Zhou Xuan glanced at the incense fire Taoist, further confirming his suspicions.

If this incense fire Taoist were genuine, his focus on the Medicine Buddha would not be as completely engrossed as it is now.

"This impostor is up to something."

Zhou Xuan watched silently.

The Medicine Buddha continued speaking about how their Buddha Country’s Five Styles entered Jing Country.

"Around Jing Country, there is a blue layer that, beneath it, makes Jing Country almost invisible in the starry sky."

"In the past, the Seeking Wave Team and the Expedition Team of Buddha Country passed by Jing Country countless times in the starry sky, but never noticed this vibrant kingdom.

The blue layer disguised Jing Country as a ruined, filthy, lifeless place, to the point where our Buddha Country didn’t even consider looking at Jing Country."

"However, hundreds of years ago, this blue covering was damaged, exposing some corners, and revealing a glimpse of Jing Country, which our Buddha Country called ’the breach.’"

"In those breaches, we saw flowers, boundless vitality, and blue hues. So, the Seeking Wave Team began to land in Jing Country."

"These breaches in Jing Country don’t open all the time; they open every few decades or a century.

The most recent opening was three years ago, during which our Buddha Country’s Five Styles seized the opportunity to sneak into Jing Country."

Zhou Xuan was stunned as he listened—what the Medicine Buddha described as the blue covering, he had seen with his own eyes: a blue, almost film-like material wrapped tightly around Jing Country.

With this blue layer, it was nearly impossible for outsiders to enter or for insiders to leave.

The incense fire Taoist relied on the "Ancestor Crow Cloud Pattern" to leave Jing Country.

The Ancestor Crow had the ability of Shifting Form, allowing access in and out of Jing Country.

"The former three-headed stone Buddha said there was a narrow passage between Jing Country and Buddha Country. Now it seems, besides the passage, there are also breaches?"

Zhou Xuan turned to look at the incense fire Taoist—only to see that the old Taoist was smiling, wiping away the previous tension entirely.

He seemed like a completely different person.

Although the changes in expression were intense in terms of emotional flow, the variations in face and gaze were minimal,

If the incense fire Taoist had not acted unusually recently and drawn Zhou Xuan’s attention, prompting him to focus entirely on the Old Incense, he might have missed these clues.

"The Old Incense’s earlier tension indicates he knows the Medicine Buddha’s method of entering Jing Country is problematic and implicates him; otherwise, he wouldn’t be so tense."

"But the Medicine Buddha’s story about the breaches in Jing Country is not a lie either."

Lying on this stage bears severe consequences; lying means death.

"The Medicine Buddha did not lie; the five of them, plus the six-eared warrior, entered Jing Country through the breaches. This route into Jing Country cannot be called open and aboveboard, but it’s unrelated to Old Incense,

So the question is... what is Old Incense so nervous about?"

Zhou Xuan bowed his head, contemplating carefully,

The more he thought about it, the clearer his thoughts became, and an idea suddenly brightened in his mind.

"What if the breach isn’t naturally formed in Jing Country... but rather... man-made... then the incense fire Taoist’s tension and the Medicine Buddha’s breach story make sense."

Upon this realization, Zhou Xuan’s eyes snapped open and he focused his mind on the Secret Realm—his currently only completely safe place.

Originally, the stage was a safe area for him, but since the "fake incense fire Taoist" could come and go as he pleased, the stage was no longer absolutely safe.

Entering the Secret Realm, Miss Qiang was surprised at Zhou Xuan’s arrival and asked, "Ah Xuan, aren’t you performing outside? Why are you here in the Secret Realm now?"

"There’s a big surprise."

Zhou Xuan asked Miss Qiang, "Can you call the engineer in without anyone noticing?"

"Of course, we from the Blood Flesh Divine Dynasty have our own language and communication method; it’s absolutely safe."

Miss Qiang said that and then blew a whistle, though Zhou Xuan couldn’t hear it.

He only saw Miss Qiang’s lips move.

When the whistle ended, the engineer’s consciousness appeared on the Black Water of the Secret Realm.

She called out to Zhou Xuan, "Boss Xuan, why aren’t you out there watching the excitement? Why did you come here?"

"Watching the excitement? There’s a ghost standing right next to us, and you didn’t even know?"

"A ghost?" The engineer was surprised; she hadn’t discovered anything outside.

"Not exactly a ghost; considering that person’s level of skill, he’s more like a Living Yama."

Zhou Xuan said, "That incense fire Taoist is a fake."

"A fake?"

"His attitude towards Buddha Country is ambiguous—but the real incense fire Taoist’s attitude toward Buddha Country is decisively ruthless."

Zhou Xuan laid out the doubts he had observed: "Plus, when I deliberately mentioned the Baoshan Temple, that Taoist didn’t react.

The real incense fire Taoist slaughtered more than half the monks at Baoshan Temple; he couldn’t not react. So, that incense fire Taoist is someone else in disguise."

Upon hearing this, Miss Qiang was unfazed and said, "Ah Xuan, you’re so impressive that if you realize the incense fire Taoist is a fake, you might as well just kill him."