Gu Yue and Di Tian exchanged a glance. In that meeting of gazes, the two had already completed a silent exchange.
Di Tian spoke first via telepathy: "My Lord, should I ask?"
Gu Yue's gaze moved away from Di Tian's face and fell upon Huo Yuhao in the distance.
After a moment, she only replied with two words: "You speak."
Upon receiving the order, Di Tian's gaze fell back onto Huo Yuhao.
After a moment of silence, he spoke.
His voice was not loud, and his tone could not be called stern, yet every word seemed to have its edges deliberately thinned; hearing it made one's heart tighten all the more.
"Aside from the Silver Dragon Reverse Scale that Gu Yue gave you..."
He paused, his gaze darkening.
"It seems there is also the aura of a black dragon reverse scale on you?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Huo Yuhao's pupils contracted almost imperceptibly.
In fact, the moment Gu Yue and Di Tian appeared earlier, they had sensed a familiar aura on Huo Yuhao—it was the aura of Di Tian's Reverse Scale.
However, with a powerful enemy before them at the time, they could not afford to investigate further.
Now that the external enemy had retreated and the dust had settled.
That doubt, which had been temporarily suppressed, was finally brought to the table.
Huo Yuhao's expression gradually became serious, and then a thought crossed his mind.
A black light suddenly shot out from between his brows, silently hovering before him. It was precisely the Reverse Scale that Di Tian had given him Ten Thousand Years ago.
Huo Yuhao raised his hand, letting the Reverse Scale slowly rotate at his fingertips, then looked up at Di Tian.
"Uncle Gu, the one you mentioned... is this Reverse Scale, right?"
The room went quiet for a moment.
Gu Yue's gaze fell on that black dragon reverse scale, watching it for a long time.
As for Di Tian, he was stunned in place.
Staring at the scale at Huo Yuhao's fingertips—a scale he could not possibly be more familiar with—his pupils suddenly contracted.
He recognized that scale.
To be precise, it was a scale that had fallen off his own body; he was intimately familiar with every wisp of aura and every pattern attached to it.
Di Tian did not speak, nor did he move.
But the surging waves in his chest were almost impossible to suppress.
Normally, the Dragon Clan only has one Reverse Scale at their vital point.
But Vicious Beasts are different; after experiencing a Heavenly Tribulation every hundred-thousand-year, the Reverse Scale falls off and a new one grows, so Di Tian has a total of eight Reverse Scales.
Even though they are all his Reverse Scales, because the time periods differ, the patterns and auras on them vary.
And the one in Huo Yuhao's hand at this moment was clearly the one that fell off after he survived his eight-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation.
Because that tribulation was where he was most severely injured and suffered the most.
Moreover, he had given that Reverse Scale to Spirit Ice Ten Thousand Years ago, and later Spirit Ice returned it to him; that Reverse Scale was in his hands right now.
So the question arose.
Where did the one in Huo Yuhao's hand come from?
How could two identical Reverse Scales exist in this world?
Di Tian's brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and his gaze grew increasingly heavy.
Just when Di Tian was utterly perplexed, Huo Yuhao spoke again.
"Perhaps..." A glint of wisdom that pierced through the fog flashed in his eyes: "I shouldn't call you Uncle Gu; it should be Beast God Di Tian!"
The instant the words fell, Di Tian's pupils suddenly contracted.
At the same time, an extremely powerful aura poured out from his body without warning.
That aura swept through the entire hall like a gale, pressing down until the surrounding air became viscous.
But that aura came and went quickly; almost as soon as it erupted, Di Tian withdrew it.
Di Tian had not expected that before he could even figure out what was going on, Huo Yuhao had already seen through his identity—and he had changed his appearance, too.
Di Tian's gaze fell back onto Huo Yuhao's face; on that young face, there was currently a faint, calm smile.
"It seems I guessed correctly."
Di Tian remained silent, saying nothing.
The air in the hall was quiet to the point of unreality.
Huo Yuhao looked down at his empty fingertips; the Reverse Scale had already been returned to his brow.
Then he looked up, his gaze falling straight onto Di Tian's face.
"Senior Di Tian," his voice was neither high nor low, "the origin of this Reverse Scale, this Junior can explain, but before explaining..."
He turned his head slightly, moving his gaze away from Di Tian and landing on the figure of Gu Yue beside him.
"Gu Yue, Senior Di Tian is not your father, right?"
Gu Yue raised her eyes, meeting Huo Yuhao's gaze.
Her expression did not change, but in those purple eyes, a trace of an extremely subtle luster flashed, and then she nodded.
The smile in Huo Yuhao's eyes deepened a few notches, carrying a hint of triumph after his judgment was verified.
"Actually, I should have realized it long ago. Although I have only seen Senior Di Tian twice, the way you interact... really doesn't look like father and daughter."
He paused, appearing to weigh his words.
He let his gaze fall back onto Gu Yue and continued: "Every time Senior Di Tian looks at you, a trace of respect flashes in the depths of his eyes."
"That is not the look of a father looking at his daughter; it seems you are the one who is in charge."
"So, Gu Yue, your status should be above Senior Di Tian."
Gu Yue and Di Tian exchanged a glance again, both of their eyes flashing with a hint of shock.
On the continent, almost all Spirit Masters presuppose one thing: that Beast God Di Tian is the undisputed strongest of the Soul Beast Clan and the leader of the Soul Beast Clan in the Star Dou Great Forest.
But Huo Yuhao's words just now had clearly shattered this perception!
And the reactions of Gu Yue and Di Tian at this moment also indicated that Huo Yuhao's words were correct.
Huo Yuhao's gaze slowly swept across the two of them, and he said again: "In the Core Circle of the Star Dou Great Forest, there is also a powerful and mysterious existence."
"Before this person, even Senior Di Tian must address them as... My Lord."
When those last two words fell, the air in the hall seemed to freeze for a moment.
The look of shock on the faces of Gu Yue and Di Tian could no longer be hidden. The existence of the Silver Dragon King, even within the Soul Beast Clan, was only known to those few Vicious Beasts in the Core Circle of the Star Dou Great Forest.
And humans could absolutely not have touched upon a secret of this level.
Yet Huo Yuhao knew it now!
While shocked, a layer of heavy doubt simultaneously surfaced in the depths of Gu Yue and Di Tian's eyes.
Subconsciously, the two exchanged a glance, both seeing the same question in the other's eyes: Who told him?
Could it be that a Vicious Beast in the Core Circle had revealed information to a human?!
As soon as this thought emerged, it was simultaneously denied by both of them.
Those Vicious Beasts had followed the Silver Dragon King for many years; their loyalty was unquestionable, and it was absolutely impossible for them to leak such a secret.
But if it wasn't an internal leak, then how did Huo Yuhao find out?
All sorts of guesses surged in their hearts, but neither of them spoke for the moment.
Huo Yuhao looked at Gu Yue and smiled: "So, your identity is..."
Gu Yue's heart tightened. Di Tian's identity had been directly exposed by Huo Yuhao, and she had originally thought her own identity could not be hidden either.
She had even secretly prepared herself in her heart, thinking about how to deal with the situation that might arise next.
But Huo Yuhao's next words left her and Di Tian stunned in place.
"That My Lord's daughter!"
When these words were spoken, Gu Yue's first reaction was to be stunned for a moment.
Then her second reaction was to want to laugh.
She had to use a lot of effort to force back the laughter that was almost rushing to her throat.
The corners of her mouth tightened and relaxed, relaxed and tightened again, repeating this two or three times before she finally steadied her face into a serious expression.
Then she nodded solemnly and gave Huo Yuhao a thumbs-up.
"That's right," her tone was steady and composed, without a hint of a flaw, "I didn't expect you to know even this?"
Huo Yuhao gave a soft hum, his nose tilted slightly upward, his face full of the triumph of "Just as I expected."
"That's right, it seems my judgment was correct."
He stood up from his seat, ignoring Di Tian's gaze, and walked naturally to the seat beside Gu Yue and sat down.
Then he turned his head, looked at Gu Yue, and asked: "So, Senior Di Tian must also address you as Young Lord?"
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A/N:
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