Lu Cang walked out.
The Merman Sage's bulging eyes swiveled in opposite directions. "What do you think?"
It had to be said, even when the mermen tried to appear wise, their protruding eyes and the way their gazes never seemed to focus on Lu Cang made them look rather dim-witted.
Every time he looked at one,
it was hard to associate them with wisdom.
"Aren't you a sage?"
"Shouldn't you have some thoughts on this?"
The Merman Sage's eyes rolled around a few times before it broke into a mysterious smile. "My wisdom tells me that my thoughts are less important than yours."
"Xisha seems to have a pretty poor opinion of me," Lu Cang said frankly.
"After all, everything was just too coincidental. No one would readily trust a powerful stranger who suddenly appeared out of nowhere."
"I'm sure you can understand."
Of course Lu Cang could understand. If he put himself in Xisha's shoes, he'd have to be an idiot not to wonder whether this man called Lu Cang had put on an elaborate act.
And once suspicion took hold,
it would inevitably connect Lu Cang to the Lair Lord of the Abnormal Nest.
After all, the last thing they'd seen had been that Lair Lord.
"So what you're really asking is whether I'm plotting against you," Lu Cang said bluntly.
The moment he said it, the mood grew heavy.
The Merman Sage let out a long sigh. "Whether you are or not doesn't really matter anymore..."
"You killed Aertemi, didn't you?"
Lu Cang said, "You're pretty well informed."
"I may be an old fool who can't offer any useful advice these days, but I'm still a sage. I can keep up with the major events everyone knows about."
"You have the power to kill Aertemi."
"No matter