Zuan remained calm: "Oh? So you've already figured it out."
Now that things have come to this, there's no need to pretend anymore.
Both he and Shang Liuyu regained their original appearances.
"You don't seem surprised at all?" The Skin-Peeling Demon King was somewhat astonished.
“If you hadn’t put some kind of puppet-controlling corpse worm in the Dew of Freedom and our daily food, I might have actually been fooled by you,” Zu An sighed.
Upon hearing this, Shang Liuyu almost gagged. It turned out that there were corpse worms in the food he had been eating these past few days.
At the same time, she became increasingly worried, knowing that her sister had drunk Xiaoyao Dew several times in order to gain the other party's trust.
The Skinning Demon King's face was gloomy: "It seems I underestimated you. Since you say so, I suppose you have already dealt with those corpse worms."
Zu An smiled and said, "Of course, I don't want worms growing in my head, and I certainly don't want worms growing in my woman's head."
Upon hearing this, Shang Liuyu was overjoyed, but quickly realized that he was asking whether his "woman" referred to his sister or me.
Yes, he must be talking about my sister, since he's been my real brother-in-law these days.
"When exactly did you realize I was a fake?" Zuan asked curiously, considering his previous acting to be impeccable, if not flawless.
The Skin-Peeling Demon King didn't mind answering the question: "Back then, I wanted to target the Lord of All Changes, so I cast a spell on him. Unfortunately, after I came out of that cave, it was gone from his body, so I knew he had been replaced."
Zuan was somewhat impressed: "So you knew all along, but why didn't you expose me?"
"What good would it do to expose you? We couldn't find the Mermaid Queen before, and we couldn't think of a way to get this generation's Mermaid Queen to cooperate. But you can help us do what we can't do, so it's only natural to go along with the mistake." The Skin-Peeling Demon King smiled. "I have to say, your acting skills are really impressive. If I hadn't happened to use a secret technique on the fake Dragon King beforehand, I would have really been fooled by you."
Zuan sighed: "Your acting skills are not bad either. You knew I was fake, but you acted flawlessly and cooperated with us the whole time. You almost made us run around in circles."
"It's a pity you only fooled them, not you. You're quite something, managing to keep it a secret from them all this time. Were you planning to take advantage of the situation and make the best of it for the sisters?" The Skinning Demon King winked and chuckled. "The Mermaid Queen tasted good, didn't she?"
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