Wang Donger let out a long breath; the Spirit Power within her body had just completed one full cycle of circulation.
She adjusted her sitting posture, preparing to close her eyes and continue to cultivation.
However, at that very moment, a voice suddenly echoed in her mind.
"Donger, I have arrived."
Wang Donger froze, her eyelashes, which were about to close, trembling slightly.
She was all too familiar with this voice; it was her Second Dad.
It was just that he rarely left the Clear Sky Sect, remaining in the Sect all year round and ignoring worldly affairs. For him to have come to the Spirit Pagoda today made her feel somewhat surprised and vaguely uneasy.
She immediately stood up, having no time to think further, and hurried out of the Cultivation room, heading towards the first floor of the Spirit Pagoda.
Meanwhile, in the office on the top floor, Huo Yuhao's action of flipping through files stopped without warning.
His fingertips hovered in mid-air, and his gaze narrowed slightly.
With his current mental force, the fluctuations of aura inside and outside the entire Spirit Pagoda could not escape his perception.
Just a moment ago, a powerful mental force had swept past the outside of the tower like a night breeze, and he naturally sensed it immediately.
He quickly locked onto the target by following the direction of that mental force, and when he saw the person's appearance at the entrance of the first floor of the Spirit Pagoda, he was instantly stunned.
That face was not unfamiliar to him; one could even say he had just seen it not long ago.
But it was not in the present of Ten Thousand Years ago, but in that World Ten Thousand Years later.
Was that burly man standing at the entrance of the first floor of the Spirit Pagoda not the very same Quasi-God who had attacked him in Shrek City?
Huo Yuhao's heart gave a violent jolt, and his expression gradually darkened.
He sat at his desk, the pen in his hand having been placed back on the table at some point, his mental force locked onto the burly figure below the Spirit Pagoda.
He saw Wang Donger walk quickly to the first floor to meet that burly man.
And the other party's originally tense face, the moment he saw Wang Donger, actually wore a layer of kind smiles, revealing a softness that would only be shown when facing someone close.
The relationship between the two was clearly not ordinary.
Huo Yuhao had previously guessed that the other party might be a reclusive expert remaining from the Clear Sky Sect, but that thought was already crumbling in his mind.
If he were just a descendant of the Clear Sky Sect, how could he have existed Ten Thousand Years ago?
It should be impossible for the other party to have the ability of Transmigration across Ten Thousand Years of time and space like he did, so there was only one truth left.
This person was an existence that had lived for Ten Thousand Years, living from Ten Thousand Years ago until Ten Thousand Years later.
But even a Quasi-God expert's lifespan was at most three hundred years.
Apart from Spirit Beasts, only deities could possess such a long life.
Thinking of this, a guess vaguely surfaced in Huo Yuhao's heart, and that guess was becoming clearer bit by bit as his train of thought progressed.
After the reminder from Elder Jin, he had always regarded Tang San as a potential future enemy, so he paid extra attention to the relevant experiences of this Sea God.
Before Tang San became a god, he had received the sacrifice of two hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts from the Star Dou Great Forest.
Later, after Tang San achieved his God Position, he used his Divine Power to re-condense the Souls of these two Spirit Beasts and bestowed new bodies upon them, not only greatly increasing their strength but also granting them eternal life.
This matter was widely circulated on the continent, and even Spirit Beasts like Tian Meng and Bing Di knew about it.
If this burly man appearing on the first floor of the Spirit Pagoda was one of those two resurrected Spirit Beasts, then everything made sense.
At the entrance of the Spirit Pagoda's first-floor lobby, the staff member who had just stepped forward to inquire was now standing in place, his gaze quietly falling on Wang Donger and the burly man.
He had just heard Wang Donger call out "Second Dad," and he secretly thought to himself that he had indeed not misjudged.
The respectful smile on his face deepened a little more, and he quietly retreated half a step, already calculating in his heart that he would find an opportunity later to perform well, so as to leave a good impression on this "father-in-law" of the Pagoda Master.
Wang Donger's face was filled with undisguised surprise, her pair of pink-blue eyes shining brightly, and she looked up at Er Ming and asked: "Second Dad, why are you here?"
Er Ming looked down at her. Although his resolute face still carried a bit of stiffness, his tone revealed an undisguisable doting and complaint: "You girl, you don't even know to go back and visit us, so I had to come see you myself."
Upon hearing this, the smile on Wang Donger's face faded slightly, and she lowered her eyelids, a flash of guilt flickering in her eyes.
She had indeed not returned to the Clear Sky Sect for a long time, and being told this to her face by Er Ming, she couldn't help but feel a bit guilty.
However, she quickly raised her head again, stepped forward to take Er Ming's arm, shook it slightly, and added a layer of spoiled softness to her voice: "I know Big Dad and Second Dad won't be angry with me, right?"
She looked at Er Ming with her large pink-blue eyes innocently, as if she were certain that the other party could do nothing about her when she was like this.
Er Ming's stiff face held out for a moment in front of those eyes, but in the end, it softened.
He raised his hand and gently tapped Wang Donger's head, his tone carrying a kind of helpless indulgence: "I really can't do anything about you."
Wang Donger giggled, as if she had returned to the carefree little girl she was in the Clear Sky Sect, and she pulled Er Ming by the arm toward the elevator.
"Since Second Dad has finally come out once, you should explore Star Luo City properly and stay with me for a few more days."
The two walked to the elevator entrance. Just as Wang Donger was about to reach out to press the up button, Er Ming's voice rang out unhurriedly beside her, causing Wang Donger's outstretched hand to freeze in mid-air.
"Coming here this time, besides seeing you..." He lowered his head slightly, his gaze falling on Wang Donger's face: "The more important thing is to see that brat Huo Yuhao."
"See... Yuhao?!"
Wang Donger stopped, turned her head to look at Er Ming, her eyes full of surprise.
Her voice involuntarily rose for a moment. She had thought that Second Dad had really come to Star Luo City just to see her, but she didn't expect that his target also included Huo Yuhao.
Upon hearing this, Er Ming gave a soft hmph, his tone carrying the natural dissatisfaction of an elder towards a Junior: "Hmph, that brat swindled our family's precious little princess away. As her father, how could I not come and see him for myself?"
He said this with his mouth, and in his heart, he indeed had some of these thoughts.
But what really made him decide to make this trip personally was because Tang San had descended a divine oracle.
After being targeted by the God of Destruction, Tang San dared not easily connect to the Lower Realm through the God Realm Central Hub, fearing that the other party would seize an excuse.
But Da Ming and Er Ming were in the Clear Sky Sect, and they had Divine Thought imprints left by Tang San, which could bypass the God Realm Central Hub to communicate directly.
Tang San had already noticed the abnormalities in Huo Yuhao; that thread of fate was deviating from his control, and he needed someone to personally confirm what was going on.
Thus, Er Ming came.
A trace of panic flashed deep in Wang Donger's eyes. Huo Yuhao had previously clearly refused to return to the Clear Sky Sect with her, and she felt at the time that there might be some reason hidden in this that she didn't know.
Now that Second Dad had come directly to the door, this meeting was unavoidable. A vague sense of unease rose in her heart; this meeting would probably not be as harmonious as she hoped.
"Ding-dong."
A crisp prompt sound rang out, and the elevator door slowly slid open to both sides. Huo Yuhao's figure appeared between the silver-gray metal door frames.
His gaze first fell on Wang Donger, then naturally turned to the burly man beside her. His gaze lingered for a moment, and a trace of well-measured doubt flashed in his eyes.
He looked at Wang Donger and asked in a normal tone: "Donger, who is this?
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