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Gu Qingze hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "Feng Ying... I want to know why Ling Xiao was suddenly controlled by the Heavenly Dao?"

Feng Ying looked at him, a hint of amusement in his eyes: "Why do you ask that?"

Gu Qingze explained: "Because if it is so easy for Heaven to control him, then it should not have to worry about the Son of Heaven deviating from the plot. Wouldn't it be fine if it could just control him directly? Therefore, I guess Ling Xiao must have been suddenly controlled by Heaven."

"You may have misunderstood." Feng Ying said, "I'm not asking you these reasons, but I want to know why you asked me this question? What's your idea?"

Gu Qingze thought for a moment, then repeated what Feng Ying had said: "Because you... know everything?"

Feng Ying shook his head and said in a firm tone: "You are not just suspicious of this. Gu Qingze, you are doubting me and suspecting that I had a hand in this matter."

Gu Qingze did not deny Feng Ying's accusation, because it was the truth. He did not intend to lie, because he knew he could not deceive Feng Ying. Just like before, he just selectively avoided those topics that were not so friendly to him.

When Feng Ying saw that he was silent, she knew that this was Gu Qingze's silent answer.

He sighed helplessly and said, "Well, what happened today... let's call it an unexpected development. It was indeed partly my doing."

"But please believe me, this was not my intention. It was completely beyond my expectation that things would develop this way."

"Gu Qingze, do you still remember the Dream Valley when you entered the Qingyun Sect's secret realm?" Feng Ying asked slowly.

"...Dream Valley?" Gu Qingze nodded.

Although that experience brought his relationship with Ling Xiao closer and allowed him to obtain the Dream Pearl, it also caused Ling Xiao to be affected by the so-called polluted "Spirit of the Origin".

Therefore, he did not have a good impression of Dream Valley.

Wait... the polluted "Original Spirit"? !

Gu Qingze looked at Feng Ying suddenly: "...illusion, origin spirit? What is the connection between them?"

Feng Ying nodded: "Your guess is correct. According to the original plot, Chu Lingxiao should have obtained the uncontaminated origin spirit here as one of his golden fingers. However, something unexpected happened."

He paused and continued, "Although I have been trying to conceal the fact that the plot has deviated, the Heavenly Dao still noticed it. It asked me to perform some operations on the Origin Spirit to try to correct the deviation of the plot."

"I wonder if Chu Lingxiao has mentioned to you that he encountered another Chu Lingxiao who was completely different from him in the illusion?" Feng Ying asked.

Gu Qingze nodded: "When I learned about this, I thought it was a disorder of time and space, causing Chu Lingxiao in the original time and space - that is, the time and space without my intervention, to meet Chu Lingxiao in the current time and space."

"In fact, there is no such thing as the original future time and space." Feng Ying explained, "That is just what Heavenly Dao deliberately used its power to conjure in order to get everything back on track. It is just the ideal way that Chu Lingxiao should become."

"Heavenly Dao hopes to use this method to shake Chu Lingxiao's heart and make him waver."

“But unexpectedly, Chu Lingxiao remained unmoved and was not affected at all. Therefore, Heavenly Dao allowed me to implant the polluted Origin Spirit into Chu Lingxiao’s body.”

"After implantation, the polluted origin spirit can subtly influence Chu Lingxiao's thoughts at any time." Feng Ying continued, "More importantly, this leaves something like a 'thread' for the Heavenly Dao, giving it the opportunity to control Chu Lingxiao's behavior."

Gu Qingze asked anxiously: "If we leave this 'line', does that mean that Tiandao can control Lingxiao at any time?"

Feng Ying shook his head and explained, "Of course not. My goals are different from Tiandao's. I will definitely not obey Tiandao's command completely. The reason why I did that at that time was to temporarily appease Tiandao."

He paused and continued, "The 'line' I left behind is actually problematic. It can only be considered a temporary 'line'. The Heavenly Dao can only be used once. In other words, after it controls Chu Lingxiao once, the 'line' will break and become ineffective."

Gu Qingze's mood became a little complicated: "Since you knew about this matter a long time ago, and you also knew that Ling Xiao might be controlled by the Heavenly Dao, then why did you still say that this incident was beyond your expectations?"

Feng Ying sighed and explained, "I just didn't expect that Tiandao would use such means at this critical moment, and even ignore the continuity of the plot."

"I have been very careful and have never exposed your identity. I have also never let the Heavenly Dao become suspicious of me. But why does it want to kill you so badly?"

Gu Qingze laughed at himself and said, "Maybe it's because... I'm positioned as a villain in the plot."

Unexpectedly, Feng Ying analyzed it seriously after hearing it: "That's definitely not the case. According to the development of the plot, it's far from the time when the villain needs to die."

Gu Qingze smiled slightly and said, "Actually, these things are not the most important."

"What really concerns me is.... Feng Ying, are you sure that the 'line' can only be controlled by Tian Dao once, and that you haven't left anything else that could allow Tian Dao to control Ling Xiao again?"

Feng Ying nodded almost without thinking, and answered affirmatively: "No, and after this incident happened, I specially conducted a comprehensive special examination on Chu Lingxiao just in case."

After hearing this, Gu Qingze heaved a sigh of relief and said, "That's good. I feel relieved now."

"Actually... I thought some things were strange back then." Gu Qingze said slowly, "For example, those Western fantasy elements in the illusion are obviously inconsistent with the overall design. Moreover, the illusion is obviously incomplete."

"Logically, Ling Xiao plays the role of an official working for the people in the illusion. He should investigate a strange incident that happened recently and dispel the illusion after finding out the truth. But in the end, it seems as if he was forced to interrupt halfway."

Feng Ying coughed lightly and explained, "I was the one who created the illusion at that time."

"But because the Heavenly Dao kept urging me to achieve its purpose, I only built half of it, randomly applied a few existing models, and then left it alone. Therefore, the illusion looks a bit rough."

Gu Qingze asked doubtfully, "Applying modeling... Is building a fantasy world similar to making a game?"

Feng Ying thought for a moment and replied, "That's about right."

"Although some of the existing models don't quite fit the background of cultivating immortals, but...the Heavenly Dao pushed too hard at the time. Since it didn't care about these details, I just followed its will."

Gu Qingze nodded, and then directed the topic to another aspect: "Feng Ying... Since you said that there is no future and original time and space, and only the present is real, then..."

He hesitated for a moment, as if he didn't know how to start. Seeing this, Feng Ying asked in confusion, "What do you want to ask?"

Gu Qingze took a deep breath and said, "When I was in school, I had a recurring nightmare for a long time. The nightmare was about the ending of the plot, where the villain was tortured by the protagonist before his death..."

Feng Ying understood immediately after hearing this: "This is also a way for Heaven to try to get you back on track. It wants to gradually influence your mind in this way and make you develop according to the plot it has set."

Gu Qingze looked directly at Feng Ying and asked directly, "Feng Ying...what role do you play in this process?"

"Me?" Feng Ying smiled and replied, "I did create that nightmare. But I took the initiative to do it that time. I mainly wanted to test you and test you."

Gu Qingze further asked: "Then why am I fine after Ling Xiao slept next to me for a night?"

Feng Ying explained: "That's because I'm worried that you might talk in your sleep and reveal some information that can't be revealed."

"Besides, I have been testing you for a month and I already know your background. Also, if I let you continue to have nightmares, your spirit may collapse."

"So, I took the initiative to stop the nightmare, and when I explained it to Tiandao, I made up an excuse to get over it and let it go."

"Heavenly Dao, and this is the Heavenly Dao of a small world. Most of the time, its intelligence is not that high. So when Heavenly Dao was not in a hurry at first, it was still easy to fool. But... it's not the case now."

Gu Qingze nodded, without saying anything more, and continued to ask: "Among the key plots that Ling Xiao must go through, are there any other ones besides the one where I fell off the cliff?"

Feng Ying shook his head and explained, "Although you are positioned as the villain in the novel, it is actually only in name only."

"You don't appear in many scenes in the original novel. Except for the early and late parts, there are very few other parts."

"Plus, Chu Lingxiao doesn't need to go to the final stage, and only goes to the key plot, so you only have this one important scene."

Gu Qingze nodded again to show his understanding: "Well, what do I need to do now?"

"It's still the same as before." Feng Ying replied, "You just need to wait for him to finish the plot, and then try to raise your cultivation level to a higher level."