"Huh? That happened?"
Lu Li deliberately put on a surprised expression and followed Varimathras's lead.
"I remember you really did leave in a hurry back then. It was only a matter of moments..."
"How could Hangenor have remade a body for you in such a short time?"
"Don't tell me he had already made one for you beforehand?"
"As if!" Varimathras rolled his eye. "You're giving our Demon King far too much credit."
"Hangenor merely recorded my information. He had no time at all to create a body!"
"If I had truly died in the outside world back then, the part of me reborn in the Holy Domain would have been nothing more than a fragment of consciousness."
"Come to think of it, I have to thank you for that."
"If you hadn't taken on ten enemies by yourself in the outside world and directly killed Toad Swallower, I have no idea what state I'd be in now..."
As he spoke, Varimathras raised his wine cup with both hands and sincerely offered Lu Li a toast.
"A toast to you!"
"It was all for the mission." Lu Li held his cup in one hand and casually clinked it against Varimathras's.
Before he could drink, Varimathras tipped back his head with bold abandon and drained the cup in one gulp.
Seeing that the time was right, Lu Li immediately pressed on.
"But what does this have to do with Qin?"
"You said something was wrong earlier. What exactly was wrong?"
"Ah, it's this 'External Incarnation' that's wrong!" Varimathras wiped the corner of his mouth and continued. "According to what you said before, the woman Hangenor brought out of the Central Ruins was Qin, the one who would defeat him in the future and become the next Demon King."
"Then why could