Li Mingke's mother?
He Banjian was on high alert.
Seeing that the girl opposite him was in a very wary and defensive posture, Li Zengqing slowly walked up to her.
Ignoring He Banjian's hesitation, Li Zengqing said, "I know what you did."
Seeing that He Banjian was ready to run away, Li Zengqing called out to her, "You don't need to be so afraid. I'm not blaming you. On the contrary, I should thank you!"
"Thank you for providing us with an excellent candidate."
She stepped forward, reached out and pinched He Banjian's chin, looking him over from left to right. "Not bad, almost exactly the same."
He Banjian's eyelashes trembled with nervousness.
Li Zengqing stared intently at those exquisite eyes that shimmered with iridescent colors.
"These eyes just entered your eye sockets, it must have hurt a lot. I have to say I admire you for being able to endure it and act like nothing happened."
He Banjian didn't know if this was a compliment, but it was clear that Li Zengqing already knew how she treated her daughter.
"You...did you know from the beginning?" Why wasn't she surprised at all by those eyes?
"Of course, she was born from me."
Li Zengqing's hand gently touched her eyes, his fingertips light, but He Banjian couldn't help but tremble.
"What...what are you going to do with me?" she asked, her voice trembling.
Li Zengqing, the head of the Li family in Pengzhou, is someone she absolutely cannot resist! I wonder what she will do to her? Will she kill her to avenge her daughter?
"Don't be afraid, I won't kill you."
Although Li Zengqing's voice was gentle, to He Banjian it was no less than a landslide or tsunami.
Don't kill her? Should we let her go? Or torture her?
"Thank you... thank you, sir..." she forced a fake smile.
In any case, let's soften our stance first!
"Hmm... I have to say, you've already faked eight or nine out of ten points, enough to fool anyone."
Li Zengqing touched her jawline, cheekbones, and temples.
"There are no signs of plastic surgery. You must have used some secret method, right? I must say, your technique is superb." Even she couldn't feel anything unusual at all. It was a face that had been there since birth.
"Your face was already eight parts similar, and with those exquisite eyes, it's nine parts more." She praised generously. "But you're still missing that last part. With that last part, you'll truly be a half-fairy."
He Banjian lowered his stance, "Please enlighten me, sir."
Over the course of time, she collected all sorts of information about Lin Banjian and tried her best to mold herself into Lin Banjian's image. However, she knew that she definitely had many shortcomings, while Li Zengqing's connections and methods were far superior to hers. Li Zengqing was definitely more knowledgeable about Lin Banjian than she was.
Moreover, her daughter is the reincarnation of Lin Banjian.
"Come with me, and I'll tell you what that last point is."
Should we listen to her and go with her?
Did she have a choice?
If she didn't agree, Li Zengqing probably would have gouged her eyes out of their sockets right now and killed her without any mercy!
"This humble woman...is willing to follow you, sir."
She had no other choice.
"You're a smart kid. Don't worry, I'll make you the real Lin Banjian."
...
In the blink of an eye, the scenery changed completely. What was once a lush forest had turned into a shimmering body of water.
Li Zengqing stood on the blue waves as if walking on flat ground, with the waves surging beneath his feet.
"Welcome to Yingzhou Immortal Island."
Yingzhou Fairy Island?
What place is this?
But He Banjian didn't dare to ask. Following Li Zengqing's instructions, she carefully lifted her leg and stepped onto the water.
The soles of my feet were lifted up by a force.
Is this water an illusion?
"I forgot to tell you, seeing is not always believing when you look at things here."
"Yes... I will remember."
This fairy island of Yingzhou has quite a background. Just who is Li Mingke's mother?
Finally, land appeared before them, and a magnificent palace could be seen in the distance.
With his feet on the ground, He Banjian could feel the looseness of the soil. He thought to himself, "Now it's finally real, isn't it?"
Then, she followed Li Zengqing into the palace and saw her call out to the woman sitting at the very top: "Mother."
Mother?
He Banjian opened his eyes wide.
The woman simply nodded, and just as He Banjian was about to take a closer look, she was ushered aside by two young women dressed in gorgeous clothes.
"Miss He, our Holy Maiden has instructed that you please come with us."
She dared not have any other thoughts and followed the two maids away with her head down.
Who are these people? And who is the saint they're talking about?
After the two maids led her to a secluded courtyard, they turned and left. Then she heard the sound of a lock being put on, and the two maids did not go far, but stayed in front of her door.
Are they afraid she'll run away?
Finally able to rest, she touched her eyes with her hand again.
Her eyes seemed unaccustomed to her body, burning with pain every second.
She gritted her teeth and endured it.
This pain was nothing to her.
Back then, in order to become the real Lin Banjian, she underwent a complete transformation of her entire body, which was truly a living hell.
She didn't know how much longer she would be locked up in this room. The stinging pain in her body made time seem to stretch out indefinitely. She closed her eyes and endured every second of torment. She dared not touch anything in the room, not even the teapot on the table, even though her lips were dry and chapped.
Just as she was trying to distract herself by recalling unpleasant memories, she heard the unanimous "Sir" at the door, and she knew someone had arrived.
Li Zengqing quietly looked at the pale-faced woman who was trying her best to endure it. After a long while, she spoke, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
He Banjian opened his eyes, "My lord."
She became uneasy again, feeling apprehensive about the unpredictable future.
Those eyes were so captivating and beautiful that Li Zengqing examined them closely once again after seventeen years.
Seventeen years ago, when she held her newborn daughter in her arms, she was first shocked when she saw those exquisite eyes that shone with iridescent light, and then she was filled with fear.
The initial joy of birth has vanished.
She feared that because of these eyes, her daughter would once again bear the same tragic fate as in her previous life.
She was afraid that her daughter would be taken away by someone else.
But seventeen years later, the weight on her heart was finally lifted, and someone was there to take on the difficult future for her daughter.
"What I'm about to say is currently known to only five people: me, my mother and husband, and the Demon Lord—but now, one more person will know."
“He Banjian, of course, I believe you didn’t have this name before, but I don’t care what you were called before. Anyway, now that you know about this, you have to bear a heavy fate.”
Are you ready?
Li Zengqing's unusually serious demeanor sent a chill down He Banjian's spine.
Besides them, is this something only the Demon Lord knows?
What is it?
"I...I'm ready." She swallowed. Despite her incredibly dry mouth, she couldn't help but salivate at those words.
"You've achieved nine out of ten points, but you're still one point short, and that is—"
"A fragment of Demon Lord Luan Hua's soul."
A fragment of Demon Lord Luan Hua's soul?
...
The magnificent palace welcomed a familiar distinguished guest.
"Young master, everything is ready and we're just waiting for you."
The newcomer removed his hood, revealing a face as beautiful as jade.
It was Li Mingke's father—Wu Xilan.
He was overjoyed to receive a message from his wife that he finally had a chance to remove the time bomb from his daughter's body.
Seventeen years ago, Li Mingke was just born when his eyes terrified his entire family. When he learned that Demon Lord Luan Hua had sensed something and was heading towards Pengzhou, he gritted his teeth and used half of his cultivation to suppress the call of that soul.
Fortunately, Li Mingke was a newborn and his body was delicate, so the power of that soul was not fully released, which allowed him to suppress half of his cultivation.
Now, the years of fear and anxiety are finally coming to an end!
Thinking of this, his steps became lighter.
He first went to see his daughter, Li Mingke. The girl was lying on the bed with her eyes closed and her brows furrowed. He felt heartbroken when he saw her.
"Brother-in-law, you're here." A young woman who was taking care of Li Mingke by his bedside stood up when she saw Wu Xilan.
"Thank you for your hard work, Shuangshuang," he said to the woman.
This person is none other than the Holy Maiden of the Dragon Roar Clan, Li Zengqing's younger sister, and Li Mingke's aunt—
Dragon's Roar, Frosty Breeze!
"My sister has prepared everything and is just waiting for my brother-in-law."
Wu Xilan nodded and gently hugged her daughter. "Let's go over there now!"
On the other side, Li Zengqing said to He Banjian, "I will take that soul from Li Mingke's body and put it into your body, so that you can deceive the Demon Lord and become the real Lin Banjian."
"But before that, I want to make a deal with you."
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