"Regent Empress Dowager": What?
Upon seeing the content posted by "Human World's Summer Cool Guest," everyone in the group, including Ding Yun herself, was instantly astonished. Simultaneously, they all scrambled to scroll up to review the chat logs. Ding Yun was no exception; she quickly checked the records.
Then she discovered that what the other party had said was indeed true.
The Nine-Tailed Demon Empress had indeed only sent her one designated red envelope, which was on the day she revealed her skill and stated that recipients would gain the Supreme Refining Mystic Art. However, on that day, she was wary of the other party being a demon, and appeared unfriendly towards humans.
Furthermore, it wasn't like she was indispensable.
So, she didn't accept her red envelope.
After twelve hours, that red envelope automatically expired.
After that, only two people had sent her red envelopes again: one was Chang'e of the Moon, and the other was the original Cold Palace Empress, now the Empress of the Dark Night.
Chang'e of the Moon had sent it via private message.
It didn't appear in the group chat.
The Empress of the Dark Night, however, had sent forty-eight designated red envelopes in the group, all designated for the Regent Empress Dowager, meaning they were all for Ding Yun, without exception.
The reason Ding Yun hadn't noticed this before.
Had been correctly guessed by "Human World's Summer Cool Guest."
It was only when she saw the opened red envelope, from which a green demonic energy flew out, and then that green demonic energy clearly transformed into a sub-soul of a nine-tailed fox.
She had very naturally assumed that the red envelope was sent by the Nine-Tailed Demon Empress, and hadn't bothered to carefully check who had sent each individual red envelope.
This led to the subsequent misunderstanding.
"Empress Dowager Ci An": Is it really like that?
"Nine-Year-Old Empress Dowager Xiao": Oh my, I suddenly feel a chill down my spine. This matter is truly terrifying when you think about it. Is the Regent Empress Dowager lying, or is the Empress of the Dark Night lying? What exactly did the Nine-Tailed Demon Empress do in this process? Considering that the so-called sub-souls have the ability to possess others, how many people in our group.
Are still themselves?
And how many have possibly been possessed?
On the surface, it seems no one has received a red envelope from the Nine-Tailed Demon Empress. But private messages are only known to the two individuals involved. As long as those two keep silent, no one knows the specifics.
My goodness, this is too frightening.
"Regent Empress Dowager": I can definitively say I am not lying. If I had been possessed by the Nine-Tailed Demon Empress, I wouldn't have brought this up.
As for the possibility of me slandering her.
Everyone knows I've only been in the group for a few days. There is almost no conflict between me and the Nine-Tailed Demon Empress. Even if there is, it's because the Nine-Tailed Demon Empress wants to seize my things, not that I want to get anything from her. There's no benefit for me to slander her.
I think everyone can understand this.
As for why I didn't realize that red envelope wasn't from the Nine-Tailed Demon Empress, to be honest, when I saw a nine-tailed fox demon soul enter my sea of consciousness.
I simply wouldn't have thought it was sent by the Empress of the Dark Night, as her world is a very ordinary one, and theoretically, there shouldn't be any monsters.
Moreover, there was only one nine-tailed fox in the group, so I naturally assumed that the red envelope was sent by the Nine-Tailed Demon Empress amidst a pile of other red envelopes.
This can also be explained, right?
So, the problem now is definitely with the Empress of the Dark Night and the Nine-Tailed Demon Empress herself. Others are hard to say.
But those two definitely have issues.
"Empress Dowager Ci An": I believe what the Regent Empress Dowager says is reasonable. The situation she described is logically coherent. Most importantly, I suddenly recall some of the Empress of the Dark Night's previous actions, which indeed had potential hidden dangers.
Do you remember?
Earlier, when "Bewitching Heart Charming Lady" sent a skill red envelope to the Empress of the Dark Night, the Empress of the Dark Night accepted it directly without asking any questions. Earlier, when the Regent Empress Dowager sent a skill red envelope to the Empress of the Dark Night, the Empress of the Dark Night did the same. She accepted the red envelope first, and then the Regent Empress Dowager's explanation was issued. It can be imagined that if the Nine-Tailed Demon Empress suddenly sent her a private message red envelope.
She would most likely accept it directly as well.
After she accepted the red envelope, what happened next would likely be beyond her control. Whether it was being possessed by the Nine-Tailed Demon Empress's sub-soul, or being threatened or coerced by some other means of the Nine-Tailed Demon Empress, anything could have happened.
However, the Nine-Tailed Demon Empress probably didn't expect.
That when the Regent Empress Dowager saw a pile of designated red envelopes, she didn't pay attention to the sender of each one at all. If she had known this earlier, she probably wouldn't have gone to so much trouble; she could have just slipped one in amongst the other red envelopes.
"Chang'e of the Moon": But who can guarantee that sending so many red envelopes consecutively was the Empress of the Dark Night's own idea, or was she being manipulated by the Nine-Tailed Demon Empress to do so?
"Lotus Step by Step": It's over. I'm completely confused now. I don't know who I can still trust.
"Human World's Summer Cool Guest": It's too terrifying to have demons and monsters in this red envelope group. If everyone were just mortals, it would be fine. Even if people had bad intentions towards each other, the impact wouldn't be significant; at most, someone might be poisoned. But the methods of demons and monsters are truly unfathomable and completely unpreventable.
Shivering, I feel like I can't trust anyone.
"Empress of the Dark Night": No, it's not. Don't spout nonsense. I really don't know what's going on. I'm still bewildered myself. I clearly only sent gold, silver, jewels, and rare antiques.
I didn't send any demon souls or spirit fragments.
My heavens, this is truly a case of "snow falling in June."
Am I being thanked for the wrong thing?
"Chang'e of the Moon": That's not right. If the Nine-Tailed Fox's true intention was simply to obtain the Supreme Refining Mystic Art, then after possessing the Empress of the Dark Night.
Theoretically speaking.
Wouldn't she have already obtained the mystic art?
Why would she go out of her way to send a demon soul clone to the Regent Empress Dowager to try and possess her again?
"Nine-Year-Old Empress Dowager Xiao": I have a thought. Everyone knows that when we send skills to others, the skills they receive are weakened versions.
If I were the Nine-Tailed Demon Empress, I would definitely think that since the weakened version of the skill has already been of great help to me and is something I desperately want, then how good must the unweakened version be?
I might even think that since the other party has such good things, perhaps they have even more good things.
If I were very confident in my own strength.
And believed I was invincible in the group.
Then devising a way to forcibly seize them would seem natural.
"Empress Dowager Ci An": Although these are all speculations, I think they are quite reasonable. However, to be cautious, I believe that until we figure out the specific situation and can determine who is not problematic, everyone should try to avoid sending each other red envelopes.
Even if someone sends one, don't click on it.
After all, not everyone has the means of the Regent Empress Dowager.