Your plan was very simple, without any twists and turns. Just as when you had dealt with the Lotus Man, you would conceal your aura and wait for Linlong to approach while she was off guard on her return journey. Then, without warning, you would use the Double Pupils Edict to make her lose focus for a brief moment. You believed that, with your greatly enhanced soul, this would be easy to accomplish.
Once Linlong was briefly under your control, you could activate the Phoenix Divine Mark and summon the True Phoenix and the True Phoenix, having them send Linlong out of the mortal world. You did not even care how many of Linlong's belongings might be destroyed in the flames. As long as you could dispose of the hatred that had yet to happen in your memories, that was enough.
No one would suspect you, either. After all, you and the current Linlong had only met twice in ordinary circumstances and bore no grudge against each other. Even if something went wrong, you would change your appearance before doing the "bad deed." No one could possibly connect it to you.
Yet Linlong's sudden vigilance puzzled you. In your recollection, you had only met her once and had never formed any enmity. Why was she so wary of you? You truly could not understand it.
You even suspected that Linlong might have a grudge against Chen Ping. She had indeed become somewhat flustered after seeing Chen Ping, making that possibility highly likely, though you had never heard of such a thing.
But when you turned to look at Chen Ping, you saw the confusion written all over his face. Clearly, he did not understand Linlong's actions either. That made her even harder for you to read. Perhaps there were hidden