If Divine Foresight feared Chu Mu's true body, it would naturally fear his doppelganger as well.
Ultimately, what it feared was the Red Sun connected to the other end of the Silken Thread.
Thus, when facing his doppelganger, it displayed the same terror it had shown upon encountering his true body at Cloudford.
As Divine Foresight's master, Jing Yuan could not possibly have failed to notice this abnormality.
Chu Mu's heart sank.
Having a free power bank was handy, but it came with a risk of leaking personal information.
Sure enough, free things were the most expensive.
Chu Mu did not know how Divine Foresight communicated with Jing Yuan, but he had no doubt that this astute general would let no anomaly escape his notice.
He had probably already reached a conclusion.
Yet Jing Yuan showed no sign of it on his face. He did not even mention the matter, instead turning to reassure Divine Foresight:
"That person is some distance away. Stay with me and don't wander off into other planes, and you'll be fine."
He seemed to attribute Divine Foresight's abnormal behavior to its fear of Chu Mu's true body, far away at the Matrix of Prescience.
But was that really what he believed?
No, absolutely not.
He could speak to Divine Foresight, and Divine Foresight could understand him. That meant it already possessed considerable intelligence.
Whatever Divine Foresight knew, he would know as well.
Thus, the mistaken judgment conveyed by his words was actually a shrewd decision to avoid a confrontation.
In doing so, he soothed Chu Mu's lingering unease.
It was as though he were saying:
I won't expose your disguise. In fact, I'll even play along.
This was Chu Mu's first meeting with this general of the Xianzhou, but the man had already left a