8. Who Do You Think Their People Are?
A brilliant scammer makes you wonder when you were even scammed.
Besides having another girl play her part to deceive Baili Yue, Miss Gong had done many other things.
The answers from these two were also her masterpiece.
Gong Yiling didn’t know what answers these black-clad men would give.
They might point to the Blood Orchid Palace, or claim it was their own initiative. In short, they would never admit that the mastermind was the Baili royal family.
In that case, why not “create” two people who would say what she wanted them to say?
Yes.
These two black-clad men weren’t the real assassins. If you tore off their clothes, you would see…
They looked exactly alike. They were twins.
This might not seem special at first glance, but don’t forget, there was a very special technique in the demonic sects.
The same puppetry technique Ghost Lord Nine had demonstrated before.
One of its abilities was to completely erase the puppet’s thoughts and replace them with implanted ideas.
Although Miss Gong found this inhumane method a bit distasteful, she was in a demonic sect. And she wasn’t creating new puppets, just using Ghost Lord Nine’s.
So, no matter how they were interrogated, their answers would always be the same.
And Baili Yue had even provided the truth-telling pills, further cementing the credibility of their words.
This was a case of being too clever for your own good, of lifting a rock only to drop it on your own foot.
As for Baili Yue, he had no time to think about the reasons.
Seeing his plan exposed, he panicked.
He couldn’t understand why his plan had failed. Had his subordinates not followed his orders perfectly? Or was there a traitor?
But… if there was a traitor, who could it be…?
In short, he never suspected that this was all a trap set by Gong Yiling. So, he could only glare and gesture to the two Sword Alliance members beside him.
At this point, he could only act decisively. The rest would have to be dealt with later.
Just as one of them was about to use his sword qi to attack from a distance, the flying sword was suddenly struck down.
“How could…!”
“How could it not?” A woman emerged from the Returning Heaven Sect’s group. She glanced at the sword on the ground, then struck its hilt with her own sword.
No one knew the meaning of her second strike, until she said, “So this is why you can use the Sword Control Technique.”
“But this sword technique should have its own name. To call it ‘Sword Control Technique’… your sword hearts must have been covered in dust for a long time.”
No one seemed to understand her words, and Gong Yiling was also initially confused. It wasn’t until she looked closely at what was on the ground that she finally understood.
Oh my god, so their Sword Control Technique was this thing?
She casually drew a simple fire talisman and tossed it on the ground. The fire seemed to ignite something, and the flames spread in a straight line towards the Sword Alliance member who was about to act.
So this so-called “Sword Control Technique” was actually a combination of puppetry and sword control.
It wasn’t a true “will controlling the sword,” but the final effect was the same.
“Gong Muzhi… so it’s you!” The Sword Alliance members exchanged glances, knowing a fierce battle was inevitable.
However, Miss Gong wasn’t done yet.
The memories she had implanted in these puppets weren’t just this.
“Why are you in such a hurry to silence them?” Gong Yiling smiled. “Why don’t you see what else they have to say?”
Although the situation was not in his favor, Baili Yue still had a trump card, but it wasn’t time to use it yet.
The two black-clad men continued to speak.
“The previous massacres were also ordered by Baili Yue. And he was the one who deliberately shifted the blame to the Five Demonic Abysses and the Pear Blossom Blood Orchid Palace.”
“His purpose was to deal with a force that could destabilize the court, or rather, threaten his own rule—the Baiyao family.”
Hearing this, the ministers murmured amongst themselves, and Baili Yue’s heart skipped a beat.
The matter of the Baiyao family was known to very few in his faction.
These two were just ordinary guards. How could they know about this?
It was only then that Baili Yue realized he had been tricked!
He thought these two were his men, but now it seemed they weren’t. They were this girl’s.
But it was too late to realize this now.
Even if he pointed out that they were Gong Yiling’s puppets, she could just ask him why he hadn’t noticed earlier.
Was it because what they said before was what they were supposed to know, and what they were saying now was what they shouldn’t know?
This way, he was cornered, with no way to defend himself.
—Gong Yiling, what a Gong Yiling!
Baili Yue’s eyes narrowed, filled with vigilance and hostility.
Although he didn’t know why this girl was targeting him, since she was so determined, he wouldn’t back down.
He would let this little bitch taste his power later!
“The Baiyao family?”
Gong Yiling repeated the name, feigning surprise. “And who is this Baiyao family?”
“The Baiyao family was one of the two families that founded the Baiyao Dynasty, along with the Baili family. And the original royal family was the Baiyao family, but they were later betrayed by the Baili family and almost wiped out. After that, the Baiyao Dynasty’s royal family was only the Baili family.”
“But some of the Baiyao family survived. So, His Majesty, fearing the ministers would rebel, decided to eliminate them, which led to today’s events.”
