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Chapter 189: Coincidence?
“Lord Jun, please forgive me. Yu’er has recently reached a critical point in her cultivation. Otherwise, I would certainly sit down and discuss the Dao with you in depth.”
A soft and seductive voice came from behind, and Lin Fengmian turned around to see Shangguan Yuqiong standing there, her eyes downcast and her expression meek.
The man above her looked impatient and coldly said, “This lord is in a hurry to return to the sect, so I won’t argue with you.”
“But my patience has its limits. When I return to the mansion before the New Year, I hope that Sect Master Shangguan will not still be unwell.”
Shangguan Yuqiong looked pained and said, “Yuqiong is indeed unwell. I will certainly welcome your visit when the time comes.”
“I hope so. Otherwise, I will no longer help your Joyful Union Sect fight off the Heavenly Deception Sect. Then you will have to fend for yourselves.”
The man coldly snorted and walked down from his seat, stopping in front of Lin Fengmian. The two of them stood face to face, like mirror images of each other.
Lin Fengmian carefully examined the other man, then reached out to touch his face, but the other man’s hand went right through.
As he had expected, the other man was just an illusion, seemingly a projection of a memory.
“Isn’t it very similar?”
Shangguan Yuqiong’s melodious voice came from behind, and another Shangguan Yuqiong appeared, looking at Lin Fengmian and the young man with a sigh.
Lin Fengmian looked at the man before him and said bitterly, “It’s very similar. I thought it was me”.
If it weren’t for the fact that the other man was thinner and had slightly sunken eyes due to excessive indulgence in wine and women, the two could have been identical.
Shangguan Yuqiong smiled slightly and said, “When Junior Sister Yuyan brought you back, I was quite shocked. I never imagined that two people in the world could be so similar.”
“This is his appearance a year ago. He looks completely different from you now, but before, you two were like twins.”
As she spoke, the scene around Lin Fengmian changed again. The young man’s face became more youthful, and the signs of forbearance were gone.
As the scene continued to change, the young man’s face became younger and younger, until Lin Fengmian saw what looked like himself from three years ago.
He was walking slowly with a group of attendants, his demeanor was arrogant and carefree, and he seemed to look down on everyone.
Suddenly, he turned his head and looked at Lin Fengmian, his eyes brightening and he smiled slightly, saying, “Who is this immortal maiden?”
Lin Fengmian knew that this was a memory projection of Shangguan Yuqiong, and the man in front of him was not himself, but someone else.
He asked in confusion, “Who is he?”
Shangguan Yuqiong solemnly said, “The thirteenth prince of the Heavenly Grace Dynasty, Jun Wuxie, and also an inner disciple of the Heavenly Fiend Hall.”
Lin Fengmian opened his mouth, but closed it again, hesitating to speak.
Shangguan Yuqiong smiled slyly and said, “Are you doubting your origin?”
Lin Fengmian nodded heavily. He truly couldn’t understand why he looked so much like this person.
What was the relationship between them?
Could it be that he really wasn’t his parents’ biological child?
Was he about to experience a ridiculous and melodramatic plot where he turned out to be the son of some powerful figure?
Shangguan Yuqiong, apparently guessing his thoughts, smiled and said, “I thought the same thing at first, but I have to disappoint you.”
She looked at Lin Fengmian with a strange expression and continued, “I have had your bloodline checked. You are indeed the biological child of your parents. You haven’t been switched, and you don’t have any twin brothers.”
“In addition, your mother has been faithful and hasn’t had any extramarital affairs or premarital lovers. You are truly her child.”
“In other words, he has nothing to do with you. You two are just two extremely similar people who happened to appear in this world by pure chance.”
Lin Fengmian’s mouth gaped open in shock, and then he let out a long sigh.
Scared me to death!
However, could it really be just a coincidence that he looked so much like this person?
Considering that he had appeared a thousand years ago, Lin Fengmian couldn’t help but think about it more.
Shangguan Yuqiong asked, “Aren’t you disappointed? This could have been your chance to become a prince of the dynasty.”
Lin Fengmian shook his head and said, “Compared to being a prince of any dynasty, I prefer being my parents’ child.”
He helplessly shrugged his shoulders and said, “It turns out that you misunderstood and thought that I was an illegitimate child of the Heavenly Grace Dynasty.”
“Now that you’ve confirmed that I have nothing to do with the Heavenly Grace Dynasty, what are you going to do with me? Kill me? Or what?”
Shangguan Yuqiong patted his face and smiled, “Are you really not afraid of death?”
Lin Fengmian grabbed her hand and calmly said, “When a man is dead, it’s all over. What is there to be afraid of?”
“We found out a year ago that you have nothing to do with him. If we wanted to kill you, we would have done it already,” Shangguan Yuqiong said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Lin Fengmian’s heart sank. He took a deep breath and asked, “If you’re keeping me alive, what do you want from me?”
Shangguan Yuqiong smiled seductively, “You’re so smart, do you really need to ask?”
“Are you asking me to replace him? To become the thirteenth prince of the Heavenly Grace Dynasty and protect you?” Lin Fengmian asked.
“I just love talking to smart people like you; it saves me so much trouble! Do you have any questions?” Shangguan Yuqiong smiled.
Lin Fengmian solemnly said, “Why did you choose me? There should be methods in the cultivation world to change your appearance.”
He remembered his Thousand Illusions Technique and the Fox Demon Transformation Art.
Shangguan Yuqiong shook her head. “Whether it’s an appearance altered by force or magic, it will leave traces.”
“Those traces are as clear as daylight to those with deep cultivation. However, both your bone structure and skin appearance are almost identical, seamless.”
Lin Fengmian was enlightened and asked, “What about the bloodline and bone age? They can’t be hidden, do you have any solutions?”
Shangguan Yuqiong smiled with satisfaction. “You’re very smart, you found the key quickly.”
“It’s quite miraculous, you are the same age, so bone age is not a problem. As for the bloodline, I have my own way to break through the bloodline power.”
Lin Fengmian was surprised that they could even solve this. “What about spiritual roots? My spiritual roots can’t be the same as his, right?”
Shangguan Yuqiong shook her head with a bitter smile. “How could it be so coincidental? Your spiritual roots are different. You have mixed spiritual roots of three attributes. As for him…”
Lin Fengmian listened intently. Logically, the spiritual roots of someone from a prestigious family should be decent, especially since he was an inner disciple of the Heavenly Fiend Hall.
Heavenly Fiend Hall was a name even he had heard of; it was the first major sect in the Northern Abyss, holding a status comparable to the Qionghua Sect a thousand years ago.
However, Shangguan Yuqiong laughed and said, “He is even more of a waste, with mixed spiritual roots of four attributes. His cultivation relies entirely on taking pills, and he joined the sect through his family’s influence.”
Lin Fengmian almost spat out a mouthful of blood, but still asked in confusion, “But our spiritual roots are still different!”
Shangguan Yuqiong smiled. “In the cultivation world, there are secret treasures to improve spiritual roots. When the time comes, our Joyful Union sect will pretend to offer you such a treasure to improve your spiritual roots.”
“What do you think? Will you help me replace him? If you become him, you will enjoy endless wealth and glory, and you will have an inexhaustible supply of cultivation resources!”