"More than thirty years ago, they already thought Miss Xiang had died? What happened?" Lu Xiaotian asked in surprise.
"To explain that, I used a little trick. In truth, after Miss entered the ship, the person who came out was no longer her. The one who later entered Misty Mountain Manor was merely Miss's double. In fact, after leaving Misty Mountain Manor, Miss's double died while being hunted by the enemy. That was why they had believed all these years that they had succeeded. Miss was able to buy herself some time and cultivate peacefully to the late Foundation Establishment stage. As long as she survived the Golden Core tribulation, she would qualify to become the crown prince. By then, those people would no longer dare act so recklessly in public," Xu Wan explained.
"Quite a maneuver." Lu Xiaotian immediately looked at Xu Wan with newfound respect. She had used the ploy of replacing the real with the false to perfection—she had even managed to deceive him. But considering the disguise arts of the two women, it was indeed possible. At the time, he had been teleported from Misty Hall while seriously wounded, and his attention had remained fixed on the several Golden Core cultivators. Naturally, he had paid little attention to Xiang Lian'er, an insignificant figure in the Foundation Establishment Realm.
"Precisely because they believe Miss is already dead, when she undergoes her tribulation, it will trigger the response of a special magical artifact belonging to the Xiang Kingdom's imperial clan. Since the enemy will have to act in haste, they won't be able to mobilize too many people," Xu Wan explained.
"In other words, there may be very few people coming—or, if our luck is bad, there may be a great many. Let me see your formation flags.