Chapter 48. Huang Guangzhou.
Chapter 48: 48. Huang Guangzhou.
Su Qingci instinctively looked toward Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan met his gaze and gave a small nod of affirmation.
After several silent breaths, Su Qingci slowly calmed himself before speaking.
"Please forgive my earlier outburst. I will tell you everything I know about the elders of the Mystic Sky Sect."
Ouyang Jun gently shook his head.
"I do not mean the real elders. I only want information about the imposters."
A faint smile appeared on Su Qingci’s face.
"Very well, Young Master Jun. Please give me a moment, and I will gather every piece of information we have regarding those imposters."
Ouyang Jun gave a brief nod in response.
Su Qingci cupped his fists toward everyone before leaving the room.
The door quietly closed behind him, leaving only the four of them inside.
After a short silence, Zhao Moying turned toward Lin Xuan once again.
"Patriarch Lin, I am truly sorry about what happened earlier."
"I allowed my emotions to get the better of me, and I spoke without thinking."
Lin Xuan let out a helpless sigh.
"Young Lady Zhao, if you keep apologizing like this, I truly will not know how to respond anymore."
A trace of embarrassment appeared on Zhao Moying’s beautiful face.
Before she could say anything else, Ouyang Jun smiled and joined the conversation.
"Senior Sister, Patriarch Lin is right."
"You are making the Patriarch feel uncomfortable."
Zhao Moying lowered her head slightly and smiled in embarrassment.
"I understand. I will not mention it again."
Ouyang Jun then looked back at Lin Xuan with a grateful expression.
"By the way, Patriarch Lin, thank you for bringing us here."
"If you had not led us to this place, we would never have known where to begin searching for information."
Lin Xuan simply smiled and gave a small nod.
"It was only a matter of convenience."
Ouyang Jun studied Lin Xuan for a brief moment before asking the question that had been on his mind.
"What exactly did you tell him that changed his attitude so quickly?"
He wasn’t a fool, he already knew something was up the moment Su Qingci changed his attitude.
Lin Xuan calmly picked up his teacup and took an unhurried sip.
"I simply told him that the two of you are blood cultivator hunters."
He gently placed the teacup back onto the table before continuing.
"I also told him that your help would greatly increase the chances of capturing Huang Guangzhou."
Ouyang Jun blinked in surprise before slowly nodding.
"So that was the reason. I have one question though, Patriarch Lin."
Ouyang Jun looked directly at Lin Xuan.
"What made you so certain that Senior Sister Zhao and I would help you capture Huang Guangzhou?"
Lin Xuan simply smiled.
"I wasn’t."
After saying that, Lin Xuan turned toward Zhao Moying before shifting his gaze back to Ouyang Jun.
At that moment, Ouyang Jun suddenly understood.
The Patriarch had never been confident that he would agree.
He had simply counted on Senior Sister Zhao’s compassionate nature.
And as for him...
The Patriarch had also counted on the fact that he would never refuse if Senior Sister chose to help.
This... how is this fair? He’s already playing mind games.
Ouyang Jun grumbled inwardly.
Just as he was beginning to feel that he had been thoroughly played, Lin Zhaoyue suddenly stood up.
"Senior Sister Zhao, please don’t misunderstand. My father isn’t trying to take advantage of the two of you."
Zhao Moying looked at the little girl in surprise.
It was almost as though Lin Zhaoyue had seen straight through her thoughts.
Only moments ago, she had indeed begun wondering whether Lin Xuan had intentionally used her compassionate nature to draw both of them into this matter.
Lin Zhaoyue continued without hesitation.
"The two of you never told my father that you were looking for information. It was purely a coincidence that everyone met here. My father also left out one important detail earlier."
She paused briefly before continuing.
"Huang Guangzhou once disguised himself as an elder of the Mystic Sky Sect. He was eventually exposed and nearly lost his life. That happened fifteen years ago."
The expressions of Zhao Moying and Ouyang Jun immediately turned serious.
Lin Zhaoyue spoke calmly.
"Back then, he went from family to family while pretending to be an elder of the Mystic Sky Sect.
He distributed special pills to the most promising children of the major cultivation families.
Everyone believed they had received a great opportunity.
However, those pills were actually Blood Pills. When the time was right, Huang Guangzhou returned to harvest those children. A great many of them lost their lives."
She slowly turned her gaze toward the door.
"The Blue Sea Restaurant also lost many children in that incident. That is why they are so determined to kill Huang Guangzhou."
Ouyang Jun still could not accept it.
"Then why didn’t he say it earlier?"
This time, even Lin Xuan turned to look at Lin Zhaoyue.
Truthfully, he had no idea what his daughter was talking about.
However, she was the one with memories of the future.
All he needed to do was maintain the composure expected of a Patriarch and allow her to fill in the details.
Lin Zhaoyue let out an exaggerated sigh.
"That’s because neither my father nor Manager Su knew that you and Senior Sister were investigating the fake elders."
She spread her little hands helplessly.
"Think about it. If my father really wanted to manipulate the two of you, he would have brought up that story from the very beginning.
The moment he mentioned that Huang Guangzhou once impersonated an elder of the Mystic Sky Sect, you would have immediately insisted on joining the expedition."
Ouyong Jun was caught completely off guard.
The little girl did not even bother to sugar coat her words.
He stared with his mouth gaped open.
He wanted to argue, he truly did.
Unfortunately, he could not find a single word into refute her accusation.
Even a little girl is already playing mind games. How am I supposed to compete!