Yet the instant my gaze swept over Ying Li, my smile froze.
"You..."
Looking at her slightly swollen belly and her face glowing with springtime delight, I could feel her smug satisfaction even without her saying a word.
"What?" Ying Li raised her head to meet my gaze, her face instead full of confusion.
This was Vast Heaven Hall. There were hundreds of Great Cosmic Heavens here at the very least. Though the main hall was already spacious enough, it was now packed tight with countless pairs of watching eyes.
If I asked her about it now, wouldn't it invite gossip?
She was actually pregnant?
As I barely swallowed back a mouthful of saliva, Yun Heng, standing beside her, came to her senses and gritted her teeth at me. The meaning could not have been clearer.
Tian Zi, Di Gou, and the other old acquaintances from Starshine Sea, including the hall masters of the other Cosmic Heaven Halls, all turned their gazes toward Ying Li. This bizarre scene made sweat seep from my brow.
Tian Tong, Cang Zhao, Di Juan, and the others from the Heavenly One Hall faction on the other side wore expressions as awkward as could be. Their earlier excitement had plainly been clouded by a layer of gloom.
Who could have imagined that Star God Heaven's first child would end up in Ying Li's belly?
I gave a dry cough and could only shift everyone's attention. "Ahem... I won't go into the hall's affairs. The hall masters in charge of each hall will handle those matters themselves. I'll speak only of the most important matter: the four Luotian Ranks of the Nether Ancestor, Control Ancestor, Fierce Ancestor, and Space Ancestor are now in my hands. I will not hoard them without using them, nor will I