"You're too kind, fellow Daoist." Ao Yue returned A Bei's salute, then looked at the bear with some hesitation.
"If you have something to say, Heavenly Sovereign, please speak freely." Seeing Ao Yue's hesitation, A Bei stood and smiled at him.
At that, Ao Yue spoke plainly. "It's like this. During the court assembly, fellow Daoist Gungun said before all the gods that it intended to gather the fortune of the entire Primordial World for the two of us to cultivate, so we could attempt to break through the Quasi-Saint barrier. Afterward, I took it behind Lingxiao Hall for a private discussion, and it still said it wanted to gather fortune to break through. Why didn't it tell me the truth then? Could the Devil Ancestor's incarnation have been watching us at the time?"
Ao Yue's brows knitted deeply as he spoke. If that were true, then the Devil Ancestor's incarnation was far too powerful. He had not sensed a thing while being watched. Didn't that mean the incarnation could appear in the Heavenly Court again at any moment, or even right beside him, without giving him time to react?
If so, both he and the entire Heavenly Court were in terrible danger!
Hearing Ao Yue's question, A Bei opened its mouth, utterly dumbfounded. Could it say that what its true form had said back then was probably sincere?
Its true form had not even known the Devil Ancestor's incarnation existed, much less that he was watching them. But if A Bei said that aloud, then all the humiliation endured for a greater cause and righteous devil-slaying its true form had presented before all living beings would turn out to be a sham, so...
"Ahem." A Bei clenched a paw and held it before its mouth as it coughed. "This