"One of them?" Gu Yue was not surprised by this answer.
Na'er looked at Gu Yue as though she were an idiot. "Why would a supreme being laying plans across the heavens choose heirs in only one place? Cast a wide net and choose the best of the catch-isn't that perfectly normal?"
"Did you think everyone was like us, the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings, forced to bind our power and responsibilities together because the Dragon God split apart?"
"True." Gu Yue nodded slightly. "Then does junior brother know about this?"
"I honestly don't know." This time, Na'er shook her head, her expression candid. "That Emissary of Impermanence told me personally. As for whether Xu Qingjia knows, the envoy didn't say."
Nor was this something she could easily ask Xu Qingjia about. First, a Divine Position was an intensely private matter. Didn't she herself have things she was hiding from Xu Qingjia? Second, how would she explain how she had learned of this?
"So..." Gu Yue exhaled softly, her eyes filled with a complicated mixture of wonder and admiration, along with an indescribable sense of destiny. "Junior brother might become a supreme being in the future?"
"What are you planning?!" Na'er watched Gu Yue warily, her voice brimming with warning. "Gu Yue!
"I'm warning you! You were the one who chose the Silver Dragon King's responsibilities before, and to get my help, you promised me you wouldn't approach Xu Qingjia again! Now that you know he's a supreme being's heir, if you come eagerly sidling up to him again-"
She bit her lip, her tone fierce. "I'll despise you, very, very much! You materialistic she-dragon who scorns the poor and fawns on the rich!"
"Heh." Gu Yue gave a cold laugh. Her long black hair stirred without a breeze, and