Lian Luo's face was full of shame. He sighed. "This subordinate nearly committed a grave error. No matter how you punish me, Master, I will accept it willingly!"
Lu Hongpao flicked his fiery blood-red sleeve. "Get up and speak."
Lian Luo rose, yet he remained bent at the waist, head lowered.
"I know you have doubts in your heart. It is rare for me to be in a bad mood today, and I feel like speaking some nonsense. I can answer a few of your questions."
Lu Hongpao clasped his hands behind his back and paced through the air, a trace of melancholy between his brows.
After pondering for a long while, Lian Luo said, "This subordinate's doubts are unimportant. I only blame myself for being too incompetent to relieve Master's worries. It pains me greatly."
Lu Hongpao sneered. "Though I enjoy being flattered, when I'm in a bad mood, what I hate most is flattery. Understand?"
Lian Luo hastily said, "Understood!"
After a brief thought, he voiced the greatest question in his heart. "Master, since you and Su are good brothers, why didn't you directly give the Great Compassion Sword to him this time? Why did you choose to have him come to Azure Peak Continent and take it himself?"
Others might not know, but how could Lian Luo not understand that everything from Su Yi being hunted down into the Wraith Spirit Forbidden Zone, to entering Azure Peak Continent, and then entering Huai Huang Kingdom this time, had long since been arranged?
Moreover, he himself had been fanning the flames from the shadows all along!
As Lu Hongpao paced, he nodded. "A good question. Su Yi is Jiang Wuchen's reincarnation. That can hardly be called a secret anymore."
"But I do not know how much the current Su