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Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a twinge of unease. After all, Li Zhisheng was with Death Apostle now. But then again, could what Yao Long said really be the truth? How could I be sure he wasn't part of a scheme set up by the leader?
The Sun Warrior Leader, noticing my furrowed brow and silence, said, "What's wrong? Do you still not believe?"
"It is indeed hard to believe..." I replied.
"I figured you wouldn't easily trust me. Even so, I must tell you, he is your friend, Yao Long..." With that, the Sun Warrior Leader stood up, holding the book titled Divine Anomalies Classic·Nine Star Life and Death Diagram. "Well, since I've obtained what I wanted, I won't disturb your reunion any longer."
With a wave of his hand, he signaled for the surrounding Yang Masters to leave and slowly walked toward the side door of the hall, leaving just me and Yao Long.
After a moment, once everyone had departed, I looked at Yao Long and questioned again, "Are you really Yao Long? How could you be following Yang Master?"
Yao Long remained silent and glanced at Wang Bin behind me. "Aren't you going to leave?"
Wang Bin replied, "I’m following him now. He hasn’t let me go; how could I dare to leave on my own? Besides, who are you? Why should I listen to you? The leader hasn’t told me to..."
Seeing him ramble on endlessly, I waved my hand to interrupt him. "Alright, Wang Bin, wait here for us for a moment; we’ll be right back." Then I turned to Yao Long and said, "Come with me."
I led Yao Long back to the room where I had slept last night and closed the door tightly behind us.
"Now you can talk to me. What’s really going on?"
Instead of directly answering my question, Yao Long said, "Aren't you now like me, one of Yang Master's people? I think our goals should be the same."
"Not necessarily..." I pondered. "How do you know our goals are the same if you don't even know yours?"
"Isn't it true that you were threatened into joining Yang Master to protect everyone?" he countered.
Hearing his words made me quickly recall what had happened when I met the Sun Warrior Leader in Zunyi...
After a moment of contemplation, I began to understand what Yao Long meant by protecting everyone. So I asked him, "Could it be that they threatened you with Death Apostle, forcing you to do this?"
Yao Long nodded, "Yes, they deliberately had someone impersonate me to avoid raising your suspicions, and then let Mr. Death see it. But in reality, I wasn't 'swapped'; I tricked Mr. Death and appeared before him again. Actually, the entire plan you devised was already seen through by the Sun Warrior Leader. He even personally followed you after you left; it’s just that you didn’t notice..."
Upon hearing this, I suddenly understood. No wonder I always felt that all my actions were under the control of the Sun Warrior Leader...
"By the way, what about Mr. Death now? I saw him being invaded by the soul of the Sun Warrior Leader..." Yao Long asked, his expression showing some anxiety.
Seeing this, I carefully observed his facial expressions. He didn’t seem to be faking it, and his reference to Death Apostle hadn’t changed either. If he were pretending, he wouldn’t know so much.
However, just to be safe, I decided to probe him a bit more. "Yao Long, don’t worry about Death Apostle for now. Can you tell me how you met Death Apostle?"
I asked this because the incident occurred before Death Apostle entered Yang Master’s domain; it shouldn’t be something known to anyone from Yang Master.
Realizing that I was still cautious and probing him, Yao Long briefly recounted how he encountered Death Apostle.
After listening, I recalled what Yao Long had told me earlier. Once I confirmed there were no discrepancies, I felt somewhat reassured and said to him, "Don’t worry; Death Apostle should be fine now. They are all at Yunpo Mountain where the Slayers reside, and they are safe. You don’t have to serve Yang Master anymore; find a way to leave."
"What about you?" Yao Long asked with concern.
I replied, "My parents are in their hands. If I leave, their lives might be in danger. Since I'm here now, I plan to take this opportunity to figure out what they really want..."
"Isn't that very dangerous? Why not let me help you rescue your parents and then escape together?"
I shook my head. "I think the Sun Warrior Leader isn’t foolish enough to that extent. Since he’s so generous as to let us be alone together, he must not fear our escape; in fact, our escape might even be used by him..."
"What do you mean by that?" Yao Long asked.
I then explained what happened last night regarding the Sun Warrior Leader's intention to attack the Slayers and added, "It’s possible he wants me to escape so he can take advantage of that opportunity to invade Yunpo Mountain and annihilate the Slayers. If that happens, we would have nowhere left to hide. The reason the Slayers are hard for them to detect is that they lack Void Spirits and appear just like ordinary people, making them difficult to track."
"So what should we do now?"
A single sentence from Yao Long left me speechless. I thought to myself, "What should we do now... It's impossible to leave this place. And I can't easily uncover the true intentions of the Sun Warrior Leader... If we keep dragging this out, Li Zhisheng and Hu Fang will definitely start to worry. With Hu Fang's personality, she might even come out looking for us..."
"How about we call Mr. Death and let them know? I'm worried if we take too long, they won't be able to wait and will come looking for us..." Yao Long reached for his phone in his pocket.
Seeing that Yao Long was on the same wavelength as me, I smiled helplessly and pressed his hand back down. "Don't call; it won't go through. Have you forgotten? There's no signal at Yunpo Mountain..."
Upon hearing this, Yao Long slapped his forehead. "Look at my brain; how could I forget that..." He continued, "If it really comes down to it, we can split up and go in different directions, then one of us can return to report back to Mr. Death."
"That won't work either. Last time I tried splitting into three groups, they discovered us. Just the two of us would be even easier to catch..."
Before I could finish my sentence, a low and urgent voice came from outside the wooden door; it seemed Wang Bin was saying something.
Hearing this, I quickly quieted down and listened carefully. He was anxiously calling out to us, "Shen, the leader seems to have come back looking for you..."
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