to have gotten a size bigger recently, I don't know how she did it.
A strange thought flashed through her mind, and Hu Linglong returned to her wise demeanor.
She spoke in a cold voice, saying, "What's hidden there is most likely Gu Jian's soul."
"Or rather, it's not a matter of whose body harbors whose soul. The Li Bai we know is actually Gu Jian himself. He just used a method that even I don't know about to disguise himself and deceive everyone!"
"He thought he could fool everyone, but in the end he couldn't fool me!"
"..."
Fox Linglong smiled.
She had tested Li Bai many times, and Li Bai always managed to fool her.
Fortunately, she didn't give up.
Finally, we got the answer!
Now everything is back on track.
It was back under her control.
Upon hearing Hu Linglong's words, Hua Mudan's face turned extremely ugly.
If what Hu Linglong said is true.
That means Li Bai had been deceiving himself all along!
He had deceived himself for so long.
I can't believe I trusted him so much.
The peony flower looks like it's about to collapse.
Fox Linglong looked at Peony and said, "Peony, what's wrong? You look so pale. Even if Li Bai is a fraud, you don't need to be like this. Shouldn't I be the one who's sad?"
"Or perhaps, you've fallen for him?"
Hua Mudan was taken aback, and a blush unconsciously crept onto her alluring face.
Realizing her reaction, and fearing that Hu Linglong would notice something amiss, Hua Mudan's expression changed slightly, and she quickly said, "Your Majesty, I don't know what you're talking about... I... how could I like him?"
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