Gaishi grinned. "Really, really strong!"
At that, Yue Ning Progenitor fell into thought, her gaze profound.
So it was true?
She had suspected from the start that the hairpin's bizarre disappearance hadn't been a coincidence, but part of someone's scheme.
Now the scheme was about to be exposed!
She didn't need to think twice to know that the item Gaishi's friend had mentioned was the hairpin. It couldn't be anything else.
Emperor Zuntian remained silent. What could possibly have stirred Yue Ning Progenitor so deeply?
He thought it over and immediately guessed the answer.
He was astonished. How could that thing have ended up with Ao Shi?
Had Ao Shi really found it? He couldn't believe that.
The thing had been missing for a long time. Even someone as powerful as Yue Ning Progenitor hadn't been able to find it. It was as if it had vanished into thin air.
But thinking about it, Ao Shi had that faction behind him. They had been hiding in the shadows for so long and possessed terrifying beings. Perhaps it wasn't so strange that they had found it.
Of course, he still believed it was more likely the other possibility.
That faction had taken the hairpin!
It was only speculation, but Emperor Zuntian felt this was the likeliest explanation. It also fit with the faction's current way of doing things.
But one thing puzzled him. If this was truly a scheme, why hadn't Ao Shi come to the Overlord Universe to seek Yue Ning Progenitor from the start? Why had he gone to the Haoyue Universe first?
He had even stayed at Haoyue Palace for a long time, and only planned to leave after meeting Haoyue Progenitor.
As he thought it over, a sharp idea surfaced in Emperor Zuntian's mind. Could it be