In Douluo Continent, I am the mastermind behind the scenes.

Chapter 92. What's fake can also be real.

Long Xiaoyao has never been an extremely optimistic person, and it is impossible for someone in a high position to be extremely optimistic. From the moment he saw the second Ma Xiaotao, he realized that the real Ma Xiaotao was very likely to die, but he just didn't want to admit it.

Qin Yi did not refuse. He immediately called Ye Xishui, gathered all the equipment, and the three of them rushed to Shrek City as quickly as possible.

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"Among the two of you, one is an imposter, disguised as Xiao Tao to infiltrate Shrek City with the intention of doing something unknown, or perhaps both of you are imposters."

"Now, I've brought in professionals who might be able to find flaws in the bloodline. A fake is a fake. You can fake your martial spirit, your appearance, your voice, and even your aura, but you can't fake the Fire Phoenix bloodline."

"Before the formal inspection, I hope the fake one can step forward and confess everything. The fact that you can fake it to this extent shows that your talent for disguise is unparalleled in the world. Our Sea God Pavilion has always admired geniuses. If you confess first... I don't mind making an exception and becoming a true member of the Sea God Pavilion."

Inside the dean's office at Shrek Academy's outer court, two girls were bound to a chair, with a specially made rubber band around their necks. Long Xiaoyao showed no mercy, tightening the rubber band to its limit, instantly giving the two girls a strong feeling of suffocation.

"I...I'm fake, please don't do this to me, sob sob, I feel so bad..."

Having lost her memory, Ma Xiaotao burst into tears, and her pitiful appearance made Long Xiaoyao feel a little sorry for her.

On the other side, feeling the suffocating sensation on her neck, Aying gritted her teeth and stared at Long Xiaoyao not far ahead with a puzzled look.

Seeing this, Long Xiaoyao shook his head and loosened the restraints on the two women's necks. Torture into confessing was not the result he wanted.

Left with no other option, Long Xiaoyao invited Ye Xishui into his office to collect blood samples from both of them and use more meticulous methods to verify their identities.

Ten minutes later, the test results came out.

Ye Xishui said expressionlessly, "Both of them have phoenix blood in their bodies, and both are of the fire attribute. Just looking at the purity of the fire phoenix bloodline, this girl is obviously much higher."

As she spoke, Ye Xishui pointed in Aying's direction.

Upon hearing this, Long Xiaoyao frowned and said, "So... our investigation has come full circle?"

"Not really." Ye Xishui walked quickly to the silly and cute girl and gently tapped her forehead.

The next moment, the silly and cute girl started convulsing as if she had Parkinson's disease, and her head inexplicably rotated 720 degrees.

"This...this is a lifelike robot?" Long Xiaoyao said in disbelief, "Are lifelike robots this advanced now? They even fooled two quasi-gods like us?"

Ye Xishui curled her lip and said irritably, "It's not that it's too advanced, it's that you two old fogies have been out of touch with the Soul Master world for too long. All you do all day is play chess, just loafing around and waiting to die. You don't learn what you should learn, you don't research what you should research. No wonder your Sea God Pavilion can't recruit anyone!"

Upon hearing this, Long Xiaoyao's face immediately turned red with embarrassment. His years of pampered life had given him the illusion that his cultivation had reached the pinnacle of this world, and that those fancy weapons were meaningless to him.

But... no, now is not the time to think about those things.

After dealing with the mannequin, Long Xiaoyao turned his attention to Aying.

"Vice Sect Master Ye, the remaining Xiao Tao shouldn't be a dummy, right?" Long Xiaoyao pointed in A Ying's direction and said with a solemn expression.

"She's not a fake person." Ye Xishui said calmly, arms crossed. "But she's not the real Ma Xiaotao either. She's a Soul Master who's good at disguise, probably trying to take Ma Xiaotao's place and become the future Lord of the Sea God Pavilion."

"How do you know?" Long Xiaoyao asked hurriedly.

"It's a very simple thing," Ye Xishui said impatiently. "This kind of dummy can perfectly replicate Ma Xiaotao's behavior. You can't achieve this level of accuracy just by obtaining a drop of Ma Xiaotao's blood or a strand of her hair."

"Whether it is or not, a soul search will tell. She can simulate Ma Xiaotao's martial spirit, aura, voice, way of speaking, and behavior, but there is one thing she cannot change... that is, she is not Ma Xiaotao, and has her own memories!"

"If someone's appearance and behavior are exactly the same as Ma Xiaotao's, and they possess the Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, and their identity is recognized by everyone in the Shrek Academy team, then she can become Ma Xiaotao in the true sense."

Ye Xishui suddenly uttered such an unbelievable statement, leaving Long Xiaoyao somewhat bewildered.

"What do you mean?"

Long Xiaoyao's face instantly darkened. He felt that this matter was somehow related to the Body Sect.

"It doesn't mean anything, it's just what I felt. If you don't understand, go to Mu En. He's the boss, after all, and his vision is much broader than yours."

As she spoke, Ye Xishui picked up the two 70,000-year-old soul bones that had been prepared for her on the table and walked out of the office on her own.

Watching Ye Xishui's receding figure, A Ying suddenly spoke up: "What she means is... to erase my extra memories and make me the real Ma Xiaotao, so as to consolidate your lineage's dominance in the Sea God Pavilion."

Now that things have come to this, Aying knows very well that she can no longer hide. She has no choice but to demonstrate her value in this way in order to save her life.

"What do you mean by a secure position? We have two quasi-gods. Even without Xiao Tao, how could we possibly lose power in the Sea God Pavilion? Stop trying to bluff your way out of this. Tell me... where exactly is the real Xiao Tao?"

Long Xiaoyao pinched A Ying's chin, his tiger-like eyes glaring at her angrily.

"I don't know." Aying shook her head and said, "I knocked her unconscious, and after I finished digesting her memories, just as I was about to devour her soul, she turned into a stream of light and disappeared in front of me. I guess some magical artifact on her body worked and saved her life."

"Senior Long, you're wrong about one thing. Without Ma Xiaotao, Sea God Douluo could have easily brought Huo Yuhao and the others into the Pavilion. The war is about to begin, and the future Sea God Pavilion will belong to the young. If you don't want your lineage to lose power, then let me continue to play the role of Ma Xiaotao. In the future... after everything has settled down, you can kick me aside and let Yan Shaozhe's descendant ascend to the position of Pavilion Master of the Sea God Pavilion."

(End of this chapter)