"What do you mean 'try your best'? You absolutely must do it." Kachir said solemnly, "The crown in Shang Liuyu's hands is not only related to whether we can open the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons, but some later levels also require her abilities, so you must do it!"
Zuan was astonished; it turned out that their elaborate scheme to deceive Shang Liuyu was all for this reason.
They actually knew what else was inside the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons. What situation required the use of Shang Liuyu's abilities?
Unfortunately, these doubts can only be kept to themselves for the time being.
“Okay, but we need to come up with a comprehensive plan on how to do it.” Zuan looked somewhat worried.
"Don't worry, we'll cooperate with you to put on a good show. Also, I already have a plan on how you'll impersonate the real Dragon King," Kachir said while thinking. "We'll use the incident of the human capturing the Queen and receiving a reward as an opportunity. We'll say that the real Dragon King was lying in ambush in the cave at that time, and that we'll take advantage of the fake Dragon King going in to find the Queen to launch a sneak attack and replace him."
Zuan was terrified. If he hadn't heard the outline of the other party's plan before, he would have even suspected that the other party had seen through everything about him.
His face darkened: "You don't suspect me, do you?"
Kachiel chuckled awkwardly, "What are you saying? I had some doubts at first, but I quickly realized it was just a misunderstanding. And it was precisely because of this little incident that I was able to come up with such a reasonable plan. This is the only opportunity to make Shang Liuyu believe that you are the true Dragon King."
"How could that be so reasonable? In such a short time in the cave, even if the True Dragon King launched a sneak attack, it would be difficult to subdue me. With such an obvious flaw, how could Shang Liuyu not be suspicious?" Zu An snorted, but at this moment he felt a strange sense of absurdity.
What kind of mess is this? He was just pretending, but the other party's schemes coincided with his own, and yet he had to keep finding fault with them in order not to be suspected.
“This is indeed a hidden danger. It can be explained as the Mermaid Queen and the True Dragon King launching a sneak attack together. There just happened to be some magic arrays in the cave. They took advantage of the situation and managed to succeed in a close call.” Kachir chuckled. “If you say that, I’m starting to believe you’re a fake Dragon King.”
Upon hearing the mockery in the other person's words, Zu An was somewhat impressed with himself. The most ingenious deception is not about deceiving others, but about having others actively fill in the blanks and help you perfect the details of deceiving them.
“That’s still a bit far-fetched,” Zuan pondered, “and we’d need the Queen’s full cooperation as well.”
“So it depends on your abilities. You’ve completely won over the Queen these past few days,” Kachir laughed. “Do you want me to get you a few more bottles of Dew of Ecstasy? Tsk tsk tsk, speaking of which, the Dew of Ecstasy was collected by the True Dragon King with great effort, intending to use it on someone else—his wife. He never expected that someone else would end up using it on his own wife. You’ve really benefited from this.”
Zuan: "..."
Hearing the strong sarcasm in his words, he even felt a little sorry for the True Dragon King.
Sigh, the only thing we can do now is to take good care of the Queen for him.
"Go back and be with that beautiful queen, work hard, and when you feel you've completely won her over, we'll begin our plan," Kachir chuckled.
Zuan thought for a moment and said, "Secretly send someone to take good care of Shang Liuyu and don't torture her. This way, it can be seen as the True Dragon King secretly helping her."
Kachir's eyes lit up, and he nodded subconsciously: "Your idea is good. Let's do it this way. It's time to lay the groundwork."
Hearing that he had agreed, Zu'an breathed a sigh of relief, and then, urged by the other party, had no choice but to return to his palace.
At this moment, Shang Hongyu was sitting lazily on the edge of the bed, dressing up in front of the mirror.
She looked languid and beautiful, but she was currently covering her face and staring blankly, seemingly thinking about something, with a complex emotion mixed with shyness and sweetness occasionally showing on her face.
After seeing Zuan enter, she snorted coldly, "Get out, I don't want to see you."
These words were spoken to the palace maids at the door.
The blanket slipped down, revealing her satin-like skin, but her usually fair skin was covered in red marks today—the marks left by a night of rough treatment.
Zu An waved his hand, signaling the palace maids to step back.
He then sat down next to her and said, "Your acting is quite good."
Sensing his approach, a hint of fear flashed in Shang Hongyu's eyes, and she instinctively moved to the side, seemingly worried that he would bully her again.
However, just as he made a move, his brows furrowed slightly, and his body stiffened involuntarily.
"What's wrong?" Sensing her unease, Zu'an quickly helped her up and asked with some concern.
"How dare you ask!" Shang Hongyu rolled her eyes. "How did you treat her yesterday? You were such a rude man, you didn't know how to be gentle with a woman at all!"
She was very curious whether the other person was even human. After all, she had the physique of a Grandmaster and was a mature woman, yet she was bullied so badly by him.
Zuan gently cupped her delicate chin with his fingers: "Although you won't admit it, your body told me last night that you really liked it."
Shang Hongyu was extremely embarrassed and punched him repeatedly: "You bastard, were you pretending to be such a gentleman before? I've really gotten on your pirate ship."
Zuan said irritably, "I'm the one who got on your pirate ship, you were the one who was trying to provoke me before."
To be honest, this woman had been taking pleasure in teasing him all this time. Although he was able to control himself, he couldn't help but feel a little lustful inside.
Last night's outburst was partly a way of retaliating for all the flirting she'd endured these past few days, and seeing if she could still be as smug as she usually was.
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