After taking out a blank jade slip, Mu Guyue did not immediately begin recording. Instead, she looked at Li Yan.
"Husband, you are inseparably involved in this matter. The clan's higher-ups will certainly come to verify it with you later.
"So when I record this, I will change your connection to the Undying Underworld Phoenix Clan to this: an elder of yours once saved their Supreme Great Elder while traveling abroad.
"I imagine you can coordinate that story with the Undying Underworld Phoenix Clan. They will also help conceal your relationship with them so your secrets aren't exposed.
"As for why you went to them for information afterward, I can simply tell the truth. Your original intention was to help me find out why the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan had deployed its troops. There is no need to hide that!"
"No problem!"
Li Yan's expression remained unchanged. He had known that once Mu Guyue guessed certain things, she would consider his circumstances and help conceal the relevant secrets.
The fact that he had refined Undying Underworld Phoenix blood essence truly was not something he could let too many people know. It involved some of his hidden trump cards.
Mu Guyue's suggestion was excellent. Others did not know his identity or origins, and she still would not explain his master-disciple connections, saying only that an elder of his had intervened.
That would leave them unable to tell what sort of elder it was. It could be his master, a martial uncle, his parents, or some other uncle. Thus, the Black Devil Race would still not know whether he came from a sect or an aristocratic clan.
While distancing him from a direct connection to the Undying Underworld Phoenix Clan, this would also explain why his relationship with them ran so deep: