[Actually, with your No-Self Trait, you were not someone like Mogu, marked out by a special treasure. Even if you had truly chosen to deduce matters through this Xuanqiong disciple, Bao Qiong would have had no chance of reverse-deducing your whereabouts. At most, this deduction would have come up empty, while making Bao Qiong more certain of his own conjecture and causing the grass to rustle, startling the snake ahead of time.
Without this deduction of yours, Bao Qiong would have remained somewhat doubtful as to whether he was being overly suspicious, and would not have reacted too early.]
[In the 933,171st year, you arrived early at the Secret Realm from which Shun had spread the news. On the surface, this place still looked convincing enough. Shun had not fabricated the news out of thin air; he had truly obtained treasures here before. It was merely that all the good things within had already been taken away by Shun, so naturally, it could not truly fool anyone.]
[If not for the matter of the Origin Ring, your next plan would have been to let Shun and this person spread the second piece of news together, then have Shun return to Xuanqiong first. After all, Shun had already been away from Xuanqiong for some time in search of the Jian. The longer he remained away, the greater the risk that his exposure would be discovered by Bao Qiong. Having him return temporarily could avoid this to some extent.
But now, that was clearly unsuitable. Although you still did not know the truth, after much thought on the way here, you ultimately chose to trust the unease stirred by the Origin Ring and believed it was not a misjudgment. Since that was the case, you decided to adjust the plan temporarily and