Although Ao Jia's words carried a hint of currying favor, they left Xiao Hua with a different taste in his heart. Sometimes, some people did not deliberately wish to scheme against others; rather, they had no choice but to scheme. The circumstances they faced and the matters they had to consider were simply too numerous. If they did not scheme, they could not balance every side or obtain greater benefits. Thus, they had no choice but to scheme! Scheming... always taxed both mind and strength, and often led to thankless effort. Yet if a person's nature was not utterly sinister, then in certain unguarded details... they would cast aside their hypocritical mask!
Humans were like this, and so were dragons. Ao Jia was one such dragon!
"This Xiao also thanks the Great Elder!" Xiao Hua knew that many words of gratitude did not need to be spoken aloud. So long as both sides understood them in their hearts, that was enough. Thus, he merely offered his thanks.
Ao Jia did not bring up the matter again. Instead, he said solemnly, "According to this old man's Dragon Language Heavenly Art, these dragons may have come from the Great Sacred Hall of the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons! Of course, this Dragon Language Heavenly Art is similar to the Daoist Sect's divination arts, so it may not necessarily be true!"
"Whenever dragons appear, if they are not from Dragon Island or the Four Seas Dragon Palace, then they presumably come from the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons, do they not?" Xiao Hua replied mildly. "Moreover, these dragons appeared within the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons. The possibility that they belong to... that Dragon Saint is extremely high! Why would he do something so obvious for no reason?"
"Humans are