Chapter 75: Identity Exposed (2)
Cheng Hong Ling, a peerless fairy who made all the heretical cultivators in Huang Tian Prefecture tremble with fear, was known for her decisive and unmerciful actions. Once she drew her sword, death was certain.
Qi Huang, having spent so much time with her main body, knew this was no exaggeration. It was a conditioned reflex that made her retract her clone. In her memory, the main body never bluffed.
Unfortunately, this time Cheng Hong Ling was actually bluffing! She was decisive, but she never killed innocents indiscriminately. Without concrete evidence, how could she possibly act rashly?
Therefore, her sword strike this time was merely a test. The reality proved her strategy effective, and Qi Huang had fallen for the trap.
Moreover, Cheng Hong Ling’s rash action surprised even Ling Hui Po, her clone, because she had absorbed Qi Huang’s original Ling Hui Po. If Huang Tian died, she would die too.
So, almost instantly, Cheng Hong Ling’s Ling Hui Po leaped out and voluntarily detached from Qi Huang’s Ling Hui Po.
Qi Huang’s Ling Hui Po’s eyes became unfocused for a moment before regaining consciousness. Although she was no longer a puppet, she had been feminized. Thus, her eyes towards Qi Huang were still filled with hostility.
Qi Huang was no longer afraid, so her thoughts were surprisingly clear. She thought that even if she were to die, she should die a “complete corpse.” Therefore, she released the Soul Bond again, forcefully pulling her Ling Hui Po into the Sea of Consciousness.
Cheng Hong Ling’s Ling Hui Po didn’t rush. After all, this imposter had been exposed. It wouldn’t be too late to “take over the nest” later.
Outside, Cheng Hong Ling’s face was like frost. Her sword disappeared from her hand, and her Life Soul immediately appeared in the hall of the Sea of Consciousness.
In the Sea of Consciousness palace at this moment, all the souls looked at Qi Huang in disbelief. They simply couldn’t believe what they were seeing. How could a clone cultivate a clone? And one of them was a male clone?
“Cheng… Cheng Ling, is what you said true?”
Some sisters, in disbelief, inquired of Cheng Hong Ling’s Ling Hui Po.
‘So her name is Cheng Ling!’
Qi Huang muttered, looking at the culprit who had feminized her.
“Is there any reason to lie? Everyone saw it, she just used the Soul Bond to recall that ‘Huang Qi’ into the Sea of Consciousness!”
Cheng Ling specifically pointed this out before confronting Qi Huang aggressively, “Now, how can you argue?”
Qi Huang knew her situation was hopeless and stopped speaking.
“I need an explanation!”
Cheng Hong Ling stepped forward and questioned Qi Huang again. Her clear black and white beautiful eyes sparkled like stars in the night sky, but they contained no emotion.
Qi Huang looked at her main body, intending to say something. However, the sudden guilt that arose in her heart prevented her from arguing further. She said, “I have nothing to say. Do as you please, whether it’s to kill or to torture. But I’ll take responsibility for my own actions. I hope you won’t harm my family.”
“So, what Cheng Ling said is all true?”
Cheng Hong Ling confirmed again.
“Yes!”
Qi Huang nodded fearlessly. She had no fear anymore, and death was nothing to her.
Of course, Qi Huang had considered resisting. However, facing the killing intent, she was truly helpless.
“I have a question: Where have you been for the past six months? Why didn’t you tell me about this sooner?”
Cheng Hong Ling turned to inquire of Cheng Ling.
“You should understand that there’s a Heart Door in the Sea of Consciousness, controlled by the Life Soul! And her Spiritual Sense is powerful; I couldn’t push it open alone, so I had to assimilate the Three Souls and Seven Vital Souls one by one, and then have them help me! Only recently did I assimilate six of the vital souls. If this imposter hadn’t fallen unconscious this time, I don’t know when I would have been able to come out and see you.”
Cheng Ling explained concisely.
Cheng Hong Ling looked thoughtful, then turned to Qi Huang and said, “Did you know that if your Spiritual Sense was overdrawn, she could exploit it?”
“Yes!”
Qi Huang took a deep breath and nodded.
“If that’s the case, why did you still risk saving my father?”
Cheng Hong Ling asked with confusion.
“As she just said, several of my Three Souls and Seven Vital Souls were assimilated by her, and I was inevitably influenced. So, in my heart, I had already regarded your father as my own father.”
Qi Huang smiled wryly.
Cheng Hong Ling’s gaze finally became complex. She stood there like a beautiful ice sculpture, lost in thought.
“What are you spacing out for?”
Cheng Ling asked urgently.
“What do you want me to do?”
Cheng Hong Ling snapped back to reality and asked.
“Split her physical body. Once I inhabit it, it won’t take long for me to assimilate all three male souls. At that time, this person will completely disappear from this world.”
Cheng Ling stated her request.
“And then? You’ll take over the nest, become the Life Soul of that body, and completely get rid of me! Right?”
Cheng Hong Ling calmly pressed.
“Wouldn’t that be good? Then I can help you better. We are one and the same. Even without the connection of the Soul Bond, we are much more reliable than her, an outsider.”
Cheng Ling retorted.
“It is indeed good! But I want to ask you, that is someone else’s body. What right do we have to take it?”
Cheng Hong Ling sneered.
“Eh? Why is her attitude not quite what I imagined?”
Qi Huang looked at her main body in surprise.
“She, a grown man, impersonated me, deceived everyone, and not only that, but how much advantage did she take of you and those Senior Sisters during this time? Just for defiling girls’ purity, this crime alone is enough to make her die ten thousand times.”
Cheng Ling listed all of Qi Huang’s crimes one by one.
‘Am I really that shameless?’
Qi Huang’s face flushed, and she retorted unhappily, “Say what you want, but don’t falsely accuse me. Whose advantage did I take? I’ve always deliberately kept my distance from them. It’s they who insisted on getting close.”
“Firstly, she is a woman from the inside out now, so what advantage are you talking about? Secondly, you only see her shameless actions, but have you completely overlooked how much she has contributed to us during this time? The first time she came to Hong Hua Sect, she helped us resolve the crisis of annihilation. Later, she helped us countless times. Everyone saw it. Take this time for example, she knew that overdrawing her Spiritual Sense could lead to you exploiting it, but she still resolutely saved Father. How can you expect me to act?”
Cheng Hong Ling questioned her word by word.
“So, you mean to let this matter go? Then why are you still investigating it?”
Cheng Ling asked foolishly, clearly stunned.
“I was investigating just to clear up my doubts. I never said I wanted to kill her.”
Cheng Hong Ling looked at Qi Huang. Her as-if of ice-frozen beautiful face gradually melted, revealing a trace of a warm smile.
Qi Huang looked on foolishly, her lips trembling with intense emotion. If she had a physical body, she would have cried immediately.
“I have something to remind you. In her Sea of Consciousness, there are still three… no… to be precise, two male and one neither male nor female soul. If they are not completely assimilated, once seen by Yin-Yang Eyes in the future, it will bring us great trouble.”
Cheng Ling, seeing that she couldn’t play the emotional card, changed her reason.
“What trouble?”
Cheng Hong Ling didn’t react immediately.
“Aren’t you quite smart? Why did you suddenly become stupid? The gender ratio of males and females in the secular world is extremely imbalanced. Including official governments, Juexian Cult, and various righteous and evil organizations, they are all trying to solve this problem. If they know that this person was originally a man, do you think these people will capture us for dissection and research? Who can protect us then? The Immortal Alliance? So, even for our future, her soul must completely become female.”
Cheng Ling reminded her with a cold smile.
Cheng Hong Ling’s expression changed drastically. Being exceptionally intelligent, she instantly understood the seriousness of the matter.
Qi Huang was also speechless, as she had long known that her true identity was a ticking time bomb, and anyone who got close to her would be implicated.
“I’m sorry! Without her, let alone our future, it’s questionable whether I and Hong Hua Sect could have reached today. So, your reason still cannot convince me.”
Cheng Hong Ling did not remain silent for too long this time.
Cheng Ling’s eyes widened in disbelief, and then she immediately drilled towards Qi Huang’s head. She knew her plan had completely failed, and now the only way to turn things around was to re-enter the imposter’s Sea of Consciousness.
