"Let go?" Huo Yuhao said, slightly taken aback.
"Yuhao, from the very first time we met as master and disciple, I noticed that the weight you carried in your heart was nothing like that of someone your age. I believe Elder Yi sensed it too."
Yao Lao and Elder Yi exchanged a glance and nodded. Even the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, and the Mermaid Princess Liya looked at one another before agreement appeared in their eyes.
"That's right, Yuhao. Those schemes and tricks of yours have deepened my fear of humans yet again." Even Brother Sky Dream, who had been sleeping in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness just moments earlier, woke up and spoke through a yawn. "You've plotted against everyone who crossed you until those bastards were howling like ghosts and wolves. You make me feel like a complete idiot."
"Heh, I had no choice. From the moment I walked out of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, I stepped onto a road with no turning back," Huo Yuhao said with a faint smile.
"After I entered Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect tried to scheme me into joining them. Once I revealed my strength, the Sea God Pavilion spared no effort in plotting against me either. From Dai Huabin to Xuan Zi, every one of them was like a wolf or tiger, wanting to swallow me whole."
"Even with both my teachers helping me, and with Brother Sky Dream, Senior Ice Empress, and the rest of you supporting me, I was still dancing on a knife's edge. My cultivation was meager back then. Only by resorting to tricks could I navigate those dangers with room to spare."
"Sometimes I ask myself: I've spent my whole life treading on thin ice. Do you think I'll ever reach the other shore?"