“Pah pah pah——!”
Shen Wuyou couldn't help but applaud her talent for lying with her eyes open and making sense, and exclaimed in admiration:
"Great! Absolutely brilliant! This is a truly perfect explanation, from the motive and purpose, to the method of committing the crime, to the process of clearing suspicion... I'm afraid even the parties involved don't know as much as you do, right?"
"What do you mean? Didn't I say there was anything wrong?" Yan Qingli stared at her with scorching eyes, full of confidence, vowing to overwhelm her with his momentum.
Shen Wuyou yawned lazily, with a hint of boredom: "How should I put it... this is just a guess, and a ridiculous guess full of loopholes and far from reality..."
She analyzed:
"You keep saying that this has nothing to do with the ghosts. Then let me ask you, why are these ghosts, all of whom have cultivation levels above the Xuan level, here? Aren't they here to harm the people in this city? Or do you think the ghosts are so nice, just here for a stroll and a little intimidation?
"Yes, ghosts don't have mouths or fangs, so they couldn't bite those two holes. But why did those two holes have to be made with teeth? Ghosts' nails are also powerful weapons. Why couldn't they deliberately poke the two holes with their fingertips and then blame others?
"After all... apart from large beasts, who else has such large fangs and such a wide mouth?
“Everyone initially thought it was a demon, but that was because there was still a faint demon aura lingering on his neck, and I was the only demon in this city.
"But precisely because I am the only demon of my race, everything I pass by, everything I touch, the bed I sleep on... could be contaminated with demonic energy, and it could only be my demonic energy.
"In this situation, no matter where I pass by and a disaster occurs, everyone will immediately think it's me, that I'm responsible. Even if the evil spirit in some places dissipates, they might gather it from somewhere else and sprinkle it on the crime scene, and then point fingers at me.
"For example, since you spend every day with me, it wouldn't be difficult for you to collect a little bit of my demonic energy? Wouldn't it be difficult to secretly sprinkle it on that person's neck?"
Yan Qingli sneered, "How ridiculous! Why would I wrongly accuse you?"
"Then I have to ask you." Shen Wuyou spread his hands and said innocently, "Anyway, you are not the real Yan Qingli, but a cuckoo in the magpie's nest. It's normal for you to lurk among this group of people with some unknown purpose, right?
"While using Yan Qingli's identity to provide you with convenience, you are secretly achieving your ulterior motives... Hmm... Let me guess...
“For example, alienate the team, dilute their friendship, shift the team’s focus to yourself, and then defeat them one by one;
“Or to put it in a broader sense, to alienate the relationship between the two countries, create conflict, cause war, and then profit from it;
"Going back further, which tribe sent you as a spy? You learned that Xuwang Mountain was about to begin searching for the eight sacred artifacts, so you lurked here, spreading the message, hoping to stop the seal of the ferocious beast Hunyuan..."
“Ahhh~” Shen Wuyou suddenly covered his mouth in a dramatic manner, looking terrified as if he had accidentally discovered some important secret: “What should I do? It seems like I suddenly knew something incredible!”
Everyone: “…”
I was speechless, but I had to admit that Shen Wuyou had a point. If this imposter really had such intentions, or if there was someone else behind this, then the situation would be serious.
Fortunately, they had only just learned about the Eight Sacred Artifacts and had only managed to collect one, the Peony Axe. Even if 'she' had any ideas, she couldn't do anything with it at the moment.
I just hope... the news of this matter won't be leaked too much...
Seeing that everyone's faces were becoming more and more serious, their brows were furrowed, and their eyes were becoming colder and colder, it seemed that they really believed what Shen Wuyou said!
Yan Qingli's panic could no longer be concealed. Her pupils suddenly constricted, and her lips instantly lost their color. Her face was momentarily filled with panic. After barely suppressing it, her trembling lips still stubbornly roared out without giving up.
"You're talking nonsense! This is all just your imagination!"
Shen Wuyou, however, remained unmoved, raising the corners of his lips, his eyes slightly curved, with a hint of malicious smile...
The hesitant and skeptical crowd finally came to their senses after seeing her like this. Especially the hot-tempered Long Aojun, who struck with such ruthlessness that his blade sliced through her fair neck, causing a faint ooze of blood.
A burning pain suddenly struck her neck. Yan Qingli looked at Long Aojun in disbelief, his eyes filled with anger. She had never thought that he would actually hurt her...
The real sadness and grief in his eyes almost overflowed from his eyes. Seeing this face that looked exactly like his lover making such a sad and chilling expression, Long Aojun felt a pain in his heart, and the hand holding the hilt of the knife trembled slightly unconsciously.
"You...really want to hurt me?"
She looked so sorrowful and heartbroken, as if she had just witnessed some unforgivable and heartless man. For a moment, the usually quick-witted and unruly Long Aojun was speechless...
"I..."
"Okay, okay, it's true..." Shen Wuyu spoke at the right time to interrupt the "eye contact" between the two, and also interrupted the heartache and regret that was about to arise in Long Aojun's heart.
Seeing Long Aojun suddenly come to his senses and then become even angrier, Shen Wuyou sighed silently in his heart, then shifted his gaze and looked at that elegant face with amusement, his tone full of sarcasm:
"Are you a fool? You're already panting after hearing a few compliments? Don't you think about it? If you were acting so convincingly, why would those people around you actually draw their swords against you? You're just making a fool of yourself, and you're still smug about it, thinking it was a perfect act... Ha, how ridiculous!"
Hearing this, Yan Qingli seemed to finally remember something, and began to play the victim to those around her, sometimes expressing her friendship to Bai Yumo, sometimes expressing her love to Long Aojun...
However, despite his earnest words, he received only a strange and sarcastic stare.
Seeing this, Yan Qingli's uneasiness grew stronger and stronger. In a moment of anxiety, she blurted out:
"Long Aojun! I have treated you well, and we have a harmonious relationship. We have a deep affection for each other! Moreover, the marriage between our two countries is a serious matter and cannot be wronged! Do you really want to kill me?! If I am hurt in the slightest, the Yan State Mansion will not forgive you! And the Northern Yan State will definitely not forgive Huang Quan!
"Do you really want to cause a conflict between the two countries?! Do you really want to put the people of Phoenix Power into an era of chaos and war? Do you have the heart to watch them become displaced because of you, to watch them die in the war because of you, to watch their country be destroyed and their families be ruined because of you?!
"How could you bear it!!!"
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