Who said that?
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaoyun and the dozen or so guards who remained there were all taken aback.
Zhang Xiaoyun felt a chill run down his spine. He had felt something was wrong all along, and it was indeed not a misperception!
"Is it Lord Ling Sheng?" Zhang Zhiyun asked hesitantly, "Is there some problem?"
" Ling Sheng?" The lieutenant was taken aback. "He said that? Are you sure? What did he say?"
"He said," Zhang Zhiyun hesitated for a moment but still answered honestly, "The head guard personally instructed him before he left that in case of any major incident, he should obey Lord Ziyue's orders."
"Nonsense!" The lieutenant immediately became agitated. "How come I know nothing about this? And if the head guard gave such an order, why was I told to go find Ling Sheng instead of that Princess Ziyue?"
"Besides, everyone knows that the head of the guards has never really trusted Ziyue, so why would he hand over such important command at this crucial moment?"
"This..." Zhang Zhiyun hesitated, unsure how to respond, and said, "I also felt something was off, but at the time..."
"You feel something's not right?" Zhang Xiaoyun sneered, "That's not what you said when you spoke to me telepathically. Didn't you highly praise your Princess Ziyue?"
At this moment, Zhang Xiaoyun felt a surge of resentment rising in her chest. She had repeatedly stated that Ziyue was the problem, but no one listened to her. Even Zhang Zhiyun, that good-for-nothing, sided with Ziyue. And now? She'd finally gotten herself into trouble, hadn't she?
But Zhang Zhiyun stared blankly at the other person. "When did I communicate with you telepathically?"
"Ha," Zhang Xiaoyun laughed angrily, "Still not admitting it? You..."
But he suddenly stopped talking at this point.
wrong!
Is that so?
Zhang Xiaoyun suddenly jolted awake!
He suddenly figured out the reason.
Yes, why didn't I think of that? It might be a problem with the sound transmission.
"Has Your Highness noticed anything?" The adjutant frowned, clearly sensing that Zhang Xiaoyun's condition was somewhat off.
"Telepathic transmission! Yes, it's telepathic transmission!" Zhang Xiaoyun exclaimed excitedly, "That Ziyue is a spy! She used telepathic transmission to forge the words of the head guard. Ling Sheng heard the head guard's telepathic transmission, but he didn't expect that Ziyue would impersonate the head guard and send a telepathic message at this time. Just like I didn't expect that Zhang Zhiyun's telepathic message to me was fake!"
The lieutenant and Zhang Zhiyun were both taken aback, but after realizing what was happening, they frowned and asked, "Are you sure?"
Zhang Zhiyun said, "How could it be so easy to deceive Ling Sheng Sheng's loyalty? That method of transmitting sound requires two people to communicate spiritually, and for each other's mental energy to confirm that it is the other person. How can you deceive someone by simply imitating a voice and transmitting it into your mind?"
"I know, I know!" Zhang Xiaoyun exclaimed excitedly, "That woman must have used some special method. I don't know what it is, but that's roughly it. I did hear your telepathic communication just now, and during our conversation, I noticed that you highly praised Ziyue. Later, when something happened, you simply didn't plan to consult with you. This was all part of her scheme!"
"Is that so?" Zhang Zhiyun looked at the deputy general with suspicion. " Ying Sheng, what do you think?"
"Sound transmission is definitely impossible," the other person shook their head. "But there is a way."
"What?" they both asked in unison.
"Illusion!"
Illusion?
Zhang Xiaoyun asked in astonishment, " Ziyue used illusion magic to deceive me and Lord Ling Sheng?"
"It's not Ziyue." The other person shook their head. " Ziyue doesn't have that ability. Nowadays, illusionists are still only at the level of deceiving the eyes. Things like having voices in your head, directly controlling your mind, is that called illusion? That's more like puppetry."
" Ying Sheng, what do you mean?"
" The Thousand-Faced Fox!!"
Zhang Zhiyun and Zhang Xiaoyun were immediately startled.
They forgot that this character even exists!
" The Thousand-Faced Fox, a demon that has never Transcendent." Vice General Ying Sheng said coldly, "But its level of danger is absolutely unparalleled among all demons. The reason she hasn't caused greater chaos is because her power has never been Transcendent in multiple Samsara. This demon's abilities are special; we even avoid her when we hear the slightest rumor about her, never even considering parasitizing her. One reason is that capturing her is too difficult, and another is that we're afraid she'll see through our identities at a glance and read our Ancient Demon memories."
"I was wondering before whether Chen Qing would dare to use such a powerful trump card. After all, it's a double-edged sword; it can hurt others but also hurt oneself. Now it seems he dares to use it. I'm afraid he already infiltrated the Thousand-Faced Fox when he entered Cloud Capital."
"Rather than saying Ling Sheng was deceived by telepathy, it's more accurate to say that someone implanted this memory into him!"
"Damn it!" Zhang Xiaoyun's face twisted in shock; he never expected things to turn out this way.
"That shouldn't be the case, right?" Zhang Zhiyun calmed down a bit and said, "I've studied the Thousand-Faced Fox demon for a long time. Her abilities and her realm are two different things. She's a demon nourished by the luck of the human world, so the increase in her own abilities doesn't necessarily enhance her heaven-defying talent."
"That's true." Zhang Xiaoyun calmed down after being reminded of this. "I've also done my research. The Thousand-Faced Fox is a very special demon. Her abilities only increase by absorbing the essence of successful people. Her own abilities are not important. That's why she almost broke through to the Transcendent level, but was poisoned to death by a mortal concubine. Her own abilities have nothing to do with her talent. Even if she broke through to the Transcendent with Chen Qing's help, it doesn't mean that her abilities are enough to change the memories of Transcendent people."
"Just like how she needed to absorb the essence of mortal emperors to bewitch the masses, she must absorb the essence of Transcendent people with good fortune to have this ability, right? Who did she absorb? Chen Qing? Impossible, right?"
Ying Sheng frowned upon hearing this. Indeed, if the fox demon had absorbed Chen Qing's essence, given Chen Qing's demonstrated abilities and luck, the Thousand-Faced Fox would have manipulated over 90% of the people in Cloud Capital from the very beginning.
That's absolutely not the case.
"I don't know what happened," Ying Sheng shook his head. "But this is the only explanation. If it wasn't Thousand-Faced Fox, I can't think of anyone else with the ability to do such a thing. Besides, she's probably not in good condition right now. Her abilities are limited and she can't completely change our memories, otherwise she would have dominated the battlefield long ago. I guess she can only alter our memories a little under very specific conditions. But how exactly she did it, I don't know."
Neither Zhang Xiaoyun nor Zhang Zhiyun refuted this suggestion. Although it had many flaws, it was the most likely one.
"And I suspect that for them to achieve this, they must be by our side at all times!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaoyun and Zhang Zhiyun both felt a jolt in their hearts and almost simultaneously asked, "What does Your Excellency mean?"
"She's right here!" Ying Sheng coldly looked at the last ten guards who remained here!