"And the only one who could send the message out from the Demon Palace without anyone noticing is him."
After all, that's what he's in charge of!
Rong Yu said, "Since he is only pretending, Mu Shan will be fine until he completely achieves his goal."
“I think so too.” Geng Qi smiled and said, “I checked that person’s cultivation level in the Ziming Palace before. His strength is almost the same as Mu Shan’s, but his soul is much weaker. He was able to infiltrate the Demon Palace so easily, which means that Mu Shan is already under his control.”
However, to control someone when there is a significant disparity in spiritual power, it would require either prior planning or Kiyama's own willingness.
Judging from the information he left on Shangxu Peak, he clearly knew that someone would replace him, and at that time, he was not under anyone's control.
If he truly did it voluntarily, what was his purpose?
Geng Qi did not believe that Mu Shan would betray the Demon Palace.
The former Demon Lord had been kind to him, helping him cultivate and take revenge. He was in the Demon Palace, working with Xie Beiying and Leng Ningshuang for hundreds of years. The reason why the two of them failed to see through the disguise was because they had absolute trust in Mu Shan!
Suddenly remembering something, Geng Qi abruptly sat up and said to Rong Yu, "I'm going out for a bit."
Clad in red, the figure vanished from the bedchamber in the blink of an eye.
"..."
Rong Yu looked at the empty bed. Feng Yuan was still wrapped around his wrist. Perhaps sensing the presence of its master, it was especially affectionate towards Rong Yu. The red on the whip had faded and returned to its bright gold color. The glow was faint. His gaze lingered for a moment. A flash of silver light appeared in his hand. A layer of red down gradually grew on the smooth surface of the bone whip, and a mottled phoenix feather phantom appeared at the end.
Do you know what happened in Huzhou decades ago?
The sudden sound caused Rong Yu to pause, the silver light faded, and the downy feathers that had grown on Feng Yuan's body also disappeared.
He slightly raised his head: "The Yin family of Huzhou?"
"Yes." Geng Qi sat down on the edge of the couch: "You know?"
Rong Yu said, "More than four hundred years ago, the Yin family of Huzhou took back their eldest son, who had been living away from a small town. However, they were inviting a wolf into the house. That man fell into the demonic path and was expelled from the family. As a result, he harbored resentment and cultivated demonic arts for hundreds of years. Sixty years ago, he massacred the Yin family's ancestral home. The century-old family was destroyed in one day."
The Yin family was originally a famous family of cultivators in Huzhou. The massacre of the entire family overnight caused quite a stir in the cultivation world, and also added another evil deed to the image of the demon realm in the eyes of the world.
The eldest son who was taken back to the Yin family was Mu Shan.
That day in Gefeng Town, Yuan Xin mentioned Mu Shan, saying that he was a ruthless killer who didn't even spare his own father. When she said that, Geng Qi also heard it. People spread rumors and embellishments, and things from decades ago have been embellished and exaggerated to who knows how they are now. He only believes what he sees and what he knows, and he never asks about Mu Shan's past.
People only know that the Yin family has an eldest son, but have never heard of any twins.
"They are clearly twins, so why does the Yin family claim to only have one eldest son?" Geng Qi asked, puzzled.
Rong Yu asked, "Did Mu Shan tell you about the two of them?"
"Him? You've known him for so long, have you ever seen him say a single word to you?"
"..."
Geng Qi pouted: "I only heard about him being a twin from the servants in the Demon Palace chatting. I heard that he took the position of Demon Realm Protector in order to find his missing brother."
Demons are not like humans. After cultivating into human form, they can live a long life even without further cultivation. The lowest-ranking servants serving in the Demon Palace have at least five hundred years of experience. Although their cultivation is not as high as Mu Shan's, they have spent more time in the Demon Palace than Mu Shan. They have also learned more from what they have seen and heard than he, the Demon Lord who has been "muddled for" for a hundred years.
If what they say is true, and if someone uses clues about his brother as bait, regardless of whether the information is true or false, Kiyama will definitely take the bait!
And it was entirely voluntary!
The question now is, is "Mushan" in the Demon Palace being used by someone else, or is he using his own brother?
While Geng Qi was deep in thought, Rong Yu had already dressed and was beginning to tie up the hair of the person in front of him.
Geng Qi then leaned into his arms and stuffed a piece of sweet cake into his mouth: "Where do you think Mu Shan is now?"
Rong Yu said calmly, "We'll know once we try."
Geng Qi turned his head, smiled knowingly, picked up a piece of sweet cake and brought it to his lips, "Want to try some?"
Just as Rong Yu was about to shake his head, a familiar fluctuation of spiritual energy suddenly appeared outside the palace gate, accompanied by a faint exclamation from a woman.
The two exchanged a glance, and Geng Qi waved to open the palace door. He looked at the person outside the palace, who was the maid who usually took care of his bedchamber. Because he had set up a barrier in advance, she had accidentally bumped into him.
Unlike usual, she was accompanied by two women.
Wearing matching crimson floor-length fairy dresses, one person had a thousand-petaled begonia hairpin in her hair, while the other wore a perched oriole hairpin. Their delicate and charming faces were looking at him with a shy and timid expression.
Geng Qi felt a chill run down his spine from their gazes and asked in a deep voice, "What is it?"
The maid said, "These are two new women sent by the snake clan, for Your Majesty..."
Geng Qi's heart skipped a beat. He glanced instinctively at the hall and hurriedly interrupted her, saying, "Who gave you the audacity to bring them here!"
The maid was startled and quickly bowed her head: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, it was the Demon Protector who gave the order."
Geng Qi: "..."
This is getting interesting!
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