Liu E was no fool. After hearing what Li Ping'an had to say, she understood at once.
Why the creature called a "Biao" had attacked her.
And the Tiger Demon protecting her was... was her mother!?
Then she was also...
"Could it be... I...?"
Agitated, Liu E asked in disbelief.
Li Ping'an reassured her, "There's no need to worry, Miss Liu."
Liu E breathed a sigh of relief. How could she possibly be a demon?
Then she heard Li Ping'an continue, "There's no need to worry, Miss Liu. You are definitely not human, but a bona fide Tiger Spirit."
Liu E: ...
(O_o)??
Li Ping'an explained, "Your bracelet concealed your identity very well, Miss Liu. Anyone short of a peak Middle Three Realms cultivator would struggle to see through it. As for those in the palace, I'm afraid the His Highness you mentioned has long known your identity."
Liu E's reaction was no reaction at all. She gazed at Li Ping'an with a complicated look in her eyes.
She did not even notice that Li Ping'an had exposed the identity of the young man in brocade.
After living for over twenty years, she was suddenly being told she was not human. Probably anyone would have thought the person telling them that was a lunatic.
Li Ping'an continued, "Miss Liu, you can treat everything you saw and learned today as a dream. Once you wake, you won't remember any of it."
"Then... then why tell me?"
"That involves karma and a number of complicated matters. It's rather complicated to explain.
"Your mother was unwilling to take your elder brother's life. Even a vicious tiger won't eat its cubs-that is only natural.
"But a Biao's mission is to kill its mother and its other two siblings.
"So she asked for my help,