Mo Hua's heart chilled, and he asked with a frown:
"Above the Iron Corpse... is it the Copper Corpse?"
Lu Chengyun did not confirm or deny, but just smiled inscrutably and asked:
"Junior Gentleman, what do you think?"
Mo Hua did not answer but furrowed his brows in thought before asking in return:
"Lu Family Head, how did you know that I knew?"
Mo Hua's words were somewhat convoluted, but Lu Chengyun still understood and chuckled lightly:
"Your eyes."
Mo Hua was taken aback, "My eyes?"
"Indeed," Lu Chengyun said, "When you see me on regular days, although you are polite and courteous, there is much caution in your expression, and your gaze also carries some doubt..."
"But today, it's different..."
"Before I came here, your attitude towards me was the same as usual."
"When you left, however, your look at me was unusually composed."
Lu Chengyun mocked himself, "Ordinary people might not notice anything, but I am naturally suspicious, and I take any trace to heart."
"The difference in your gaze before and after made me suspicious."
"I thought about it and then I understood."
"Your composed gaze indicates you no longer suspect me."
"Not suspecting could mean you trust me, but it could also mean that you've figured out my secrets, so there's no need for suspicion."
Lu Chengyun looked at Mo Hua, his smile tinged with ambiguity, "I needed to confirm."
"So I excused myself from Elder Su earlier and waited for you on your way back, as I wanted to have a private chat with you."
"But you took a longer route, seemingly not wanting to meet me."
Lu Chengyun sighed, "I'm quite disappointed and then I understood."
Mo Hua was speechless inside.
This Lu Chengyun, indeed a son-in-law who had married into the family, had such a suspicious and sensitive mind to this extent.
Even a slight difference in his gaze could make Lu Chengyun suspicious.
"Then what if I had left Elder Su's residence without saying goodbye and sneaked away?" Mo Hua asked him.
Lu Chengyun's eyebrows rose, "Wouldn't that be even more suspicious?"
"What if I didn't take the longer route?"
"If you didn't take the longer route, wouldn't it be the same as now?" Lu Chengyun said with a light smile, "You and I would sit down for tea, and I would ask the junior gentleman to lend me a helping hand."
Meaning, there was no escape either way...
Mo Hua sighed and said with an innocent face:
"Why must Lu Family Head focus on someone like me, a young cultivator with low cultivation, weak strength, a basic understanding of formations, and no ill intentions, just thirteen years old?"
Lu Chengyun's eyelid twitched.
In that sentence, probably only "thirteen years old" was true.
The rest were lies no one would believe.
Lu Chengyun poured a cup of tea and took a sip, saying slowly:
"Junior Gentleman, I knew of your arrival in South Yue City the moment it happened."
Lu Chengyun shook his head, quite nostalgic, "At such a young age, a first-grade Formation Master, even having lived so long, I've never seen with my own eyes. You truly broadened my horizons."
"There are always mountains beyond mountains, and people beyond people..."
"This Cultivation World, indeed, has all kinds of talents."
"A thirteen-year-old first-grade Formation Master, I knew your background must be no small matter, and you must have had a purpose in coming here."
"You inquired everywhere for an Instructor named Yan."
"To be frank, this Instructor Yan also has some acquaintance with me, and he has clues to an extremely secretive formation on him."
"You, being a Formation Master, inquiring about his whereabouts, it must be for this formation."
Mo Hua neither confirmed nor denied.
Lu Chengyun smiled faintly again, "I didn't care much at first, but you kept digging deeper, learning more and more."
"You investigated the mines, found Zhang Quan, even followed the trails to the Corpse Walking Stronghold, and together with the Situ Family, you eradicated the stronghold..."
"Meanwhile, you also discovered the formation on the zombies, and boldly took one back to study..."
"I could only activate the formation, letting the Iron Corpse go berserk, forcing you to destroy the formation..."
"And now, you've peeled away the layers and discovered the person behind Zhang Quan is me..."