Gu Xuantong's brows drew tightly together, and the ominous premonition in his heart grew stronger by the moment.
The "Liu Ruyan" before him gave him an extremely unfamiliar feeling.
It was as though, in this instant, the soul within her body had been replaced by someone else.
That gaze, that tone, that smile—all of them carried an eerie confidence so sinister that his heart pounded with alarm!
Gu Xuantong had lived for more than a hundred thousand years. What great storms had he not weathered? What sinister and deceitful people had he not encountered?
Yet this was the first time he had ever come across such a bizarre situation!
A prey that should have been scared out of its wits, crying for its parents.
After learning the truth of its miserable fate, it had actually revealed an expression of enjoyment?
"Y-You... who are you?" Gu Xuantong's voice involuntarily took on a hint of gravity and vigilance.
He stared fixedly at "Liu Ruyan," trying to see even the slightest flaw in that breathtakingly beautiful face.
Yet there was none. The woman before him still had Liu Ruyan's appearance and Liu Ruyan's aura.
Even the unique, faint fragrance emanating from her Mysterious Yin Body was exactly the same.
But that gaze and that bearing had undergone earth-shaking changes.
It was as though a delicate white lotus, fresh and alluring, had transformed in an instant into a black demon lotus radiating deadly temptation.
"Me?" Yang Lingtian extended a slender jade finger and lightly tapped his smooth chin. Tilting his head, he flashed a smile that revealed his teeth.
That smile could topple all beings, yet it also carried a trace of sinister energy that made one's blood run cold.
"Elder Gu, haven't you always known me?"
"I am your Xuanba Sword Sect's pure