Listening to Ye Ling's analysis, Yin Guo nodded as if it were true, and then said, "Master, what you said makes some sense, but I still can't figure out how he hid his identity from us."
"Hiding his strength is one thing, but deceiving even the Master's Mo Zhi Jian is a bit unbelievable, isn't it?"
Ye Ling: "He couldn't deceive Mo Zhi Jian, so he chose to deceive himself."
"Deceived himself?" Yin Guo became more and more confused as he listened. "How did he deceive himself? Can such a thing really be done?"
"It's actually very simple, we can do it ourselves." Ye Ling chuckled, "Just strip away all memories and abilities from your soul, and then let a brand new personality replace yourself, and you can fool Mo Zhi Jian."
Yin Guo: "Then how can he recover? If he loses his memories and abilities, and is replaced by a brand new personality, isn't that no different from being dead?"
Ye Ling: "This is not a problem. Before replacing his personality, Hong only needs to set a trigger for his consciousness to return."
"It could be after I decompose his body and soul with Mo Zhi Jian, or it could be after I simulate the primal origin energy with the power of creation and inject power into the altar..."
"It's likely that from the moment we acted to save the consciousness of the Chu Yuan Realm in the Red Robe Cult's camp, Hong had set up a trap for us in such a short time. If I hadn't replaced the power of the Chu Yuan Realm consciousness with the power of creation, Hong would have really taken the Chu Yuan Realm consciousness away."
Hearing Ye Ling's explanation, Yin Guo couldn't help but complain, "That guy's guts are too big, daring to seal his own memories and abilities to deceive us. Isn't he afraid that we'll kill him directly after we discover him?"
Ye Ling: "He's naturally not afraid."
Yin Guo: "Why? I was very curious before. You, Master, had already guessed that Hong was the Grand Archbishop of the Red Robe Cult, so why didn't you attack him directly? You only asked me to mark him. If he reacted, wouldn't we be leaving a hidden danger?"
Ye Ling: "Yin Guo, let me ask you, what is our purpose in dealing with the Red Robe Cult?"
Yin Guo: "The Red Robe Cult is hunting the consciousness of major orderly worlds, and it might threaten the Primordial Chaos?"
Ye Ling continued to ask, "Then let me ask you again? What is Hong's purpose in capturing world consciousness? Where are those captured world consciousnesses? Is there anyone behind Hong?"
"Besides Hong, is the guy who uses the Karma Skill also Hong?"
Hearing Ye Ling's questions, Yin Guo opened his mouth and then shook his head, "This... I don't know."
Ye Ling: "Is this why he dared to use himself to deceive us? Currently, we know nothing about the Red Robe Cult, and they hold too many secrets."
"Hong is our only clue for now. If we kill Hong, then our connection with the Red Robe Cult will be completely severed."
Yin Guo nodded seriously and replied, "I understand, Master is indeed cunning... I'm very curious, Master, how is your brain wired? How can you consider so many things? Aren't we together the whole time?"
Ye Ling smiled and said, "If you had grown up in my environment, you might not be less cunning than me."
Not to mention Ye Ling's battles of wits with the watchers in the Primordial Chaos, even before he left the Three Thousand Universes, his struggles with the Remnant Evil Clan and the Lord of the Upper Realm, and even during his time on Earth and his initial穿越 to the East Xuan Continent... all of them were perilous, and a slight mistake could lead to a place where not even his bones would remain.
Ye Ling recalled his life experiences. If he were to live it all over again, he might not have been able to survive to the present day.
Yin Guo had not experienced Ye Ling's growth period and did not take Ye Ling's words to heart, thinking that Ye Ling was being modest.
"By the way, Master, when are we going back to the Red Robe Cult to fight? That Hong is also a smart person. We have now returned to the Chu Yuan Realm. I estimate that he will soon figure it out, and it will be bad if he discovers my mark."
Ye Ling: "We'll go back right away, but to ensure it's foolproof, I still need to bring someone with me."
Yin Guo: "Who?"
Ye Ling: "Vivian."
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Wusheng Mountain Range.
Vivian sat leisurely on a thick tree branch, humming a tune, and grooming herself with a mirror.
Below the giant tree, five Judgment Knights of the Red Robe Cult lay neatly on the ground, motionless.
Although those five Judgment Knights of the Red Robe Cult were powerful, there was still a huge gap between them and Vivian. Coupled with Vivian's true-false conversion ability, which even Ye Ling found extremely tricky, those five Judgment Knights didn't even see Vivian before they were all captured.
"Vivian."
Ye Ling landed on the branch and called out to Vivian, who was grooming herself.
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Vivian trembled and quickly put away her things, explaining to Ye Ling, "B-Boss, I-I wasn't slacking off, I've finished the tasks you assigned me! Those guys are down there."
Ye Ling: "I see them, but those guys are not the focus. There's new work for you to do."
Vivian was surprised, "Boss, you didn't deal with the Red Robe Cult?"
Ye Ling: "The Red Robe Cult is likely involved with the Void Dark Side, and their Grand Archbishop is also a tricky fellow. Your abilities might come in handy."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Vivian immediately looked troubled, "Boss... an opponent that even you find tricky, you're asking me to go, isn't that a bit..."
Ye Ling: "Overtime counts as double pay."
A glint flashed in Vivian's eyes, and she said seriously, "It is my bounden duty to contribute to Boss! Don't worry, Boss, no matter who the opponent is, I will go all out!"
Seeing Vivian's current demeanor, Ye Ling chuckled and then told Vivian about the Red Robe Cult, the headless statue, and Hong.
"This is the general situation of the Red Robe Cult. Do you have any thoughts?"
Vivian pondered for a moment and said, "According to your introduction, Master... that headless statue seems to have some connection with an existence in the Void Dark Side."
Ye Ling: "Who?"
Vivian said, "I can't be sure... but when I was still active in the Void Dark Side, I accidentally entered the territory of a demon god called Wuxing. That guy was a headless person holding a blood saber."
"At that time, I just trespassed into his territory, and he went mad and insisted on killing me, chasing me for a long time. Later, I led him into another strong person's territory, and after they started fighting, I managed to escape!"
Vivian still had lingering fear as she said this, clearly having experienced a thrilling escape back then.
Ye Ling's eyes narrowed slightly, and he muttered, "Wuxing Demon God... is he the deity that Hong worships?"