Starting as a stray dog, I embarked on a journey of cultivation.

Upon hearing this, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.

Only Gou An guessed wrong.

This was the only time, after several rounds of voting, that the majority of people guessed correctly.

Then Shui Jing began to play the story he was telling.

A common crow was born in a mass grave and survived by eating carrion.

One day, two cultivators descended from the sky, and one was ambushed and killed by the other.

The body fell to the bottom of the cliff and was then devoured by a pack of wild animals.

The crow snatched his two eyeballs...

Everything on the screen was exactly as the crow had said.

He even repeated every word of what the cultivator who attacked his fellow cultivator said.

The entire process, once put down, is exactly the same as in the story.

This left everyone even more puzzled.

Where exactly did the lie originate?

Even the remnant soul was somewhat puzzled: "You didn't lie, so why do you admit to lying?"

The crow was also slightly taken aback. He looked at the remnant soul and asked doubtfully, "I... perhaps I've absorbed too many memories, causing a slight deviation, and I think I've lied..."

Seeing this, Gou An suddenly asked, "Senior, how do you calculate this?"

This was clearly the first time the remnant soul had encountered something like this.

In the past, I have only encountered people who lied and were caught but did not admit it, but I have never encountered someone who did not lie but admitted to lying.

Most importantly, most people guessed wrong!

After pondering for a moment, the remnant soul spoke: "This trial never uses the narrator's own answers as evidence of whether they are lying; it always uses the facts displayed on the water mirror as the standard."

"So..." The remnant soul gazed at the scene replaying on the water mirror and slowly spoke, "I conclude that Xuan Yuzi wasn't lying about this story!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sphere of light in front of everyone present changed again.

Master Qingfeng, Master Yunbai, Old Sheep Qingmianzi, and Rat Demon Xuguzi all had their mental energy reduced from two points to one.

Gou An's mental strength increased from four points to five points!

Crow Xuan Yuzi returned to point one from zero.

Gou'an is far ahead!

Even if Gou An loses some mental energy in the latter two stories, he will still have three mental energy points, making it impossible for him to be eliminated.

This made Gou An extremely angry!

This sudden change also made everyone else present uneasy.

At this point, apart from Gou An, everyone else only has a little energy left, and it is very likely that many people will be eliminated in this trial.

Amidst the unease of the crowd, the remnant soul turned its gaze to Master Yunbai to the side.

"It's your turn to designate the next narrator!"

Master Yunbai turned his head and looked at the two demons who had not yet been told their stories.

An old sheep, a yellow dog.

At this time, Gou An has the most mental energy and is the safest.

Old Yang, on the other hand, only had a little energy left.

If we choose the old sheep at this moment, he will definitely try to make the story so convincing that it's hard to tell the truth.

The only safe and secure option, free from the risk of elimination, is much easier to tell a story about.

It's easier to distinguish between genuine and fake!

Thinking of this, Master Yunbai finally fixed his gaze on Gou An.

"Then, Fellow Daoist Gou, please begin!"

Gou An was not surprised after hearing this, so he took a deep breath and began to tell his story.

......

I was born in the Monster Mountain Range and grew up among dogs.

One day, a disciple of a major sect went to the Monster Beast Mountain Range for an assessment, which required him to hunt monsters.

Just then, a swordsman discovered the pack of dogs and unleashed a massacre, resulting in heavy casualties.

In the end, only I and a scoundrel dog survived.

Later, I continued to wander in the mountains with Lai Pi, and we encountered a group of human hunters.

I obtained a spirit stone deposit certificate from one of the hunters.

A full one hundred spirit stones!

So I took Lai Pi and left the Monster Mountain Range, intending to retrieve the spirit stone.

At that time, I had just learned the art of shapeshifting and the ability to conceal my presence.

After disguising themselves, they blended into the human world without anyone noticing.

Unfortunately, not long after we took the spirit stones, we were discovered by a cultivator. I was severely injured and had to escape, while the scoundrel's fate is unknown.

Gou An's account is very simple, and he omits many details.

He didn't lie, but deliberately left many flaws.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Master Qingfeng couldn't help but ask, "Back then, you were a wild dog in the mountains, with no one to teach you anything. Even if you obtained a certificate, how could you recognize the words on it?"

"How do you know what it is or what it's used for?"

Gou An had already prepared his answer to this question.

"Perhaps it's a talent; I recognized it the moment I saw it!" Gou An shrugged, not revealing that he was a transmigrator.

They also wanted to see how capable the remnant soul was and whether it could discover their true identity.

Whether this is considered a lie or not, it doesn't matter.

Master Qingfeng had just finished asking his question when Master Yunbai followed with his own.

"As far as I know, Cunling Manor is located in a major city, and there is a powerful cultivator stationed there."

"How did you, a mere demon who has just learned to transform, manage to enter the manor undetected and steal the spirit stones?"

Gou An remained calm and simply stated the facts: "Of course I didn't go to get it; I sent my underling Lai Pi to get it for me."

Seemingly having found a flaw, the rat demon Xu Gu Zi suddenly asked, "You've only just learned to transform into human form, so your little brother Lai Pi should still be just a dog. How did he obtain the spirit stones?"

Gou An continued, "Because before we went to retrieve the spirit stones, we unexpectedly witnessed an evil cultivator attempting to possess a child!"

"By sheer coincidence, I allowed Lai Pi to successfully seize the child's body, thus transforming him from a demon into a human—a true human!"

"So what's wrong with a real person going to retrieve the spirit stones?"

Upon hearing this answer, everyone present was eager to vote immediately.

The story got more and more outrageous, a hundred times more outrageous than the stories everyone had told before.

Old Sheep followed up with a question: "Since the trials for disciples of major sects are time-limited, they should generally choose to hunt demonic beasts of a higher realm."

"The pack of wild dogs is only of the first or second tier, and there are many of them."

"They scatter at the first sign of trouble, so why would that swordsman specifically come to slaughter a pack of worthless stray dogs?"

"This is such a waste of time, it's completely unreasonable!"

Gou An continued, "Because before that, I stole another cultivator's storage bag, so they held a grudge against me and specifically hunted me down!"

This answer made everyone shake their heads in disbelief.

In their view, Gou An's story was full of loopholes, and he would come up with even more outrageous reasons to answer each question.

The crow then asked, "How could a low-level demon dog like you steal a human cultivator's storage bag?"

Gou An shook his head and replied helplessly, "It wasn't that I stole it on purpose. I was hiding in the bushes when I happened to encounter a human and a demon fighting."

"In the end, both sides were severely injured, and the cultivator's storage pouch flew straight towards me!"

"Tell me, isn't it a bit unreasonable for me not to pick this up?"

After everyone had finished asking their questions.

The remnant soul announced, "You can vote now!"