After leaving fellow Daoist Lin's residence, Sage Kun Mao did not visit anyone else.
There was no need.
One might be a coincidence. Two could not be.
Since they had chosen to trade, the Black Tower Sage and fellow Daoist Lin had no reason to bring out fake pages of the Illusory World Book to fool anyone.
Most likely, neither of them had genuine pages of the Illusory World Book.
But if they did not have genuine pages, how had they entered Illusory World Tower? And how had they dared to openly offer fake pages of the Illusory World Book for trade?
There was only one answer.
They had possessed genuine pages of the Illusory World Book and used them to enter Illusory World Tower. The pages had turned out to be fake because something unknown had happened after they entered.
Either someone powerful had switched the pages.
Or the pages had deliberately been replaced with fakes.
Whichever it was, Ancestral City had to be involved.
Illusory World Tower was Ancestral City's territory. More than that, it was a trap painstakingly prepared for a particular person.
Apart from Ancestral City's higher-ups, Sage Kun Mao could not think of anyone capable of silently replacing those pages of the Illusory World Book inside Illusory World Tower!
On closer thought, though, a secret switch was unlikely.
The pages of the Illusory World Book were not held by one person. They were scattered among many people in the front courtyard, the middle courtyard, and the Inner Courtyard. If someone had switched them while their owners were distracted, it was impossible that not one person would have noticed.
If even one person had noticed, the switch would have been exposed.
Therefore...
There was only one truth!
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