What?
Those were his exact words?
Why were they so different from what I heard? Jinren mulled it over and over, thinking perhaps he had forgotten part of what the original body had stripped away through Thought Deprivation.
But he soon became certain that there was nothing wrong with his memories.
Those fabricated "exact words" had come from Dao Qiongchang, and his purpose was all too easy to understand.
"So the Lecherous Old Daoist used those words to deceive Ai Cangsheng for thirty years, binding him to the Holy Spirit Hall's pirate ship in the name of protection, using his Eye of the Great Dao and Evil Sin Bow?"
"That doesn't seem right either, does it? He was Great Emperor Cangsheng. Could someone so powerful really have a love-struck brain, throwing away his bright future over a few groundless words?"
"Besides, if anyone in the world knew Dao Qiongchang best, even if Ai Cangsheng was not first, he had to be among the ones who knew him best, right?"
"Could Ai Cangsheng not tell whether the Lecherous Old Daoist's ghost stories could be trusted?"
"Was he really that stupid?"
Jinren's thoughts almost could not stop boiling over.
Ai Cangsheng quietly finished recounting the events of the past. His emotions still did not fluctuate much as he said, "I know what you are thinking. I also know that the old Daoist most likely used some method to deceive me."
"He may even have fabricated a lie outright..."
And you drank it down gladly? Jinren watched Ai Cangsheng trail off. He nearly condensed a physical body on the spot, itching to slap this man awake.
Being someone's dog was one thing.
Being Dao Qiongchang's dog was not worth it!
Ai Cangsheng remained as calm as ever. "What he said was Xiaoxiao's wish