By this point, Lu Xiaoxiao's interest had truly been piqued.
Compared with the earlier version, the new script's plot and conflicts had far more dramatic tension, but there were also far more changes than she had expected. Marveling at Wei Yun's efficiency, she kept reading.
Song Qingyun had discovered the true identity of the Moon Devouring Cult's leader entirely because of a mistake during a clash with its members.
It had been a grave mistake, one that led directly to both her and Xiao Lingyun being captured.
Song Qingyun had been nervous at first. After all, she had opposed the Moon Devouring Cult for years and thwarted so many of its operations. It hardly took much imagination to know that nothing good awaited her once they took her back.
To her surprise, however, the members of the Moon Devouring Cult did not torture her. Instead, they courteously escorted her before their leader.
When the mask came off, the face beneath it was none other than Xiao Lingyi's.
Only after they spoke did Song Qingyun learn that the memory-erasing spell from all those years ago had never worked on Xiao Lingyi. He remembered everything: that Song Qingyun had once stood alongside those who wanted to slaughter the village, and that his younger sister had suddenly vanished.
But Xiao Lingyi had been too weak back then, so he had pretended to lose his memories and quietly bided his time. Only later, after establishing contact with the Demon Venerable's original body and realizing that he possessed powers unlike those of ordinary people, had he calmly begun laying out a plan that would span years, building and expanding the Moon Devouring Cult step by step into what it was today.
He had recognized Song Qingyun the very first time she appeared before his followers,