Margaret wasn’t lying. Although she had excellent mental fortitude, people still tend to exhibit unconscious reactions when lying. And when such reactions fall under the scrutiny of a powerful expert at the Ultimate Grandmaster level, they are magnified --- raising suspicions. So most of what Margaret said was actually true. She only mixed in a few lies amid the truths. Blending truth and falsehood made it hard to distinguish between the two. For example, the method to break through to the next realm --- that was real. She did find it in an ancient manuscript. As for whether it was effective or not, she offered no guarantees. What could be achieved with it? She wasn’t sure either. Of course, just in case, she had taken precautions. Following the records in the manuscript, she copied the method word for word without missing a single detail. So she could truthfully swear by the heavens that the method was authentic. The key point, however, was that she deliberately...