"I thought she (Mist Sound) was the Mother Goddess, but she's really not..."
"She is the embodiment of Lu Ping'an's 'Reason.' Looking at the result, she incorporated the Mother Goddess's power rather than actually being the Mother Goddess."
"Doesn't that imply Lu Ping'an has already assimilated the Disaster Beast, turning it into his Lower Path and transforming its individuality into a Demigod?"
"You're bold to say that. Aren't you afraid he'll trouble you... But what you said is indeed accurate. One might say Lu Ping'an devoured that Disaster Beast..."
"You'd better mean 'devoured' in a physical sense..."
Some things are hard to hide, especially in front of these knowledgeable big shots.
But as the old timers discuss serious matters, their conversation often veers toward more salacious topics.
Especially when it involves the scandal of an influential "senior/junior" figure that everyone knows about.
It just happens to be true, more or less.