Yue Guan supported his right elbow with his left hand, placed his right index finger against his lips, and said with a smile, "It's simple to pass off fakes as real. We've prepared three substitutes—you, me, and Yue Guan. They'll take our places in Spirit City, report to the Pontiff's Palace every day, then return here for classes. On the surface, there won't be any difference. The only thing is that they're weaker than us."
"Then we can use that time to go out and do everything we want to do." Hearing this, Hu Liena immediately understood the true purpose of the deception and said excitedly.
"That's right. Once the substitutes take our places, we'll leave through the secret passage and carry out our plan," Gui Mei said with a smile.
"What about our substitutes? Let them come out so I can see them. I want to see whether they really look alike." Hu Liena looked at Yue Guan expectantly. She wanted to know just how much her substitute resembled her.
Yue Guan clapped his hands. At that moment, a mechanism in one of the walls was triggered, and it slowly opened. Three people who looked exactly like them appeared. They walked forward together, their gait and figures so familiar that they were exactly as they normally were. It was as if they had been cast from the same mold.
"Hu Liena" stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Hu Liena greets the two Elders."
Hu Liena was completely stunned. She had heard her own voice—it was exactly the same. Was this really just a substitute? If she suddenly disappeared one day, while someone in Spirit City lived on with her face, wouldn't everything she had be handed over to someone else for nothing? No! This substitute absolutely could not be allowed