Using the Jade Scroll, based on the tistamp, Lu Quanzhen imdiately identified a na, “Zhao Changhe.”
“Zhao Changhe, Ninth Level Energy Refinent…”
Lu Quanzhen muttered to himself as he looked at the na.
Then, using the Jade Scroll again to check the Identity Jade of the other party, he viewed the trajectory of his movents within the Marketplace.
Upon seeing that the other party had headed straight to his Spiritual Wine shop after entering the Marketplace and then went to the Tian’s Everything Shop after leaving, his gaze sharpened slightly.
“Thank you, Cousin Mu Jun.”
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Lu Quanzhen’s expression returned to normal as he gave his thanks with clasped hands.
“Hehe, Cousin Quanzhen is too polite.”
This Lu family disciple said cheerfully.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Lu Quanzhen bid his farewell and made his way to the Tian’s Everything Shop.
Through inquiries, he learned that today a young man in a black robe had co here to purchase information about Bi Lake Mountain and had acted sowhat oddly.
“Master Lu…”
The shopkeeper, a middle-aged female cultivator, looked sowhat flustered as she faced Lu Quanzhen.
She had not expected selling one piece of information today to trouble the young master from Bi Lake Mountain enough to prompt his visit.
“Just act as if nothing happened.”
Lu Quanzhen spoke with a calm deanor, walked out of the store, paused for a mont to ponder, and then headed to a tavern.
After asking around, he went to the sixth floor of the tavern and ca to a room, knocking softly and saying, “Daoist Zhao.”
“Hmm?”
Qu Changge inside the room imdiately recognized that it was Lu Quanzhen outside.
He wondered why Lu Quanzhen had co to find him, especially since he did not recall giving Lu Quanzhen this address.
“Co in.”
He lifted his palm slightly, and the door swung open.
“Daoist Lu, what brings you here to see Zhao?”
Qu Changge looked at Lu Quanzhen with a calm and detached expression.
“Quanzhen pays his respects to Uncle.”
Lu Quanzhen bowed deeply as he greeted.
“You called what!?”
Qu Changge was taken aback, his hand trembling slightly beneath the black wide robe, his voice sinking.
“Uncle.”
Lu Quanzhen continued.
“How did you know about ?”
Qu Changge did not deny it but instead asked aloud.
He did not understand how, after seeing this nephew only once and having brief chat, the other side could have discerned his identity.
“Because Uncle ca to see today, and your behavior and mannerisms were a bit off, which led to this conjecture.”
Seeing that the other had not denied it, Lu Quanzhen knew he had guessed correctly.
This made him pause internally, uncertain about the purpose of the other’s visit.
After all, when he was handling affairs at Ruyi Marquis Mansion in the mortal world, he had received a piece of news.
His uncle, Qu Changge, had not died but had turned to Demon Cultivation…
“Oh?”
Qu Changge still did not see where he had given himself away, a smile erging on his face as he spoke with interest, “Tell , how did you conjecture it?”
Saying this, he gestured for Lu Quanzhen to sit down, then started to prepare tea.
“Uncle ca today, and his behavior did not seem like he was there to do business but rather to converse with , which I found quite inexplicable.”
Lu Quanzhen gently pinched the talisman in his sleeve, then seated himself at the table and said with reverence, “During our conversation, I was extra cautious and, through your accent and surna, I ca to this suspicion.”
“Accent, surna?”
Qu Changge seed oblivious to the talisman in his nephew’s sleeve, his face full of smiles, beckoning him to continue.
“That’s right, I once lived in Zhoushan Mansion for quite so ti, and noticed a certain familiarity in your accent.”
“Then, Uncle, you use the surna Zhao, and it happens that my maternal grandmother’s surna is Zhao.”
“Also, my mother often reminisces about Uncle, telling stories about you to us siblings, so I speculated about your identity.”
Lu Quanzhen explained as such.
“It shouldn’t be just these reasons, should it?”
Qu Changge looked at his nephew, smiling as he spoke.
He felt that just these few conditions were not enough.
“Today, after I had my suspicions, but was still unsure, I went through the marketplace to check today’s city entry records.”
“I saw the fake na Zhao Changhe that uncle used, and then noticed that uncle ca directly towards , and afterwards purchased information about Bi Lake Mountain, which gave so confidence.”
Lu Quanzhen continued calmly.
“There must be other reasons too, right?”
Qu Changge still wore a smile.
Seeing his nephew infer so much from their simple conversation today brought him a great deal of satisfaction.
Truly worthy of being a child of the Qu family, so astute!
“I was not entirely certain of the matter either, I just felt it was a possibility, so I ca over to ask. I did not expect uncle to admit it straightforwardly.”
This is what Lu Quanzhen said.
“But if that’s so, why were you holding a talisman in your sleeve?”
Qu Changge asked with a smile, his deanor easygoing and refined.
Seeing Lu Quanzhen’s expression change, he imdiately raised his hand and said, “Quanzhen, no need to be nervous, uncle is just asking casually.”
At this mont, he candidly revealed his own identity.
Since his nephew had already recognized him, he had nothing left to hide.
“I didn’t expect uncle to have noticed.”
Lu Quanzhen felt a chill in his heart, not expecting his uncle to be aware that he was hiding a talisman in his sleeve.
This indicated that the other party was definitely not rely at the Ninth Level Energy Refinent but had broken through to Foundation Establishnt!
Only the divine sense of Foundation Establishnt could possess such keen insight!
This revelation struck him with amazent, as he had not expected this uncle whom he had never t to be a Foundation Establishnt Great Cultivator!
Faced with this situation, he knew he couldn’t play any tricks in front of the other.
He imdiately took out the talisman hidden in his sleeve, placed it on the side, and said with a bitter smile, “Because my mother often ntions uncle, and our family has always been looking for you, but there has been no news.”
“Thinking that we should see each other alive or at least find the body if dead, so in my early years when I was handling affairs in the secular world, I investigated uncle’s information and learned that thirty years ago in Zhoushan Mansion, a demon cultivator appeared…”
“And this demon cultivator, is very likely to be you, uncle. So, on this trip, I ca with so caution in my heart, I hope uncle won’t take offense.”
Lu Quanzhen no longer concealed anything and spoke openly.
He knew that he couldn’t play gas in front of the other and could only bet that the other had no ill intent.
“A demon cultivator…”
Qu Changge imdiately knew it must be the ti when he returned ho years ago, only to discover that his entire family had been wiped out, which caused the demonic blood within him to erupt.
He laughed and said, “Hehe, what’s there to take offense at? In the Cultivation World, it is necessary to be extra cautious.”
“Yes, many years ago, due to so reasons, I walked the Demon Path and beca a demon cultivator.”
Qu Changge admitted candidly.
Then his facial features blurred for a mont as his disguise faded and he restored his true appearance.
Although he regained his original look, his current appearance and deanor were quite different from the uncle’s temperant Lu Quanzhen had learned about from his mother Qu Zhenzhen’s descriptions and images.
His face was stern, and there was an inexplicable demonic aura between his eyebrows.
“Zhenzhen… how has your mother been these past years?”
Qu Changge continued to speak, his voice sowhat hoarse and trembling.
He had intended to go directly to Bi Lake Mountain today to see how his sister was doing, and to teach her husband a lesson.
But after reading the information and making so simple inquiries, he learned that Lu Changsheng had a rather good reputation and was not the kind of energy-draining heretic cultivator or demon cultivator he imagined.
In particular, he was famously good to his wives, and his sister Qu Zhenzhen was one of his official wives, not just a concubine.
Consequently, he thought about further contact with his nephew, and to visit Bi Lake Mountain later, not expecting his nephew to take the initiative to co to him.
“Mother has been quite well these years, it’s just that she often ntions uncle, as well as my grandparents…”
“And then these past years I’ve caused mother so worry…”
Lu Quanzhen began, slowly voicing his mother’s situation.
He roughly guessed that his uncle must have achieved success in cultivation, which is why he ca back to visit his mother.
Because from his mother’s stories, he knew that the siblings were very close, and that his uncle was always especially caring towards her, his sister.
Faced with this, he also played the familial card as much as possible to stabilize his uncle.
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