The former Head had explained to Daoist Bone Ruler that certain pieces of information concerning the Sect Ancestor were deliberately kept obscure, partially because the Ancestor himself had never cared to clarify them.
Deng Siqi was considered the strongest candidate for his birth name and Zhenyu had spoken it casually. Worse, he had described Deng Siqi as someone who had been "still new."
Daoist Bone Ruler stared at him. "You knew the Heavenly Stream Immortal Ancestor!?"
Zhenyu looked toward him as though the question itself were strange.
"Knew him?" he repeated.
Lin Mu deliberately allowed a pause to stretch between them and everyone waited.
Then Zhenyu scratched his beard. "I wouldn't say I knew him particularly well."
Daoist Bone Ruler's expression became increasingly tense.
