Good Fortune Born slowly backed away until he reached one side of the room, his back against the wall. "Ye Han, at this point, there's no need for me to hide it from you. I turned into a shadow not to harm you, but to save myself."
Li Qingxian's expression did not change. He did not believe a single word.
The two looked at each other. The character "treacherous" on their foreheads had dimmed, but it had not vanished.
Good Fortune Born sighed. "You really can't see the forest for the trees. You are the Heaven's Mandate Sect's Son of Man!"
"Ah?" Just before Li Qingxian burst out laughing, he controlled his mana and stopped his expression from changing.
"Keep pretending, why don't you! If you weren't the Son of Man, how could you have tricked my treasures away from me in Eerie Village? How could you have escaped? If you weren't the Son of Man, how could you have gathered so many capable people in Eerie City? If you weren't the Son of Man, why would Lin Zhen Yuan, Scabbard, and the others all inexplicably support you and squeeze me out?"
Li Qingxian fought back his laughter and shook his head. "You're wrong. Heaven's Mandate Sect wouldn't let a Fate Arts Master become the Son of Man."
"Did the Heaven's Mandate Sect Master say that himself?"
Li Qingxian froze. When had Good Fortune Born become so clever? He truly had not considered that point.
"The Son of Man chosen by Heaven's Mandate Sect wouldn't be bound by identity. They would only choose someone who followed Heaven's Mandate or aided Heaven's Mandate Sect. You follow Heaven's Mandate and might become a Child of Heaven's Mandate. What would be wrong with them choosing you as the Son of Man?"
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