Gu Yue flashed and arrived directly in front of Huo Yuhao, but her gaze did not fall on Huo Yuhao at all, instead locking tightly onto Jin Li.
Those purple eyes carried a look of scrutiny and probing, as if she were trying to recognize an existence that was extremely familiar yet whose origin she couldn't recall for the moment.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao slightly turned his head and smiled at Jin Li, saying: "She is not your master, but your master's daughter."
Jin Li's golden pupils suddenly widened even further, as if she had heard something even more incredible than her own Transmigration across Ten Thousand Years: "The master's... daughter?!"
She looked at Huo Yuhao in disbelief, as if confirming whether he was joking.
Seeing Huo Yuhao nod, Jin Li only felt a buzzing in her mind, completely unable to imagine who, with an existence like the master, could possibly conceive offspring.
However, Huo Yuhao's expression when speaking was resolute, not like he was talking nonsense.
Moreover, Gu Yue, who was right close at hand, although extremely similar in appearance to the Silver Dragon King, indeed had many differences upon closer inspection.
Just as Jin Li was still trying to digest this shocking message, Gu Yue opposite her made a discovery at the same time.
She acutely captured that unique aura on Jin Li's body—that was the Luck of Star Dou, a "thing" that had already dissipated and should not have appeared in this era.
Thinking of Huo Yuhao's ability to traverse Ten Thousand Years of time and space, Gu Yue quickly came to a highly probable deduction.
She looked at Jin Li, her lips moving slightly: "You are the Auspicious Beast?"
Jin Li looked at Gu Yue and nodded.
In her heart, she couldn't help but sigh inwardly; as expected of the master's daughter, she had guessed her identity just like that.
Huo Yuhao looked at the subtle atmosphere of the two staring at each other, smiled helplessly, and said: "This is not a place to talk, let's go to my room."
The three of them came all the way to Huo Yuhao's room. Huo Yuhao's room was not very large, but it was furnished simply and comfortably.
Jin Li curiously looked at everything around her, while Huo Yuhao casually waved his hand, and golden magic runes materialized out of thin air, intersecting and merging in the air, ultimately turning into a pale golden light barrier that enshrouded the figures of the three.
Until the soundproofing barrier was completely formed, Gu Yue's gaze fell on Huo Yuhao before she spoke: "Why did you bring the Auspicious Beast here?"
Huo Yuhao sighed softly: "It's a long story, you should know about the Auspicious Beast sacrificing herself for me."
Gu Yue nodded. Back then, although she was sleeping in the Lake of Life, she later heard Di Tian talk about this matter.
Di Tian had even launched a beast tide because of this, almost starting an unprecedented war with humans.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao bringing the Auspicious Beast to this era Ten Thousand Years later was obviously not a spur-of-the-moment decision.
She quietly waited, waiting for Huo Yuhao's next words.
Huo Yuhao glanced at Jin Li beside him, and then continued: "All of this is secretly plotted by deities; it is the Sea God Tang San..."
Huo Yuhao immediately explained how Tang San engineered all of this, with the sole purpose of "fishing" for him, the Child of Destiny.
Jin Li sat to the side, her heroic eyebrows slightly furrowed.
In her heart, there was only one thought: why was this Sea God so bad?
Although she didn't know much about the affairs of the Divine Realm, just from Huo Yuhao's description, she could hear that Tang San, a deity who walked out from the Douluo Continent, was now using almost any means to achieve his goals.
And Gu Yue clearly thought more. Her expression was much heavier than Jin Li's, and those purple eyes were slightly lowered, as if she was digesting this information while rapidly deducing the subsequent possible trends.
When she spoke to Na'er before about the Divine Realm possibly returning to settle accounts with the Spirit Beasts, it indeed carried a hint of warning.
But hearing Huo Yuhao's words at this moment, she truly realized that Tang San's gaze had long covered the entire Douluo Continent. In his eyes, this land was nothing more than his own back garden, and no one could escape his control.
And as the Silver Dragon King, in order to complete her ten thousand year grand plan, as long as the Divine Realm returned, she and Tang San were bound to clash!
A moment later, Gu Yue raised her head, those purple eyes falling on Huo Yuhao with a trace of earnest concern: "Then you must be careful, Tang San is a God King after all."
In her heart, the idea of joining forces with Huo Yuhao reached its peak at this moment.
This was no longer just for the sake of being with him, but even more to jointly face the oppression and crisis coming from Tang San.
Huo Yuhao looked at her serious appearance, reached out and grabbed her slightly cool small hand: "Rest assured, I am now the successor of the God of Destruction; it won't be so easy for Tang San to touch me."
"Mn."
Gu Yue gently nodded. She believed that Huo Yuhao was not a reckless person. Since he dared to face Tang San's layout head-on, it meant he indeed held enough trump cards in his hands.
After that deep conversation with Gu Yue earlier, Na'er had also become much calmer, no longer screaming like before whenever she saw Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue having physical contact, as if she had tacitly accepted her fate.
Meanwhile, Jin Li, sitting to the side, stared fixedly at the hands of Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue intertwined together, her eyes somewhat drifting.
No matter how dense she was, by this moment she could already see that the relationship between Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue was definitely not simple.
A thought that made her scalp slightly tingle floated into her heart. She originally thought she only needed to compete with Wang Donger, but looking at it now, did she also have to compete with the master's daughter?
Ah... this?!
When Huo Yuhao decided to bring Jin Li across time and space to this era Ten Thousand Years later, he had no intention of hiding the matter between him and Gu Yue.
At this moment, he sat between the two of them, calmly observing the changes in expressions of Gu Yue and Jin Li.
Jin Li's thoughts were almost written on her face; her golden pupils churned with shock, confusion, and a sort of unspeakable, complex emotion, as if she were desperately trying to digest this reality that caught her somewhat off guard.
As for Gu Yue, she appeared much calmer. She sat there with her expression as usual, showing not too many ripples.
However, Huo Yuhao knew very well in his heart that with Gu Yue's intelligence, she must have already seen through that unusual relationship between him and Jin Li.
But she didn't directly "flare up" at this moment, which actually made Huo Yuhao secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
However, inside the Spiritual Sea, Na'er finally couldn't hold back anymore.
She snorted, her tone carrying a malicious glee of watching the World burn: "It seems this Huo Yuhao is not honest at all; his relationship with the Auspicious Beast is definitely not simple."
Gu Yue glanced at her without replying.
But Na'er refused to let up and continued: "If this were me, I definitely couldn't stand it."
Gu Yue knew that if she didn't say something, Na'er would probably keep nagging on, so she faintly opened her mouth and replied: "Are you that idle? Wanting to stir up trouble again now?"
Na'er spread her hands with an innocent face: "You are wronging me here. I am doing this for your consideration. After all, Huo Yuhao dares to bring people home now, what will happen in the future?"
Hearing this, Gu Yue replied in a calm tone: "In the World of Spirit Beasts, the strong have always been supreme; it is normal for the strong to have multiple spouses."
Na'er was stunned upon hearing this, truly not expecting Gu Yue to say such a thing.
A moment later, she recovered her wits, her tone carrying a hint of disbelief: "The strong? As the Silver Dragon King, we are the strong ones, right?"
Gu Yue asked: "So what? Do you want to find a few more spouses?"
Na'er hurriedly shook her head: "I didn't think like that at all."
Gu Yue glanced at Na'er and said: "Yuhao is now the successor of the God of Destruction, and is destined to become a God King in the future."
Na'er's expression returned to normal, but her brows furrowed even tighter: "So you... submitted?"
Hearing the two words "submitted", Gu Yue's expression finally showed a trace of fluctuation, which she immediately suppressed.
She was silent for a moment, as if sorting her phrasing, and then slowly spoke: "Not submission. I understand Yuhao; he is not a promiscuous person."
"You also know about the Auspicious Beast sacrificing herself. Putting that kind of experience on anyone, I'm afraid no one could remain indifferent."
"If Yuhao, having experienced all this, felt no emotion towards the Auspicious Beast, that would be the thing worthy of vigilance."
"After all, Yuhao is the partner I chose, and I don't wish for him to be a heartless person. Otherwise, who knows, one day he might abandon us too."
Na'er was silent for a long time again, as if repeatedly chewing over Gu Yue's words.
Just as she was about to say something else, Gu Yue didn't give her that chance, calmly adding a sentence: "Don't forget how the Golden Dragon King Bloodline on your body came to be. Even as a Spirit Beast, one must learn to be grateful."
As soon as these words came out, Na'er was completely silenced.
Her previous targeting of Huo Yuhao was because she felt that his existence would affect their ten thousand year grand plan and the future of the Soul Beast Clan.
But putting aside this reason, Huo Yuhao could indeed be considered her benefactor.
If there was no Huo Yuhao, she wouldn't have gotten the Golden Dragon King Bloodline, and she would only be an appendage of Gu Yue, without even the qualification to negotiate terms.
Na'er quieted down. After thinking about it seriously, she suddenly felt that she didn't seem to dislike Huo Yuhao all that much after all.
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A/N:
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