He had indeed been putting on an act, but the moment he truly saw Ming He appear, his scalp had gone numb from the bottom of his heart.
None of his emotions toward that fellow had been faked. Before Ming He, he could not have pretended even if he wanted to.
Especially after obtaining the real Golden Sun, the information gained through his appraisal ability further confirmed that his earlier guess had been correct.
The contents displayed in the information panel came from a Xian Source Forbidden Artifact of the Yang side, not an Immortal Source Forbidden Artifact from the Origin World.
This meant that the Golden Sun in Ming He's possession truly was the missing portion of the Golden Sun he had fused with. Both had originated from the deep-layered world.
Ming He had taken that portion away before, and now he had returned it.
There truly was a connection between the deep-layered world and the real world!
Gong Niang was shaken beyond measure. When Ming He appeared, she had likewise never expected that Ming He, whom Yang An had once killed, would appear again—and be even stronger than before.
But she had never imagined that Yang An had anticipated all of this long ago, piecing together a definite answer from every clue and trace.
Ming He might have seemed to be plotting things, using the Forbidden Artifact fragment to lure Yang An here, but Yang An had already guessed everything. He had not been lured here; he had come of his own accord.
The more Gong Niang thought about it, the more muddled her mind became. Why could she never think of these things?
"You little brat, when did you become so clever?"
Yet the first thing Gong Niang doubted was certainly not whether she was stupid, but