At the top of the Partition Wall, the young man holding a flashlight and Lin Yu, carrying a lantern, stood facing each other in a tense "standoff" after their earlier conversation.
After a long while, the young man spoke first. "I wasn't messing with you—it was you who was messing with me unilaterally. The previous head could not have been Nightless Sky Yong Shang."
"How do you know that?" Lin Yu looked at him. "It seems you came here before the previous head was chosen, didn't you?"
The young man said quietly, "But I was able to deduce it..."
Lin Yu laughed. "I was also able to deduce that you were messing with me, Your Excellency. The previous head could not have been Nightless Sky Yong Shang, so you couldn't possibly be Nightless Sky Yong Lian either."
The young man calmed down when he heard Lin Yu say that.
"Indeed, I underestimated how well you understood the Nightless Sky Family. The fact that you could name 'Nightless Sky Yong Shang' proves that you know the Nightless Sky Family better than I imagined."
"To be honest... at first, I thought you were merely trying to ingratiate yourself with me. After all, you Seekers of Truth have always been rather free and flexible."
"But now, it seems you really do have a fairly close relationship with the Nightless Sky Family."
Lin Yu spoke. "Would I really lie to you about something like this? Although you've been away from the City That Never Sleeps for who knows how long, I'm not confident enough to impersonate a Nightless Sky Family adviser and guest in front of a core member of the Nightless Sky Family."
As Lin Yu spoke, the young man nodded slightly. "Then let's have a little more trust and honesty between us.