"As expected of the Clear Sky Sect's secluded refuge. With these clouds and mist obscuring everything, even a Titled Douluo would have a bitter cup to swallow if those bird Soul Beasts attacked. This really is a dragon's pool and a tiger's den!" Ning Tian said with a sigh of admiration.
Wang Dong'er smiled. "Watch what you say. If my Eldest Father and Second Father heard that, you'd have no sweet fruit to eat."
"Eldest Father and Second Father?" Ning Tian asked in surprise. "Why do you call them that?"
"I've never seen my birth parents, not since I was little. Eldest Father and Second Father are my parents' elder brothers. Whenever I asked them, they said Mom and Dad had gone on a long journey. After growing up, I could guess that my parents probably..." Wang Dong'er's voice suddenly sank.
Your mom and dad are doing just fine. They're in the Divine Realm making you a little brother, Huo Yuhao silently snarked.
As a woman, Ning Tian's eyes instantly reddened at those words. She hurried to comfort Wang Dong'er. "Don't worry. Your parents should be fine. Otherwise, now that you're grown up, your elders would have told you the truth. Since they haven't mentioned anything like that, it means you'll surely have a chance to see your parents again someday."
"Thank you, Ning Tian." Wang Dong'er wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and smiled.
They continued flying up along the mountain. A short while later, a towering castle appeared in Huo Yuhao's field of vision, roughly three hundred meters above their heads, at the summit suspended above the sea of clouds.
The gray castle exuded an ancient, rustic air, carrying the grandeur of one standing atop the highest peak. Amid the drifting sea of clouds, on