At the mention of the Demon Lord, Hong Kaiyuan's expression grew slightly unnatural. "That name is a secret within the Divine Court, and I cannot say much about it. You would be better off not asking further, Daoist Friend. Knowing too much does not really do you any good."
"I was only asking in passing. If it is inconvenient to speak of it, forget I asked," Gu Yuanqing said.
Hong Kaiyuan smiled. "Thank you for understanding, Daoist Friend."
Gu Yuanqing mused inwardly, Wei Zhao did not lie, then. All this time, he has never told the Divine Court about me.
In truth, from the moment Gu Yuanqing entered the Fa Yuan Realm, he had been prepared for the Divine Court and the Guixu Alliance to discover his identity.
After all, he had once wielded the Way of Creation in the Exquisite Realm Domain, and had become a True God of Creation in the Fa Yuan Realm. Anyone who knew both facts would have little trouble connecting him to Gu Yuanqing of the Exquisite World.
Yet so far, he had seen no sign that the Divine Court knew about what had happened in the Exquisite World.
His questions today had indeed been something of a probe, but Hong Kaiyuan had been unwilling to say more.
Over the years, through his dealings with numerous Heavenly Gods and True Gods, Gu Yuanqing had sounded out a great many things, sometimes openly and sometimes subtly.
Even many True Gods knew nothing of the Exquisite World's existence.
That was relatively normal. The Fa Yuan Realm was the center of this greater world, and beyond it lay countless worlds much like the Exquisite World.
The only reason it seemed somewhat special was that the Demon Lord was sealed there.
As for whether the Guixu Alliance knew