The system was still casually greeting Ji Zhongming, but Ling Zhou, wearing Ji Zhongming's face, only showed a trace of embarrassment.
After a moment, even though the system was thick - skinned, it noticed that there was something different about Ji Zhongming.
"Strange. Is this how you usually are? Why haven't your appearance and aura changed, but it seems like you've become a whole new person?"
The system circled around Ji Zhongming several times but didn't come to any conclusion.
The system just felt that Ji Zhongming was acting oddly. Usually when it saw him, he always looked haughty. Even when he met the immortals in the main divine temple, he was impatient. Now, standing quietly to one side, it seemed rather strange.
"Don't you think there's something wrong with him?" Shen Qing deliberately asked. She still wanted to test whether the system could detect the soul - switch.
But obviously, the dragon - race systems created by Han Ze weren't that powerful. They couldn't tell that Ji Zhongming's soul had been replaced. They just thought his behavior was a bit strange.
"Is he stupid? I really don't think there's any change in him. If I have to say something, it's like he's been possessed by someone else."
Those who knew the truth glanced at each other but didn't say anything.
"Just now it was an emergency. Since you've defected to our side, tell us everything you know."
The group sat around. The system transformed back into a purple dragon shadow, which made the others stare in surprise.
Xue Ling was seeing a real dragon form for the first time and her face showed amazement. The same was true for Hong Chaoyang, who was left behind by Shen Qing.
Xue Ling even reached out to touch the purple dragon horn, but since the system was a soul body, her hand went right through it.
"Hey, don't touch me!" The system twirled twice and then landed in the center where everyone was sitting.
Xue Ling pouted and clasped her hands together. "You're so stingy. I just wanted to satisfy my curiosity. I'm not doing anything bad."
"Come on, stop making trouble. By the way, what's your name? I can't always call you 'system'."
Shen Qing was the first to speak. She knew that in order to avoid the Heavenly Dao, Han Ze had made these dragon - race systems use numbers just like the systems from other worlds.
But Shen Qing really didn't like to call these dragon - race beings by numbers. They should all have their own names.
The system hesitated for a moment and then said, "My name is Hua Ying. I was born in a field of flowers. I can make the flowers bloom and wither at will. That's my ability."
"But if you ask me to show it now, I have to regretfully tell you that since I became a soul, I've lost this ability."
Since the birth of the dragon race, each dragon has different abilities. For example, Han Ze has the power of ice, so he was named Han Ze according to his ability.
After Shen Qing nodded, she continued to ask, "You said you knew Han Ze's plan before. Tell us in detail."
But Hua Ying was silent for a while. It just quietly floated in front of Shen Qing. Instead of answering Shen Qing's question directly, it asked her a strange one. "Shen Qing, don't you feel that you're different from others?"
Everyone's eyes immediately focused on Shen Qing. But Shen Qing didn't understand why Hua Ying would say this. She just asked puzzledly, "How am I different?"
Hua Ying twirled twice and finally said slowly, "Didn't Heng Ling tell you about your origin? Aren't you curious about your real identity?"
When it came to her own life experience, Shen Qing's eyes darkened. "What does my life experience have to do with the next plan? I don't want to know about my own life experience."
"Liar!"
"You do want to know! You're just afraid that your identity will be different from what you imagined, so you're just avoiding it."
Hua Ying's voice was calm but carried a trace of temptation. It seemed very persistent about Shen Qing's identity.
"So what?" Shen Qing didn't want to be led by Hua Ying's words. "My life experience can't change my next plan. Even if you tell me that I'm from the main divine temple, I won't give up dealing with the main divine temple."
"Haha... Of course you're not from the main divine temple." Hua Ying's figure became clearer and clearer. Everyone could even clearly see the gorgeous scales on its body.
If they didn't know it was a spiritual body, they would probably think that there was a real dragon in front of them.
"Shen Qing, what if I tell you that you're actually a member of the dragon race?"
Shen Qing suppressed the surprise in her heart. Her pupils trembled and her fingers tightened into a fist under her sleeve.
"What dragon race? How could I be a member of the dragon race?"
Hua Ying gently landed on the ground and grew a bit bigger. "Heng Ling stole you from our temple because he was reminded and threatened by other dragon - race systems.
"There wasn't just you as a baby in the temple. There were hundreds of them, but only a few survived.
"Because you were originally supposed to be in the dragon eggs, waiting to hatch. But after the dragon race was destroyed, Han Ze forcibly stripped you out and made you look human. You were nurtured in the temple, waiting to wake up.
"As for why he could forcibly strip you out of the dragon eggs, it's thanks to the mermaid clan and the Nether White Wolf clan. They received a part of Han Ze's dragon - race inheritance. Han Ze conducted experiments on these two races and finally managed to safely strip you out of the dragon eggs."
"So, Shen Qing, the reason why the Nether White Wolf clan and the mermaid clan have ended up like this is all because of you."
Shen Qing suddenly widened her eyes and subconsciously turned to look at Li Xian. She was nervous and didn't know how Li Xian would react.
When she saw Li Xian looking at her with a gloomy face, Shen Qing's heart suddenly panicked.
"Is what you said true? Did Han Ze conduct these experiments on the mermaid clan and the Nether White Wolf clan just to test whether the dragon cubs in the dragon eggs could be stripped out?"
"So Han Ze didn't really want to help the mermaid clan take revenge at all. He just wanted to test his secret method on them."
"Right?!"
Li Xian's voice was low, and his tone carried a sense of impending storm.
Hua Ying nodded. "Yes, all of this was deliberately arranged by Han Ze. Even the fact that your mermaid clan was chased by the human race and had to hide in the South Sea was part of his scheme.
"What he wanted was for you to willingly offer up your clan members!"
"Li Xian, do you hate it? The results of the experiments on your clan members were all used on our dragon race. And Shen Qing is one of the beneficiaries of those experiments. She's one of the dragon cubs stripped out of the dragon eggs!"
"Enough! Stop talking!!"
Li Xian clenched his fist and slammed it hard on the ground. A deep pit immediately appeared on the ground.
The others were all silent. They didn't know much about the mermaid clan and the Nether White Wolf clan, but they knew that this matter involved Li Xian and Shen Qing, so they couldn't speak casually.
"Shen Qing, do you still remember this?"
Li Xian asked in a cold voice, staring fixedly at Shen Qing.