Just as the palm seal was about to land on Lin Ke's face...
It stopped.
This also meant that Lin Ke had won his gamble.
With a single sentence, he exposed the doubt in Hua Wujiang's mind. "If I really belonged to the Illusionless Gu Sect, how could I possibly let you kill me?"
"Elder Hua, you need only examine me briefly to know whether there is Gu inside my body."
"Why go to all this trouble?"
"Besides, the Dream-Eating Gecko is still inside me. Surely it wouldn't mistake me for someone else?"
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the Dream-Eating Gecko appeared beside him, swishing its fat tail.
Although Hua Wujiang remained extremely cautious, he was finally beginning to waver.
After all, if he accidentally killed one of the sect's Heaven's Chosen and took the Dream-Eating Gecko down with him...
Wouldn't the losses outweigh the gains?
At this thought, he mobilized his Spirit Power and spread his Divine Sense over Lin Ke's body.
After examining him for a while, he paused briefly, looking like a doctor holding a stethoscope.
He examined him over and over, finally discovering that there truly was nothing abnormal about Lin Ke.
He was neither a Painted Skin nor someone controlled by Gu Insects.
According to his recollection, people controlled by the Illusionless Gu Sect indeed lacked their original selves' memories.
And the Lin Ke before him could also recount certain things that only the two of them knew.
So he continued asking, "Do you remember anything else that only you and I know?"
"Tell me a few things. Let me hear them."
Lin Ke could not help smiling bitterly. Perhaps this combination of everyday carelessness and excessive caution at critical moments was one reason the Supreme Elder had attained such a cultivation