After weighing the gains and losses, Lu Huayu quickly looked up at Xue Yunfeng with a smile. "You're right. It'd be good to have those two follow along. They can help inspect how sturdy the ship is."
His emphasis was on "follow," not on letting the two of them go aboard and tear the ship apart before departure.
Xue Yunfeng naturally trusted Eunuch Lu's ability to instantly understand what he meant, so he merely smiled back. "The sea is full of storms and powerful monsters. We really do need to be careful."
Lu Huayu blinked... Snow Old Dog's intelligence network was truly impressive!
Did that mean he was certain those people from Basia City would join forces with the original Ocean Goddess?
Of course. If that monster-like woman truly wanted to do something at sea, she had to make sure Umberlee would not join forces with Triton and kill her first.
Umberlee had quite the reputation. Unless a god was completely shut away in their own world, they had probably heard at least a little about her great legends.
Especially her powerful instinct for self-preservation: whenever she faced even the slightest danger, she could calmly watch her allies die.
Lu Huayu had no way to correct that weakness of hers, if it could even be called a weakness... Besides, even if it was a flaw, with his personality, he could not sincerely ask Umberlee to change it.
He was much the same, really. He simply understood human relationships better and knew better how to live among people.
Umberlee was not human. She had no need to cling as tightly as he did to certain moral boundaries.
Lu Huayu lowered his gaze slightly. He had only discussed this troublesome matter with Umberlee, then tried several times to persuade his boss to