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"Who said that?"

With this question, Zhang Xiaoyun and the dozen or so guards remaining there were all taken aback.

"This..." A chill ran through Zhang Xiaoyun’s heart. He had always felt that something was off, and it certainly wasn’t just his imagination!

"It was... Lord Ying Sheng..." Zhang Zhiyun hesitantly said, "Is there a problem?"

"Ying Sheng?" The deputy general was startled, "He said that? Are you sure? How did he say it?"

"He said..." Zhang Zhiyun hesitated for a moment but then honestly replied, "Before the Guard Commander left, he personally instructed him that if something major happened, all orders should be taken from Lady Ziyue."

"Nonsense!" The deputy general immediately became agitated, "How come I don’t know about this? And if the Guard Commander had really ordered this, why would he send me to find Ying Sheng instead of that so-called Princess Zi Yue?"

"And everyone knows that the Guard Commander never fully trusted Princess Zi Yue. Why would he hand over such important command authority at this critical time?"

"That..." Zhang Zhiyun was at a loss for words and hesitated, "I also felt something was wrong, but at that time..."

"You felt it was wrong?" Zhang Xiaoyun sneered, "That’s not what you said when you were voice transmitting to me. Weren’t you praising your Princess Zi Yue?"

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoyun only felt a surge of anger stuck in his chest. He had repeatedly expressed his concerns about Zi Yue, but no one would listen to him. Even Zhang Zhiyun, this useless person, sided more with Zi Yue. And now what? Surely problems have arisen, right?

But Zhang Zhiyun looked at him in astonishment, "When did I voice transmit to you?"

"Ha..." Zhang Xiaoyun laughed angrily, "Still won’t admit it... you..."

But at that point, he suddenly stumbled.

That wasn’t right!

Was it?

Zhang Xiaoyun was struck with a realization!

That’s it... didn’t he think of it before? Could it be an issue with the voice transmission?

"Can Prince discern anything?" The deputy general frowned, clearly noticing that something was off with Zhang Xiaoyun’s behavior.

"Voice transmission... yes, it’s the voice transmission!

" Zhang Xiaoyun said excitedly, "That woman Zi Yue... she’s a spy! She used the voice transmission technique to fabricate the Guard Commander’s words.

Ying Sheng heard the Guard Commander’s voice transmission, not realizing that at this moment Zi Yue would impersonate the Guard Commander and transmit to him, just like I didn’t expect that the voice transmission from Zhang Zhiyun to me was fake! "

Both the deputy general and Zhang Zhiyun were taken aback, but after regaining their composure, they frowned, "Are you sure?"

Zhang Zhiyun said, "How could it be so easy to deceive Lord Ying Sheng’s loyalty? The technique of voice transmission requires both parties to merge their spiritual power and be sure of each other’s identity. It’s not about imitating a voice and sending it into your brain to deceive someone."

"I know, I know!" Zhang Xiaoyun insisted excitedly, "That woman must have used some special method. I don’t know what it is, but that’s roughly what happened.

I certainly heard your voice transmission just now, and during our conversation, I noticed that you greatly admired Zi Yue.

When things went south, you simply decided not to discuss it with me. It was all part of her calculation!"

"This is possible?" Zhang Zhiyun looked at the deputy general with doubt, "Lord Ying Sheng, what do you think?"

"The voice transmission is definitely not possible..." The other party shook his head, "But there is one technique that could work."

"What?" both asked in unison.

"Illusion Technique!"

"Illusion Technique?"

Zhang Xiaoyun was stunned, "Zi Yue used the Illusion Technique to deceive me and Lord Ying Sheng?"

"Not Zi Yue..." The other party shook his head. "Zi Yue doesn’t have the capabilities. Nowadays, illusionists only fool the eyes. To make sounds in your brain and directly control your mind, is that an illusion technique? That’s more like puppetry..."

"Lord Ying Sheng, you mean..."

"Thousand-Faced Fox!!"

Zhang Zhiyun and Zhang Xiaoyun were instantly alarmed.

They had forgotten about such a character’s existence!

"Thousand-Faced Fox, a demon that has never transcended.

.." Deputy General Ying Sheng spoke coldly, "But the danger she poses is absolutely top among all demons. The reason she hasn’t caused more chaos is that her powers have never transcended throughout the cycles of reincarnation. This demon’s talents are special; we would go out of our way to avoid her just based on a hint of rumor, never attempting to harbor her, partly because of the difficulty of capturing her and partly.

.. for fear that she would see through our identities and read our ancient demon memories. "

"I was thinking earlier, with such a powerful trump card, would Chen Qing dare to use it? After all, it’s a double-edged sword, capable of hurting both foes and oneself. Now it seems he does dare. From the moment he entered Yundu, he probably mixed the Thousand-Faced Fox in this."

"Rather than saying Ying Sheng was deceived by voice transmission, it’s better to say... he’s been implanted with that segment of memory!"

"Damn it!" Zhang Xiaoyun’s face twisted with anger. He had never considered this possibility.

"This... isn’t that unlikely?" Zhang Zhiyun calmed down a bit and said, "I’ve studied the Demon Fox for a long time. Her capabilities and her realm are two different things. She is a demon nourished by the destiny of the Mortal World. An increase in her abilities doesn’t necessarily strengthen her supernatural talents. "

"That is indeed the case." Zhang Xiaoyun also calmed down upon being reminded, "I’ve done research as well. The Thousand-Faced Fox is a very special demon. Her abilities grow as she absorbs the essence of successful individuals. Her own capabilities are actually not important. That’s why despite almost bewitching everyone in a transcendence, she was nearly poisoned to death by a mortal empress. The reason is exactly this. Her inherent capabilities are irrelevant to her talents, and even if she had transcended with Chen Qing’s help, it wouldn’t mean she could alter the memories of those at the Extraordinary Level. "

"Just like before, when she needed to absorb the essence of mortal emperors to charm all beings, she must absorb the essence of a Transcendent with destiny to have this ability, right? Who did she absorb? Chen Qing? That’s impossible, right?"

Hearing this, Ying Sheng also frowned. Indeed, if the Demon Fox had absorbed Chen Qing’s essence, with Chen Qing’s demonstrated capabilities and his destiny, then the Thousand-Faced Fox from the moment she entered Yundu would have everyone at her mercy.

It was definitely not like this.

"I don’t know what’s going on." Ying Sheng shook his head, "But there’s only one explanation. If it’s not the Thousand-Faced Fox, I can’t think of anyone else with such a capability to do this.

Moreover, her current state shouldn’t be very good.

Her abilities are limited and cannot totally alter our memories; otherwise, she would have already been dominating the battlefield.

I suspect that she can only alter a bit of our memories under very specific conditions.

.. but exactly how she does that, I don’t know. "

Hearing this, neither Zhang Xiaoyun nor Zhang Zhiyun argued further. This guess had many loopholes, but it was the most probable one.

"And I also suspect that to do this, she must be constantly by our side!"

Both Zhang Xiaoyun and Zhang Zhiyun were startled at this and almost in unison said, "What do you mean, sir?"

"She’s here right now!" Ying Sheng coldly turned to look at the last ten guards left behind.