The Cauldron Spirit inside the cauldron was utterly baffled by Ye Yu's question. "Your mother? Where would I have ever seen your mother?"
"Was it my mother who sent you to my side back then?" Ye Yu asked again.
"How would I know? I hadn't awakened then. How could I know what happened outside?" The Cauldron Spirit curled his lip.
Hearing this, Ye Yu let out a long sigh. Indeed, the Cauldron Spirit had only awakened after he collected the fragments.
He had found this Void Sky Cauldron in the Nine Nether Blood Spring. If his mother had truly sent it there, then did that mean his mother...
Ye Yu shook his head. The Blood Demon Race could travel from the Nine Nether Blood Spring to Azure Prefecture, so that so-called Ancient Royal Clan could do the same.
This also meant that the Nine Nether Blood Spring was some kind of passageway. Where it led remained uncertain. If his mother had truly passed through a Nine Nether Blood Spring somewhere...
Ye Yu raised his head and watched streams of light occasionally streak through the sky toward the Great Yan Dynasty. He drew a deep breath.
Now was not the time to think about such things.
Ye Yu returned to the imperial palace. Seeing that Ye Yu seemed to be in a poor mood, Liu Qi did not ask further.
Before long, Ye Zhentian returned as well. The instant their gazes met, Ye Yu clearly sensed that something was off about the way Ye Zhentian looked at him.
Yet Ye Zhentian quickly returned to how he had been before, and a smile also appeared on Ye Yu's face.
The two merely exchanged a hurried glance without saying a word.
As time passed, all the prominent figures from the three provinces had