The one who's confused is the clown still dealing with other swindlers up there, not the fool standing in front of Du Qiyu right now.
Cheng Shi looked at the old friend in front of him with complicated emotions, and he had already remembered who the other person was.
That familiar, tactful tone and slightly playful, complaining look could only appear in one person at the same time, and coincidentally, that person was also a hunter.
However, the person Cheng Shi knew was not the [Deceitful] Hunter Beast Tamer, but the [Corrupted] Hunter Sensory Hunter!
Indeed, Cheng Shi recognized him. The person in front of him playing Du Qiyu was none other than the broken little bird he had once saved, the lark!
For a moment, Cheng Shi's thoughts were drawn back to the trials of the past.
When I first met Bailing, she was a low-scoring weakling and I was just a carefree liar; when we met for the second time, she had joined the Firelinkers, had her own beliefs, and I had already pushed open the door called destiny and embarked on the path back to [Fate].
This is the third time.
She actually became a believer in "deception," even breaking into the top ten and arriving at the audience, while she... had become the focus of the world, the core of the Fear faction, and the fool in the eyes of all the liars.
Why wear a mask in front of old friends?
Cheng Shi chuckled self-deprecatingly, raised his hand to remove the mask from his face, shed his chaotic acting persona, and revealed his true self to his friends.
This move was not intended to deliberately expose Yu Xi's identity, but rather because Cheng Shi knew that if he wanted to learn something from Bai Ling, the identity of the Weaver of Fate was far more useful than Yu Xi or the Flame of Hope!
Just as expected!
When the Foolish Play shed its disguise and revealed Cheng Shi's true face, Du Qiyu, who had just been trying to get close to the Flame of Hope, suddenly widened her eyes. Countless emotions flashed through her pupils, which had shrunk to pinpoints: joy, excitement, shock, confusion, and even a hint of fear.
He clearly wanted to say something, but after that moment of fear, Du Qiyu covered his mouth and turned to run away.
He seemed very afraid to see Cheng Shi.
Seeing this, Cheng Shi became even more certain that Bai Ling's identity as a fraudster was far from simple, but he did not intervene. Instead, he simply murmured:
"stop."
Those two words, like a spell, froze a beast tamer who could fight the eighth-ranked trickster master to a standstill.
Du Qiyu froze, his whole body trembled, and he dared not turn around or move again.
Looking at that stiff figure, Cheng Shi sighed:
"Is this how you greet an old friend?"
Who taught you to wear a mask in public?
"......"
The figure trembled again, but remained silent.
Seeing this, Cheng Shi had no choice but to lift his leg slightly, making the sound of clothes rubbing together.
Upon hearing what sounded like someone approaching, the figure trembled even more violently. He could no longer bother to disguise his voice and pleaded in that familiar, clear voice, "Don't come any closer!"
It really was her!
Cheng Shi smiled:
"Okay, I won't go over there, then you come over here."
I remember that sensory hunters love to hunt down what others covet, so why are they starting to distance themselves from others now?
Was it because he broke his vow?
"......"
The figure gradually stopped trembling. Perhaps realizing that he could not escape the grasp of the Fate Weaver, he gradually resigned himself to his fate and turned around.
As he turned around, Xiao Qi's appearance faded away like silk threads, revealing a resolute and weathered pretty face to Cheng Shi.
She was no longer wearing that alluring silk dress, but a stylish tactical outfit, with a longbow slung over her back, both the bowstring and the bow itself stained with blood.
Her flowing long hair was no longer loose, but instead stood up in a high ponytail at the back of her head, looking free and easy.
Cheng Shi looked at his friend in surprise, feeling that the lark no longer seemed like a lark, but rather like an eagle soaring into the sky.
"you......"
He wanted to say something to compliment the other person's changes, but he swallowed the words back.
The determination on her face is Bailing's badge of honor; she has already proven herself and needs no praise from others.
There is no reason to belittle her past compared to her present. Regardless of whose choice or helplessness she made, she is a good person, and that has always been true.
That's enough.
Cheng Shi then laughed, looking at Bai Ling with a smile on his face: "The Bai Ling I know is not like this. What, just because I lied to you just now, does that mean I'm not worthy of being a beast tamer's friend?"
Bai Ling pursed her lips, stared straight at Cheng Shi, and shook her head with a complicated expression, saying, "I am not worthy."
Speak like a human.
"..." Bai Ling's expression was very conflicted. Obviously, it wasn't that she didn't want to speak human language, but that "someone" was preventing her from speaking human language.
Noticing this, Cheng Shi frowned slightly. He seemed to have thought of something, raised an eyebrow, and tentatively asked, "Le Zishen?"
Bai Ling's face turned pale instantly. She pursed her lips tightly and refused to utter a sound.
Seeing this, Cheng Shixin understood, his eyes darted around, and he beckoned to Bai Ling, saying:
“I know you must have been through a lot and have some concerns, but now that you have come this far and come to the audience with the God of Joy, you cannot only approach Him in piety, but also advance with Him in will.”
Imagine, if He truly didn't want me to know what you know, why would He let me meet you here?
This is His audience; if I change the void, even if I knew you were here, I could not possibly reach you.
So whatever gag order He gave you before, it's all in the past now.
Tell me what you know, Bailing; these things might be very useful to me right now.
I am facing a crisis and cannot afford to overlook any clues or information.
Bai Ling is no longer the Bai Ling of the past. She is no longer that low-scoring weakling, that bird who had to rely on others to pass the trial. She is now a top-tier swindler, a top ten fraudster who can enter the audience meeting.
She immediately realized that Cheng Shi's words were all lies and fallacies, and that his purpose was to "trick" her into revealing what she knew.
But these were things the gods themselves forbade her to say, so how could she dare to divulge them?
But today... she still spoke up.
It wasn't because she believed Cheng Shi's nonsense, but because the fortune teller said he was facing a crisis and this information could help him.
Therefore, the lark speaks without reservation.
"I... lied to you."
"?" Cheng Shi was taken aback. "What?"
Bai Ling lowered her head guiltily, "I said I lied to you."
"When? Just now, Du Qiyu?"
No, even earlier.
In that desolate place beside the sea of desire, I... saw you.
...
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