"Someone specific..." Hua Yunfei could not help thinking of the Sect Master of his generation, True Lord Yuntian, and his disciple Lin Yang. Could they be the ones being referred to?
So there really were quotas?
He remembered that the Sect Master's inheritance contained things only the Sect Master could see. The truth might lie within those things.
"Hehe, the aura of Reincarnation you sensed after becoming an Emperor was deliberately let you sense it."
Elder Shi reclined in his lounge chair, his hands pillowed behind his head and his crossed legs swaying rhythmically.
"From that time onward, it was already intended for you to come into contact with true Reincarnation—to meet your master. She is the strongest in this path, and you encountered her later in the Immortal Realm as well."
"Ancestor, I have another question," Hua Yunfei said.
"Go on."
"Besides being the Youngest Heaven, do I have any other identities? Or secrets?"
"Yes, Guardian Lineage Ancestor."
"Besides those?"
"..."
Elder Shi did not answer again. He looked at Hua Yunfei with a half-smile. "What have you figured out, kid?"
"It is not that I figured something out," Hua Yunfei said. "It is that the ancestors left behind too many contingencies in everything they did, making it impossible for me to be certain."
"If I truly have other identities, it does not seem particularly surprising. I am simply curious what they might be."
Elder Shi grinned. "The ancestor of our Guardian Lineage really dares to think. Ordinary people would not think so much."
After weighing his words for a moment, Hua Yunfei asked, "Can you tell me?"
Elder Shi shook his head. "Would you believe me if I said that this old man does not know the truth either?"
Hua Yunfei was stunned. Even someone of Elder Shi's