At the question, the Snow Empress fell silent for a moment.
Her gaze shifted from Mu En to the shimmering surface of Sea God Lake.
After a pause, she gave a slight nod and admitted,
"Yes."
The answer was brief, but the gravity in Mu En's eyes deepened.
The Snow Empress knew how sensitive her identity was now.
A Soul Beast who had taken human form and possessed the strength of a Peerless Douluo was willing to follow a human Soul Master. That alone would invite endless speculation.
If Mu En learned that she followed Li Changqing not because of a Divine Inheritance,
but because Li Changqing had helped her survive a Heavenly Tribulation and even given her a treasure like Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow, matters would only grow more complicated.
So she could not reveal those things yet.
Neither Li Changqing's secrets nor the source of the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow should be exposed to Shrek Academy's leaders.
Since that was the case, she might as well give Mu En a plausible answer rather than let him keep guessing.
An heir to a god's power.
That identity alone was sensitive enough to set imaginations running.
More importantly, it could explain why she was willing to stay by Li Changqing's side.
For now, it was the simplest choice.
Sure enough, some of the doubt on Mu En's face faded when he heard her answer.
He still had questions, but a Divine Inheritance was among the world's most inscrutable powers.
As he saw it, the Snow Empress might have sensed some trace of a god's aura on Li Changqing.
Or perhaps that god had acknowledged her, leading her to follow Li Changqing.
The explanation was still astonishing, but it was not impossible to accept.
Mu En let out a slow breath