After a little joking, Bai Tang promptly grew serious.
"There's no need to worry. If a True Person probes your thoughts, I'll warn you and help conceal them."
"When the time comes, as long as you don't let your mind wander, all he'll sense is a heart full of reverence. He won't pay you any further attention..."
Deceiving a Purple Mansion True Person could be difficult, yet it could also be simple.
They were all people whose eyes sat atop their heads. Accustomed to deference and humility, they would dismiss you without a second thought if they found you filled with awe. Those with tangled thoughts and secret resentment, on the other hand, would attract more attention.
After all, this realm had no rule against the strong bullying the weak. Killing someone took no more than a wave of a sleeve or a puff of breath. Once the deed was effortlessly done, who would come forward to reproach them on behalf of the dead?
"I'll remember, Senior Bai... You're the best!"
At last completely reassured, Jiang Yang cheered inwardly.
"Enough. Stop buttering me up."
Bai Tang's lips curved slightly. Too many flattering words were never good for her.
In truth, even if Jiang Yang had said nothing, Bai Tang would have quietly concealed his thoughts for him. After all, as she saw it:
I can't even probe his thoughts. Who do you people think you are?
Jiang Yang gathered his thoughts and once more stroked the Jade Slip in his hands. He had only skimmed the three Weak Water cultivation methods before setting them aside.
He had already committed himself to the path of Wood Virtue. However powerful the Weak Water methods might be, they were not what he wanted.
Now only one question remained before him: which method should