Seeing Xiao Se reveal such an expression for once, his parents unconsciously exchanged a glance.
"I—I saw the scene in the Dou Qi Continent where Father and Mother fought the Spirit Devouring Saint King."
"Father and Mother's divine ability, the Dou Di Dharma Body, shattered, while the Spirit Devouring Saint King's demonic body began to melt under the strain. At that moment, I truly saw it."
"That Spirit Devouring Saint King... had the same face as me."
Xiao Se could not help taking a deep breath, the emotions in his chest impossible to put into words.
Only then did Xiao Yan rub his temples, while Yao Wan turned her head away and let out a long breath.
"...So?"
"So! So—is it true?"
A trace of hope flashed through the youth's eyes. After all, it might have been nothing more than a trap laid by his inner demon. It was precisely because he did not wish to step into that fiend's snare that he had come to his parents for confirmation.
If they could deny it with absolute certainty, then such absurd provocation would naturally collapse on its own.
Even if they were unwilling to tell him the truth, that would be fine. It was entirely understandable that they might have their own difficulties—
Yet what Xiao Se saw now was that his parents' eyes no longer held only concern. Unknowingly, they seemed to have taken on a few different shades of emotion.
When he felt his father's and mother's gazes, Xiao Se's throat went dry, and an inexplicable fear welled up within him.
Xiao Yan felt this could not go on. Since they had already reached this subject, they could not avoid discussing it any longer. Otherwise, it would only become a burden in his heart.
No father wished to