"Zhang Zizhen's clone was at the bottom of Weak Water Lake in the Zoo." Uncle chuckled. "There's nowhere safer or more secure than the bottom of Weak Water Lake."
"At the Zoo?" Zhang Yuanqing froze for a moment, then frowned. "You've got some nerve. Aren't you afraid Ling Tuo will notice?"
He had never expected his old man's clone to be in Weak Water Lake. Back when he had gone deep into danger to save Magic Eye, he had even ridden the wind and waves across that lake.
It had clearly only happened last year, yet looking back on it now, it felt like a lifetime ago.
Uncle gave another chuckle. "If this had been Zhang Zizhen's idea, then of course it couldn't have been hidden from Ling Tuo. But before Zhang Zizhen died, he entrusted his clone to Chen Shu. It wasn't until more than a decade later that I hid it at the bottom of Weak Water Lake. You know how it is—adding that intermediate step cuts the karmic link and effectively avoids divination."
Put plainly, Zhang Zizhen's intentions could not be concealed from Ling Tuo, but Ling Tuo could not directly divine the private actions of a Void demigod. With Lunar Moon's protection on top of that, it was even safer.
After all, Ling Tuo was not the Star Lord.
As for whether the Star Lord knew, that did not matter, because in the Star Lord's eyes, aside from Ling Tuo, the Three Unfettered Heroes were all insignificant nobodies.
They could be discarded after being used. They posed no threat at all and were not even worth an extra stomp. The facts had indeed borne that out.
Uncle continued, "The Past Leaves No Trace's clone is also in Weak Water Lake!"
Zhang Yuanqing responded with a long,