Xiao Yuan had already told Ning Ke that Wugou had revealed both his A Ke and Mingxin identities to Gao Ze.
He did not mind Gao Ze learning about those identities, nor did he mind Gao Ze telling Lou Yunxiao the truth behind the destruction of the Flowing Cloud Sect.
After all, once Lou Yunxiao learned the truth, he might hate Ning Ke, the Demon Venerable, a little less.
But he would never wipe the slate clean, nor would he want any kind of close relationship with him as the Demon Venerable.
Yet Lou Yunxiao had different feelings for his sister and for A Ke.
He did not want those feelings transferred to Ning Ke, the Demon Venerable.
Once the third phase of the mission ended, he would make his sister, Mingxin, and A Ke disappear completely.
That way, after Time Reversal ended, Lou Yunxiao would not connect those identities of his.
And he would not invest too much emotion in him.
Gao Ze looked at Ning Ke, his heart full of questions. "I can do that, but Demon Venerable, since you are A Ke, you must know how important you are to my eldest disciple. Keeping him in the dark forever hardly seems fair to him..."
"What does fairness have to do with anything?" Ning Ke suddenly laughed. "Sect Master Gao, let me be frank. Pretending to be A Ke was nothing more than a trick to toy with your Sword Sect."
"You thought I genuinely cared about any of you? About Lou Yunxiao? You think far too highly of yourselves."
"Agreeing to keep this from him would do me a favor, while also sparing that foolish disciple of yours some pain after I toyed with his feelings."
"And I only phrased it as a request out of courtesy.