At this point, Lu Chengyun sighed, saying with resignation:
"I've lived so many years, but I've never met a Formation Master as clever and troublesome as you."
Mo Hua's mind whirled quickly and he reviewed everything succinctly:
In Lu Chengyun's mind, he was a formidable young Formation Master with a significant background, inquiring about Instructor Yan to find the Spiritual Pivot Formation.
Investigating the mines, capturing Zhang Quan, destroying the Corpse Walking Stronghold, and in the end finding out that the cultivator behind Zhang Quan was him, the Lu Family Head.
All of it for the sake of the formation.
In other words, he didn't know about the relationship between himself and Instructor Yan, nor was he aware that he already knew about the past of the Minor Hidden Spirit Sect or that he was the son-in-law of the Lu Family...
Mo Hua breathed a slight sigh of relief.
It seemed that Lu Chengyun, who was merely astute, relied on the Lu Family's power to be fully aware of the movements in South Yue City.
But he didn't know everything.
Now there was a way to deal with this...
Seeing Mo Hua's eyes rolling around, Lu Chengyun wondered what he was thinking and asked:
"Junior Gentleman, have you made your decision?"
"What?"
"Are you willing to refine corpses for my Lu Family?"
Mo Hua spoke righteously: "I am a serious cultivator; I don't engage in such crooked and evil deeds."
Lu Chengyun replied with gentle and refined manners:
"On the surface, I too am a serious cultivator."
Mo Hua frowned slightly.
Lu Chengyun continued: "It is only convenient to carry out crooked and evil deeds when one appears respectable on the surface."
Mo Hua felt there was some truth to this.
He then asked, "What if I still disagree?"
The expression on Lu Chengyun's face gradually turned colder.
Mo Hua asked: "Does the Lu Family Head want to kill me?"
Lu Chengyun was momentarily stunned, then smiled warmly:
"Gentleman Mo is too talented for me to bear killing."
Now truly curious, Mo Hua proceeded to ask:
"Then, if I really don't agree, what does the Family Head plan to do?"
Lu Chengyun smiled and said:
"The best outcome, of course, is for Gentleman Mo to lend me a helping hand. Feel free to state any demands you might have."
"If you desire a title, I am willing to make you the actual power-bearing Elder of the Lu Family; you can act as you please, without restraint;"
"If you desire profit, I will give you a share of the mine's output, handfuls upon handfuls of Spirit Stones, ensuring a carefree path onwards;"
"If you desire combat power, you can command thousands of zombies; with a single command, enemies will be devoured to death, unmatched by anyone at the same level;"
"If you have a tender heart, yearning for the love of women, the female cultivators on Jinhua Street await to share your bed; you can also choose a lady from the Lu Family that pleases your heart, to be united in marriage and spend your life with..."
Lu Chengyun spoke fervently.
Mo Hua felt himself swayed.
With such a silver tongue, deceiving others would indeed be as easy as pie.
Lu Chengyun then changed his tone and said:
"If Gentleman Mo feels that our paths are different and cannot work together, then that's very unfortunate."
"Gentleman Mo comes from no ordinary background, and I would not wish to make an enemy of you."
"The best course of action would be to ask Gentleman Mo to leave and never set foot in South Yue City again, not meddling with the affairs of South Yue City."
"What you know should rot in your heart, never to be revealed."
"Let us part on good terms, and my Lu Family will even present you with a modest parting gift as a token of our sentiment."
"But if Gentleman Mo neither helps us nor leaves, then you are deliberately making things difficult for the Lu Family."
"When it comes to clan interests, no matter how influential Gentleman Mo might be, my Lu Family would have no choice but to fight to the bitter end."
Lu Chengyun sighed:
"If it comes to life and death, we won't be able to sit down and enjoy a cup of tea together anymore..."
There was regret and pity in Lu Chengyun's expression.
But to Mo Hua, it seemed insincere.
Lu Chengyun, a man who was outwardly gentle but inwardly profit-driven, surely wouldn't consider any emotional ties or feel any regret.