The Rakshasa Heavenly Venerate behaved in a most deplorable manner. After uttering those words, he fell silent, leaning to the side to enjoy the spectacle.
As time wore on, a second false Qi Yu experienced a natural phenomenon, screaming in the flames before turning to ashes.
Although Yan Hua was encountering this situation for the first time, he remained remarkably calm compared to the flustered Si Qing. He observed the demeanor of the false Qi Yus and then turned to signal Si Qing, "Tell me more about things only you and your sister would know. Perhaps you can find the real one among these people."
Si Qing nodded.
But looking at the group of identical Qi Yus opposite him, his palms grew sweaty, and for a moment, he didn't know where to begin.
Yet, he had to speak, even if he didn't know what to say.
Si Qing decided to randomly select a few simple, interesting secrets from their past lives, things only they knew, and tell half of them to the group of Qi Yus.
He hoped that one of them would spontaneously complete the latter half.
To his disappointment, all the false Qi Yus knew what Si Qing said.
Si Qing realized that this method of memory recall was completely useless and grew even more anxious. He began to tentatively search for dragon scales on these false Qi Yus.
To his surprise, the dragon scales on these false Qi Yus were also identical, with no discernible difference even in their chipped edges.
The Rakshasa Heavenly Venerate watched from the side with keen eyes, offering reminders to Si Qing, "I've already considered all the tricks you can think of: using memory prompts, special events, or even these familiar drinks for reminders."
"Outside, your methods might actually work, but this is my specially altered Illusionary Painting Realm. Here, everyone obeys me."
Si Qing was speechless with anger.
Yan Hua frowned and turned to comfort Si Qing, "Don't let him provoke you. These methods will surely work; it's just a matter of time. You need to stay calm and find a way to get the real Qi Yu to react. You need to observe the subtle expressions on her face."
Si Qing covered his head, "Master, do you think there's any difference in the subtle expressions on these fake sisters' faces?"
Honestly, he had observed them for a long time and couldn't find any differences.
When he brought up past events, the expressions on these fake sisters' faces were all the same, even the slight curve of their mouths when they opened them.
Yan Hua fell silent for a moment.
To be frank, he couldn't tell either.
Distinguishing between the real and the fake was not within his area of expertise.
Chen Xi looked troubled.
The atmosphere fell into a stalemate.
Qi Yu stood in the crowd and shouted Si Qing's name loudly, but her voice was immediately drowned out by the other fakes.
"Ai," Qi Yu felt this was simply unbearable. Seeing that Si Qing couldn't confirm her true identity, and with several fakes on her side, one after another were being consumed by flames due to the prolonged delay.
Qi Yu, the entire person... no, the entire dragon, felt terrible.
Just as everyone was at a loss, Si Qing looked at the group of false Qi Yus opposite him, suddenly seeming to recall something. He raised his hand to summon the Yan Zhen Mirror, then turned and strode inside.
All the false Qi Yus froze.
Qi Yu, however, curved her lips.
The next moment, Si Qing emerged from behind the real Qi Yu.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The Rakshasa Heavenly Venerate, who had long predicted they wouldn't find the real Qi Yu, was utterly stunned.
To prevent him from playing any more tricks, Si Qing quickly had Qi Yu transform back into her original form and hide in his arms.
Once Qi Yu had become a small ball and was held in his embrace, he looked at the Rakshasa Heavenly Venerate with great pride and said,
"Many of our sister-brother spells are interconnected. No matter how powerful your illusionary realm is, it cannot fabricate a true elder sister."
Qi Yu, still in her young dragon form, nodded upon hearing this and repeatedly said while sitting in Si Qing's arms, "Yes, that's right."
The Rakshasa Heavenly Venerate's face was cold. Whether it was due to excessive shock or anger, he remained silent.
Just as Si Qing was about to take Qi Yu back, the Rakshasa Heavenly Venerate suddenly attacked. The surroundings of the Illusionary Painting Realm began to collapse like an earthquake.
Black stones started appearing all around, and things began to fall.
Si Qing, holding Qi Yu, rejoined Chen Xi and the others, taking shelter within Chen Xi's barrier.
Feng Mingqi, Feng Yunzui, Feng Siqian, Yan Hua, Jin Yan, Yu Yuan, and others combined all their strength and launched a fierce attack on the Rakshasa Heavenly Venerate.
They hadn't anticipated that the Rakshasa Heavenly Venerate would use such a method for a surprise attack, which was why they were caught off guard by the scroll.
Although currently at a disadvantage, using this opportunity to launch a direct assault on the Rakshasa Heavenly Venerate was also a good chance.
The Rakshasa Heavenly Venerate, though somewhat surprised, raised his palm without hesitation to meet the attack.