The First Elder wore a secretive expression. With a hand as dry as an eagle's claw, he suddenly yanked my arm, leaning forward until he was almost touching my ear. Lowering his voice to a whisper, he asked, "Patriarch, what on earth is going on here? When did all this happen?"
I was completely baffled, my face a mask of utter confusion as I replied, "Huh? What are you talking about? I haven't the slightest idea."
The Second Elder's gaze was sharp as a torch, darting back and forth between Niu Wufang and me with an extraordinarily complex look in his eyes. Finally, he turned to me, the corner of his mouth twitching upward as he gave me a thumbs-up. Yet his eyes remained as bottomless as a gloomy pool, bizarre and unfathomable. They held both the astonishment of witnessing a bizarre spectacle and the playful amusement of uncovering a deep secret. "Patriarch... you truly open our eyes! Such hidden methods are remarkable indeed; I am utterly awed and bow to you in admiration!"
Chapter 114