Chapter 463: True and False Xuanyang

"It's me, it's me, I'm Xuanyang, hurry and save me!"

Seeing Li Heng and the others appear, the Xuanyang pressed beneath the High Tower brightened, spoke loudly, and was full of surprise.

"That's not right, how could Xuanyang be here?"

"And why is he pressed beneath this High Tower?"

Heavenly King Guangnan frowned and said with extreme vigilance.

Although he sensed that this Xuanyang's aura was no different from the Xuanyang he knew—it was the same person—how could Xuanyang possibly appear here?

According to what Li Heng said, wasn't Xuanyang outside the True Realm?

"Could this be the Xuanyang from the past, just like us?"

Bai Laotou speculated.

Guangnan did not speak; he always felt it wasn't that simple.

Li Heng and the others were watching, but the Xuanyang pressed beneath the High Tower could not wait any longer and hurriedly urged them.

"Guangnan, what are you still waiting for? Hurry and save me. Although there are indeed some grudges between you and me, you wouldn't bear to watch your own colleague be suppressed here, would you?"

Once these words were spoken, the gazes of Li Heng and the others became even stranger.

They had just been thinking that this Xuanyang was a fake.

But now, that possibility had greatly diminished.

After all, this Xuanyang knew of the grudge between Guangnan and Xuanyang.

"If you want us to save you, then you must tell us what exactly happened here, and why you were suppressed beneath the High Tower," Heavenly King Guangnan said.

Xuanyang was stunned upon hearing this, and spoke.

"Do you not believe me? I am the real Xuanyang! Back then, I even gave Guangnan a sap on the head and took the precious wine gourd he kept by his side; you can ask Guangnan!"

Everyone was stunned and couldn't help but look up at Heavenly King Guangnan.

At this moment, the veins on Heavenly King Guangnan's forehead were already throbbing, and a tangible fire of rage manifested, as if it could burn the Great Thousand World; his body even began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Fine, fine, so it was you, this guy!"

"I'll deal with you right now..."

Heavenly King Guangnan rolled up his sleeves and was about to stride forward to settle things with this damned Xuanyang. Seeing that the situation was bad, Old Man Bai hurriedly pulled him back with all his might, forcing the harsh words he was about to say back down.

At the same time, he hurriedly spoke, trying to persuade him with both soft and hard words.

"Wait, wait, calm down, calm down, there are still many questions!"

"Guangnan, the big picture is what matters, don't be so agitated..."

Finally, Heavenly King Guangnan calmed down, the fire of rage in his heart subsided, but he still glared at Xuanyang with hatred and said nothing more.

Seeing this, the Xuanyang pressed beneath the tower was triumphant.

"You see, I told you, I am the real Xuanyang."

Everyone was speechless.

If you keep talking like this, poking at Guangnan's scars, then even if you say you're real, it's useless; I'm afraid Guangnan really won't be able to help himself from attacking and killing you.

"Alright, even if you are the real Xuanyang, I still want to ask, why were you pressed beneath the tower? Did you not escape the True Realm during the catastrophe of the Heavenly Court's shattering?"

Bai Laotou asked, still puzzled.

After a moment of silence upon hearing this, Xuanyang spoke slowly.

"I indeed did not escape the True Realm; I was suppressed here."

Once these words were spoken, the certainty in his tone made everyone astonished again, because this statement was the exact opposite of what Li Heng had said before. Li Heng said Xuanyang was in some World outside the True Realm, but the Xuanyang before them said he had never escaped the True Realm.

What exactly was going on here?

Everyone cast puzzled gazes toward Li Heng, hoping Li Heng could provide an explanation. At the same time, they secretly speculated in their hearts: could it be that Li Heng had been deceived? Was the Xuanyang Li Heng encountered not the real one?

After all, they had never seen the Xuanyang Li Heng spoke of, but the Xuanyang before them, whose appearance and aura were no different from the real Xuanyang, was right in front of their eyes.

Li Heng did not explain, but instead looked at this Xuanyang and asked.

"Then what exactly were you suppressed by?"

"And how have you managed to live until now?"

"You must know that the True Realm has already fallen, the Immortal Gods have been defeated, and this Heavenly Court has become a ruin and a forbidden zone for living beings; how could you survive here for so long?"

Xuanyang stared at Li Heng upon hearing this.

"And who are you? You aren't one of our Heavenly Court people, are you?"

"Guangnan, Old Man Bai, what is the meaning of this?"

"Watching a former colleague be interrogated by an outsider?"

He looked at the two, Heavenly King Guangnan and Old Man Bai, and said with displeasure.

Heavenly King Guangnan and Old Man Bai frowned, looked at each other, and said calmly, "His questions are also our questions. Xuanyang, you had better answer honestly; he can represent us. Or is there some trickery involved that you don't want to answer?"

Li Heng smiled slightly.

"Xuanyang, speak, your time is running out."

"What if I don't speak?"

Xuanyang frowned and said coldly.

"Guangnan, Old Man Bai, have you two already betrayed the Heavenly Court and colluded with an outsider to interrogate a former colleague?"

Guangnan and Old Man Bai did not speak, watching him calmly.

Li Heng smiled and reminded him.

"The words you just said also count as time."

Once these words were spoken, Xuanyang's expression turned completely gloomy. He rolled his eyes to look around at everyone, then, with the appearance of someone who had accepted his fate, he spoke slowly.

"Fine, I'll talk; this matter is actually quite embarrassing."

"I was suppressed here by a monster."

Xuanyang said with a pained expression.

"A monster, then where is that monster now?"

Li Heng raised his eyebrows and continued to press for an answer.

"I do not know where that monster is. But when the Calamity erupted, after he suppressed me, he transformed into my appearance, possessed all my power, and took my place."

"The last time I saw him, he seemed to be trying to escape the True Realm!"

Xuanyang closed his eyes and spoke slowly.

Everyone was shocked upon hearing this.

A monster, replacement, escaping the True Realm!?

They quickly associated this with the Xuanyang that Li Heng had mentioned earlier, the one who had already escaped the True Realm and was hiding in some corner of Heaven and Earth; could that Xuanyang be a monster!?

The Heavenly King of Guangnan frowned and spoke.

"Fellow Daoist Li, what exactly is going on here?"

He could no longer make sense of the situation.

If the Xuanyang outside the True Realm was a monster, then what did that make the Li Heng before him? He dared not think further.

He would rather believe that the Xuanyang before him was the one with the problem.

But regardless, analyzing from appearance, aura, soul, and True Spirit, this Xuanyang was no different from the Xuanyang in his memory, so how could he possibly be a fake?

"What, have you already met that monster disguised as me? Then I advise you not to trust him, nor anyone associated with him."

"Because that monster does not just eat people!"

Xuanyang warned in a cold voice.

The Heavenly King of Guangnan and Old Man Bai felt their hearts skip a beat.

Fellow Daoist Li, could it really be...

At this moment, Li Heng smiled and spoke.

"Have you said enough now? Xuanyang?"

"What, you don't want me to speak? But this is the truth you wanted. Or is it that you appeared this time because you were bewitched by some monster and came to kill me, the real Xuanyang?"

Xuanyang frowned and asked in confusion.

"That's not it, I just find it funny. To actually call yourself a monster, right? Xuanyang."

Li Heng said with a smile.