No strange things are allowed to evolve!

While everyone stared in disbelief, Jiang Shu, sitting in the back, was curiously observing the duke.

"Oh my god, Pochi-chan."

Just then, a voice suddenly came from behind: "Look at the servant next to him."

Jiang Shu turned around upon hearing the sound. It turned out that Radish and Cabbage had found him and Strawberry Milkshake at some point and sat down behind them.

"A servant?" Jiang Shu looked in the direction indicated by Radish and Cabbage: "What's wrong?"

He was a quiet, unremarkable man in his early twenties.

“That guy is an evolved being; I’ve seen him before.”

Radish and cabbage warned:

"I told you I'd seen all the white-robed people who had appeared in the White Robe Palace, and I still hadn't found any other evolved beings. I thought there was no one else besides us. Turns out this guy never came after registering and went straight to the Royal Court."

"Are you sure?" Jiang Shu asked.

Radish and Cabbage nodded: "I'm sure. I've dealt with that guy before, and he's no pushover."

Jiang Shu had no objection to this.

If nothing unexpected happens, then this coup attempt was probably orchestrated by that guy.

To gain the trust of the royal court in such a short time and to carry out such an operation, he certainly couldn't be someone to be trifled with.

at the same time.

The man in the red robe seemed to finally show some interest: "Oh? The royal court is involved too, that's rather surprising."

"Not participating."

Duke Poch shook his head:

"The Royal Court has no intention of participating in or interfering in the internal affairs of the Temple of Lies; we are merely expressing our demands to you."

I think you should have been prepared for this day to come.

Even someone like you should know that secrets don't stay hidden forever, and that many things change over time. Some things that weren't a big deal in the past may no longer be appropriate now.

"When you say 'now,' you only mean the current royal court, right?"

Da Hong Pao smiled:

"To be more specific, it mainly concerns you and the Emperor. You two don't think the same way as those people did back then, that's all, isn't it?"

“There’s nothing I can do if that’s how you think,” Duke Pochi said, not intending to explain anything.

"so."

The man in the red robe looked at Morsen again: "Is this your trump card?"

Mo Sen was taken aback.

Isn't that enough?

The royal court, which initially spearheaded the establishment of restrictions by the temple, has come forward with the truth from back then, but why does the other party still seem indifferent?

Although he felt a strange sense of dread, there was no turning back now. He dared not show any fear and could only retort.

"Even the royal court, which also relies on the Temple of Lies to maintain the peace of Lie Town, has said so. What else do you have to say?"

Upon hearing this, Da Hong Pao sighed in disappointment: "You still don't understand."

"What don't I understand?"

"You still believe that as long as you become a Crimson Robe, you can gain power beyond the seventh rank."

Da Hong Pao clearly didn't want to continue this farce with Mo Sen any longer:

"You simply don't understand. It's because I possess power surpassing the seventh rank that I was able to become the Grand Red Robe."

“Uh…” Mosen was speechless for a moment.

The fact that Da Hong Pao suddenly brought up this matter caught him off guard.

He could only say, without any confidence:

"Please don't change the subject. What we're discussing now is whether you lied to everyone, and why you did it."

"Didn't I just answer that question?"

Da Hong Pao repeated itself:

"I hope someone can replace me. Do you think my purpose is, as you say, to suppress the poet of lies?"

The more Da Hong Pao acted as a riddle-maker, the more Mo Sen pressed on: "Then why don't you just say it plainly and tell everyone the truth?"

The man in the red robe shook his head: "Then it's pointless."

"why?"

Just then, someone suddenly spoke up.

"Because if you say it out loud, and even just one person believes it, then it will become a reality."

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their gaze toward the person next to Duke Poch.

"Who are you?" the man in the red robe asked.

“I am Duke Pochi’s advisor.” The man smiled slightly. “You can call me Pigeon.”

Pochi, standing to the side, showed no reaction, seemingly unperturbed by his subordinate's overstepping of authority.

This shows that he values ​​and tolerates this person very much.

"A pigeon, huh..." Jiang Shu nodded in agreement: "As expected of a pigeon, it directly abandoned the entire camp."

“Interesting.” The man in the red robe looked at the pigeon, seemingly lost in thought. “Continue.”

"Because you are the most powerful poet of lies, you can even make your words come true, and every word you say will come true if even one person believes it."

The pigeon explained with a smile:

"However, there are already people who intend to replace you, I mean the Red Robe Morsen, so it's not a big deal that you said that."

Although the extent to which a liar can influence reality is limited, your attitude toward the things you want to hide will still affect the course of events to some extent.

So it's not that you don't want to talk, it's that you can't talk.

You worry that being explicit will not only fail to help you achieve your goal, but may also have negative consequences, perhaps even causing things to go backwards.

Da Hong Pao remained noncommittal, simply saying, "Continue."

The pigeon continued, "It's true that you want someone to replace you, because your excessive power often troubles you. You can't speak as you please; every time you say something, you have to consider whether anyone will believe it, thus affecting reality."

You avoid attending meetings and expressing your opinions because you fear that the peace and rules you have worked so hard to establish will be undermined by your unintentional words.

But because only you are qualified to be the Grand Red Robe, to control the entire Temple of Lies, and to protect all the poets of lies, you have no choice but to continue this kind of life.

So you actually didn't want to be this Da Hong Pao anymore, and even hoped someone could replace you so you could be freed.

After a pause, the pigeon said with a big smile:

"In fact, I am also a poet of lies, and I even registered at the temple, but for some reason, I did not come to the temple for a long time."

So I understand your concerns, because I've had similar experiences.

Because of my unintentional words, I deeply hurt some of my friends. It was originally a joke, but I didn't expect them to believe it, which led to terrible consequences. From then on, I realized how terrifying this power is.

Therefore, I believe that checks and balances are necessary. This not only makes "lying poets" more mindful of their words and actions, but also prevents them from unintentionally causing trouble.

Upon hearing this, the displeasure on Da Hongpao's face caused by Mo Sen and the others gradually disappeared.

"Great, finally an interesting person has arrived."

In an instant, everyone in the venue, including Jiang Shu, was stunned.

Has Da Hong Pao been approved?

If that's the case, then his previous refusal to explain Morsen's questioning seems reasonable.

Because it was too strong, it was as if it were cursed... Inspired by the pigeon, Jiang Shu felt as if he was gradually understanding something.

And in the instant he understood.

A notification has been sent indicating that mission objective three has been achieved.

But the fourth and final objective that followed was something that surprised Jiang Shu greatly.

He looked at the pigeons in surprise.

Are you sure that what you're doing now will achieve your ultimate goal?

You thought of all these things that I hadn't considered, and even gained Da Hong Pao's approval, but you didn't... fail to achieve mission objective three, did you?

At the same time, the man in the crimson robe nodded slightly and then asked:

"So what's the reason?"

The pigeon blinked: "What reason?"

"Can you tell me the truth about the constraints?" The red-robed man asked expectantly. "You are different from them. I think you must have discovered a truth that others haven't, right?"

The pigeon paused, then asked, "Wasn't that the one from just now?"

The expectant look on Da Hongpao's face gradually faded as the pigeon's words fell.

He sighed.

"It seems you're not the person I've been waiting for either."

Just then.

"The truth about constraints is that there is more than one constraint."

A clear voice resounded throughout the venue.

Da Hongpao suddenly looked up and gazed at Jiang Shu at the back of the hall.

At this moment, Jiang Shu stood up amidst the surprised gazes of Strawberry Milkshake and Radish Cabbage.

"What do you mean by 'there is more than one constraint'?" asked the man in the red robe.

Jiang Shu spoke earnestly, word by word:

"Two constraints: one restricts lies, and the other... restricts falsehoods."

Da Hongpao's eyes lit up immediately.

There are still experts!

Chapter 121 The Truth About the Constraints

The clues found by the pigeons did indeed give Jiang Shu a lot of inspiration.

He had to admit that none of the evolved beings who could stand out from the beginner village were simple. Radish and Cabbage cultivated the Temple of Lies, while Pigeon took a different approach, targeting the Temple of Lies's open competitors. Both of them were successful.

Especially the pigeon, who managed to gain the royal court's trust by claiming to be a poet of lies, and even instigated the current situation.

He probably wanted to verify his hypothesis by confronting Da Hong Pao face-to-face... Jiang Shu thought to himself.

The other party is facing the same situation as me.

There is no more information that can be gathered. All that remains is to confront Da Hong Pao directly, in which way we may be able to obtain the complete answer.

The pigeon had even guessed that Da Hong Pao's reclusive lifestyle, or rather, the reason he made the world believe he was reclusive, was actually only one step away from completing the third objective of his mission.

Unfortunately, because his exploration of the Temple of Lies was not thorough enough, he only absorbed all the information that could be made public on the surface, but did not delve into the hidden mechanisms, thus missing the most crucial link.

What's the difference between a lie and a falsehood?

The crimson robe had clearly voiced the question on everyone's mind; all the temple poets present, as well as Radish, Cabbage, Pigeon, and Duke Pochi, were puzzled by it.

"It makes no difference to the deceived, but it makes a big difference to the poet of lies."

As Jiang Shu explained, he walked towards the round table in the center of the room:

“If I know the truth about something, but I say the exact opposite, then I am lying. If I don’t know the truth, or if I think I am telling the truth, but the truth is not, then I can only say that I am lying, not that I am telling a lie.”

The temple poets did not understand immediately.

Even if there is a difference between lies and falsehoods, what does that have to do with constraints?

The person who had sensed the magic-blocking stone might be problematic from the start thought of something upon hearing this: "So, the magic-blocking stone's lie-blocking effect only applies to lies, not falsehoods?"

Having already heard Jiang Shu mention this discovery, Strawberry Milkshake heard her muttering to herself but didn't turn around to look at her, nor did she tell her the truth.