"Those people had their looks changed, right?" Zhou Wen asked with a strange expression.
Wuming Dugu shook his head and said, "I thought so at first, but I later realized that it wasn't the case. Those orphans looked like this to begin with. They didn't do anything to them since they were young. That was their natural appearance. "
"That's impossible …" Zhou Wen felt a chill run down his spine.
If it was a makeover, it would be easy to understand. It was nothing more than training some people.
But if it wasn't a makeover, how could Dugu Qianqiu be sure that they would look exactly like a certain important figure when they grew up?
"I also thought it was impossible, but ever since then, I've been secretly paying attention to those orphans. I discovered that as long as it was an orphan there, they could find a corresponding celebrity outside. Even if they couldn't be found for the time being, they would appear in the future. There were a few orphans who didn't have famous people who looked like them when they were young, but when they grew up, people who looked like them started to show their talents … "
The more Zhou Wen heard, the more horrified he became. He tried his best to think of a reasonable possibility. "Could it be that your brother raised the twins separately and supported one of them to become a celebrity while the other was raised in an orphanage?"
"Among those celebrities, there are many members of the six big families. Do you think it's possible to get so many twins?" Wuming Dugu asked.
Zhou Wen thought about it and found it a little unrealistic. How could he get so many twins? Furthermore, they happened to become celebrities. Even Elite Academy couldn't guarantee that they would nurture elites, much less so to raise so many twins. It was too difficult to guarantee that all of them would become top figures in a particular field.
But other than that, Zhou Wen couldn't think of any other reasonable explanation. Raising orphans from a young age, and when they grew up, there would be celebrities who looked like the orphans. If they weren't twins, did Dugu Qianqiu have the ability to predict the future?
"Were the experts in the old principal's expedition team replaced by these orphans?" The more Zhou Wen thought about it, the more he found it strange. He asked, "Among those orphans, is there anyone with Expert Chu He …"
Zhou Wen mentioned the experts in the expedition team, wanting to know if the people in the expedition team had been replaced by the orphans.
"There should be," Wuming Dugu said after some thought.
"What do you mean there should be?" Zhou Wen didn't understand.
Dugu Wuming sighed and said, "Later, after I discovered this secret, I thought of a way to secretly control Qianqiu and imprisoned him. I wanted to know the details from him, but he refused to tell me. After I imprisoned him, I went to the orphanage. When I wanted to bring the orphans back, I found that the orphanage had been burned down by a big fire. The orphans were gone. I couldn't find them, and I couldn't find their corpses. I never saw them again. "
"Your brother has been imprisoned in Dark Asura Hall ever since?" Zhou Wen asked after some thought.
"Yes, I don't know what crazy things he wants to do, so I can't let him out," Dugu Wuming said.
"When did that happen?" Zhou Wen asked again.
"Forty years ago." Dugu Wuming gave a rough number.
Zhou Wen did the math. Among the experts, there were young professors in their twenties and thirties to old professors in their seventies and eighties. It was difficult to deduce anything from the time.
You never saw those orphans again? Zhou Wen had too many questions.
"No. Even if I did, I wouldn't be able to recognize them," Dugu Wuming answered strangely.
However, Zhou Wen understood what he meant. If those orphans pretended to be others, he wouldn't be able to recognize them.
"Your brother has been imprisoned for so many years. Didn't he say anything?" Zhou Wen really wanted to know what was going on.
"No, he didn't say anything. No matter how I tried to get information out of him, he didn't say a single word. However, according to my observations, this matter has something to do with the Trajectory Holy Temple," Dugu Wuming said.
Zhou Wen thought about it and realized that it made sense. All the anomalies began after Dugu Qianqiu returned from the Trajectory Holy Temple. Zhou Wen definitely wouldn't believe it if this matter had nothing to do with the Trajectory Holy Temple.
Dugu Wuming continued, "Later, I sent many disciples of the Dugu family into the Trajectory Holy Temple, but they didn't gain anything. Or perhaps they gained something, but I didn't know about it."
Zhou Wen knew what Dugu Wuming was worried about. He didn't know if there were such orphans in the Dugu family or if they had been replaced long ago.
Zhou Wen found it terrifying just thinking about it. It was terrifying to have someone he had a very good relationship with — a family or friend — suddenly change without him knowing.
Furthermore, the people who were replaced by orphans were basically experts and top talents in various fields.
Just thinking about it sent a chill down Zhou Wen's spine.
Dugu Wuming continued talking about Dugu Busha. Dugu Busha was a genius, a rare genius of the Dugu family. Unfortunately, his Life Providence was God of Immortality, so he could only return to being ordinary.
However, geniuses were not willing to be ordinary. That was why Dugu Busha had tried his best to solve the problem of his Life Chart. For some reason, Dugu Busha had found out about Dugu Qianqiu. He had even communicated with Dugu Qianqiu. Taking advantage of the Dugu family's great ceremony, he wanted to force his way into Dark Asura Hall and inherit Dugu Qianqiu's power.
Zhou Wen roughly understood the ins and outs of the matter, but he was even more puzzled.
According to Dugu Wuming, those orphans were nurtured by Dugu Qianqiu, but Dugu Qianqiu had been trapped here for so many years. Who was controlling those babies behind the scenes?
Trajectory Holy Temple, Dugu Qianqiu, orphan, expedition team … What's the connection between them? Zhou Wen felt as though there was an invisible hand in the dark that was controlling all of this strange situation.
The Dugu family used a special communication method and quickly contacted Worm Dugu. Fortunately, Li Xuan was with Worm Dugu.
Upon hearing that Zhou Wen was looking for him, Li Xuan indicated that he would immediately rush back and get Zhou Wen to wait for him for two days.
However, Zhou Wen couldn't wait. After asking where Li Xuan and company were, he used his spatial teleportation ability to rush over.
Thankfully, it wasn't too far away. Even without Tsukuyomi, Zhou Wen could bring Ya 'er and company over. However, he had to let them enter the Chaos Bead first.
When he saw Li Xuan at the agreed location, he realized that Li Xuan hadn't changed much. He still looked frivolous, but his face looked a little more mature.
"Old Zhou, it's been five years. You're still not as handsome as me." Li Xuan walked over and hugged Zhou Wen's neck tightly.
Zhou Wen felt that Li Xuan's aura was very odd. It was different from the creatures he had seen in the past, but it wasn't a pure human aura. However, one thing was certain. Li Xuan was very strong.
"I need your help," Zhou Wen said to Li Xuan.
"Let's go," Li Xuan said with a smile.
"It's very dangerous. You might lose your life. Consider it again," Zhou Wen said again.
"Since you came to me, it means that I'm the only one who can do it, right?" Li Xuan said to Zhou Wen with a smile.
"I still have a backup plan," Zhou Wen said.
"Come on, I know you well. Let's go," Li Xuan said with a smile.
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