Chapter 74 The False Illness

Chapter 74 The False Illness

Shen Lijun felt a mix of emotions.

His close friend across generations is fake, the plastic surgery news is fake, what is real... Waaah, is he such a failure as a person?

Seeing that Shen Lijun looked like he was about to cry, Wei Houming coughed and reminded him to control his emotions so that Xiaolou wouldn't notice anything amiss.

"cough!"

Upon hearing Wei Houming's voice, Shen Lijun immediately reacted, turned his head away from Lou Yuqing, circulated his spiritual power, and his reddened eyes returned to normal.

Kui Houming nodded to himself, no longer looking as distraught as before. He wondered who this imposter "Old Man Spring Breeze" was, that Shen Lijun trusted him so much.

Although this person stopped because he felt sorry for him, it cannot be denied that he initially came to swindle money, and his purpose was not pure.

Kui Houming frowned. If it was just this, that would be fine, but if he had done something heinous, he couldn't let him off so easily.

The next moment, Lou Yuqing revealed the imposter's identity.

[Oh wow, he's not entirely unrelated to Old Man Chunfeng. He used to be Old Man Chunfeng's handyman apprentice and can imitate his mannerisms pretty much.]

Shen Lijun pursed his lips. No wonder he felt that the characteristics of "Senior Chunfeng" matched those of the old man Chunfeng in the investigation, so he didn't have much of a guard up.

However, a look of confusion flashed across his face. "Senior Spring Breeze" was actually Old Man Spring Breeze's handyman disciple? Didn't that mean that "Senior Spring Breeze" was much younger than he thought?

Thinking about how he kept calling him "senior," Shen Lijun's fair face turned red instantly, and it was getting even redder. Damn it, he really wanted to play dead!

besides……

Although he appreciated the friendship with that person, the person had deceived him first, casting a shadow over this "friendship despite the age gap" from the very beginning, which made him feel quite uncomfortable.

Ling Yunxiao glanced at Shen Lijun's expression and knew that Shen Lijun was hesitant to deal with the swindler. If he found someone deliberately approaching him, even if the other party did not do anything to harm him, he would not be lenient with that person.

Si Nidie tilted her head. Her junior sister said that the imposter and Shen Lijun had similar experiences. Could it be that these two are just simps sticking together for warmth?

Thinking of this, she laughed rather unkindly.

Fortunately, no one laughed out loud; everyone was waiting for the follow-up to the heartfelt words.

The imposter, rejected by the goddess, became distracted. Eventually, the old man of spring breeze noticed something was wrong and sent the imposter away.

[Having lost the protection of the Old Man of Spring Breeze, the imposter suffered for a time. During one of his explorations of a secret realm, he obtained a secret technique to change his appearance and conceived the idea of ​​impersonating the Old Man of Spring Breeze.]

[By doing this, he can both gain benefits and get revenge on Old Man Chunfeng. As long as he escapes quickly enough when the truth comes out, it will only be Old Man Chunfeng whose reputation will be ruined.]

This guy is quite adept at shady dealings, and has caused Old Man Chunfeng a lot of trouble over the years. Unfortunately, he's slippery and hasn't been caught yet.

[Unexpectedly, this person, because of empathy with Shen Lijun, not only gave up his intention to scam money, but also spent time and energy comforting him.]

[Count them up, the two have known each other for five years. What kind of swindler has such patience? It's normal that Shen Lijun isn't wary of him, after all, he's genuinely good to Shen Lijun.]

He doesn't seem like a scammer to me; he seems more like someone doing charity work.

Lou Yuqing was filled with emotion.

Shen Lijun hesitated, yes, "Senior Chunfeng" had indeed helped him wholeheartedly without any selfish motives, which was why he could be confidants with her.

However, the thought that beneath the beautiful facade lay ill-intentioned motives told him that they could never go back to the way things were. This relationship, built on deception, would soon vanish as the truth was revealed.

His sincerity was ultimately misplaced.

Shen Lijun sobbed. Back then, he trusted "Senior Chunfeng" so much that the first person he told after discovering that his body had become a puppet was him.

As a result, sob sob sob...

[Since meeting Shen Lijun, the imposter has stopped swindling money under the name of Old Man Chunfeng, retired from his criminal activities, and devoted himself to studying medicine... This story is truly bizarre.]

Three years ago, he learned that Shen Lijun had suddenly developed a puppet-like condition and wanted to use all his knowledge to cure Shen Lijun, but due to his limited abilities, he had no clue how to do it.

Everyone's expressions froze for a moment, then turned strange.

This quack doctor is both bad and good; he is true in swindling money and ruining other people's reputations, but his kindness to Shen Lijun is also genuine.

Upon seeing this, Lou Yuqing's disgust for the man lessened somewhat, and she unconsciously changed her way of addressing him, from "imposter" to "imposter doctor."

Later, the fake doctor told Shen Lijun that he was going to travel the continent to see if he could find a way to cure the puppet-like state, but in reality...

Her voice paused for a moment.

Shen Lijun hesitated. "Isn't that right?"

When he saw his body turn into a puppet, he was terrified. But even a great physician like "Senior Spring Breeze" was helpless, so he didn't want to waste money on another doctor.

He didn't know if he would one day become a true puppet, never to be changed back. He had a more important wish to fulfill—

He wants to save up the spirit stones to get plastic surgery.

This was also one of the reasons that prompted him to steal the cultivation room. If he was destined not to live much longer, why not follow his own heart?

"Senior Spring Breeze" said that plastic surgery requires many precious elixirs, which will be expensive, but he doesn't care. If he can make Qiuyan transfer her affections to him, it will be worth it.

Over the past three years, he has maintained contact with "Senior Chunfeng". When he heard Lou Yuqing's thoughts just now, he wanted to question her, but when he thought of the care she had shown him, he was reluctant to take that step with her.

Just as Shen Lijun was hesitating, Lou Yuqing's inner voice rang out again.

[In reality, the fake doctor deceived Shen Lijun. He did not go on a journey, but instead returned to kneel before the Old Man of Spring Breeze, confessed his wrongdoings, and begged for forgiveness.]

Everyone was stunned: Isn't this just walking into a trap?

You've been slandering people like this, they're bound to be resentful. If they're petty, they might even kill you.

Shen Lijun couldn't help but feel a little worried for the other party.

He didn't understand why the other party would do this.

[The fake doctor did this for Shen Lijun!]

The moment his thought arose, Lou Yuqing's inner voice immediately followed.

Shen Lijun was dumbfounded: "..." For him?

[This is what the fake doctor thought: Old Man Chunfeng has superb medical skills. If we can get him to help, we might be able to find out the cause of Shen Lijun's puppet-like transformation.]

So he went back to apologize to Elder Chunfeng. In fact, when he stopped committing the crime, he already felt remorseful and ashamed before Elder Chunfeng.

This incident gave him a reason to return. At that time, the old man Chunfeng had many disciples who did odd jobs, but the one he favored the most was the fake doctor.

[Because the imposter doctor was exceptionally intelligent and quick to grasp concepts, if he hadn't gone astray, he should have been recognized as a formal disciple by the Old Man of Spring Breeze by now.]

The old man from Spring Breeze kicked him out to test him, but who would have thought that the imposter doctor was so weak-willed that he left in a fit of anger and committed so many wrongdoings.

Fortunately, Old Man Chunfeng had a good temper and didn't argue too much with the fake doctor. He just told him to return the spirit stones he had swindled and then considered taking him back as a handyman.

The fake doctor is still atoning for his actions, as some of the victims are still missing and he needs to search for them slowly.

After hearing Lou Yuqing's thoughts, Shen Lijun was completely dumbfounded.

The crowd glanced at him, seemingly casually. They hadn't expected this fake doctor to go to such lengths for Shen Lijun. Although he probably wanted to ask for the forgiveness of Elder Chunfeng, his motivation was indeed for Shen Lijun's sake.

In conclusion, the friendship between the two is genuine.

Kui Houming relaxed. It was a great virtue to admit one's mistakes and make amends. Since that person was already making amends, he would not meddle and insist on capturing him and bringing him to the sect for questioning.

Si Nidie shrugged. It really was a series of twists and turns. Although the story was a bit convoluted, she enjoyed listening to it. She originally thought that Shen Lijun had made a bad choice in friends and had been tricked by a swindler, but it turned out that this fake doctor had come to his senses and turned over a new leaf.

I wonder how Shen Lijun managed to influence him?

The person involved was still in shock. After a while, he came to his senses and silently opened his mouth. It would be a lie to say that he was not moved by what "Senior Chunfeng" did.

However, even now, the other party hasn't revealed a single shred of the truth to him. They've contacted each other many times, and there have been countless opportunities to explain things clearly.

Shen Lijun felt his heart burning and didn't know what to do.

As originally planned, Shen Lijun's free use of the cultivation room was discovered today, but it wasn't my senior sister or me who discovered it, but another disciple.

With irrefutable evidence, Shen Lijun had no way to refute it and was punished by Captain Wei with ten years of land reclamation work as atonement for his crime, which was used to offset the more than 10,000 spirit stones owed.

Kui Houming suddenly realized that he had chosen land reclamation over mining. Why not follow suit and let Shen Lijun...

Unfortunately, he died not long after in a monster attack, his body never recovered. Before he died, he was still thinking about how he hadn't seen his beloved one one last time.

Kui Houming hastily withdrew his decision. There was no shortage of manpower for land reclamation at the moment, so he decided to let Shen Lijun go mining. Well, that's how it was decided.

Shen Lijun: "..."

No way, is he really that miserable?!

Looking at the sympathetic glances cast his way, he fell silent.

After his body became a puppet, he thought he was going to die soon. In despair, he secretly used the cultivation room, thinking that fulfilling his wish was the most important thing.

Unexpectedly, before he could even win Qiuyan's heart, this act led to his premature death.

Oh, by the way, the news about the plastic surgery is also false.

In the end, it's all for nothing, so what's the point of struggling?

Seeing the dejected aura emanating from Shen Lijun, Ling Yunxiao frowned. Had he lost his fighting spirit? But with Junior Sister Yuqing's thoughts revealed beforehand, he certainly wouldn't die like this again.

Just as Ling Yunxiao was puzzled, Lou Yuqing's voice, filled with emotion, reached his ears.

It's such a pity that such a genius has fallen. If Shen Lijun had survived, he could definitely have made a name for himself with his puppet transformation ability.

Everyone was stunned: Supernatural power?!

A special light shone in Shen Lijun's dull eyes, and his confidence was instantly ignited. It turned out that he did not have any intractable disease.