"Gong Lin!"
Zhang Yang spoke softly.
"Your subordinate is here!" Gong Lin answered reflexively.
Gong Lin froze for a moment, then said in delighted surprise, "Your Highness, you remember your subordinate?"
Damn!
Zhang Yang truly did not know what to say.
These memories were actually all real.
More importantly, the logic held up.
If the Demon Venerable had sent him to the Immortal Cultivation Realm while leaving him with his memories of the Demon Realm, would that not have been courting death?
So, before sending him to the Immortal Cultivation Realm, all his memories had been extracted.
Once he reached the Immortal Cultivation Realm, other changes would arise along the threads of Karmic Cause and Effect.
That completely fit the Demon Venerable's methods and conduct.
But then another problem arose.
Zhang Yang could not figure out exactly when he had entered this body...
He was speechless.
Zhang Yang gazed from afar at the enormous throne but did not approach it. Instead, he turned to Gong Lin and said, "Aunt Gong, please forgive any offense I caused earlier!"
Gong Lin chuckled. "Your subordinate has long been looking forward to this day!"
She did not elaborate on what exactly she had been looking forward to.
She merely felt deeply gratified. "Aunt Gong" was how His Highness had addressed her when he was little.
Zhang Yang, meanwhile, could only smile bitterly again.
From that form of address, he guessed that he must have entered this body while still in the Demon Realm, right?
Otherwise, why would he call Gong Lin "Aunt Gong"?
Sigh!
Zhang Yang sighed inwardly and instructed Gong Lin, "I still have two guests at the foot of the mountain. I'll have to trouble you, Aunt Gong, to bring them up... One is War Demon Marshal, and the other is someone