The news of the fall of the Light and Dark Titled Douluo, Long Yeyue, only reached Huo Yuhao a few days later.
When this news was transmitted, he was sitting in his office reviewing a report on the construction progress of a Spirit Pagoda branch, and upon hearing it, his pen tip paused slightly without showing much emotional fluctuation.
He really didn't have a good impression of this Shrek elder.
Back when he resonated with the Golden Tree, it was she who proposed to forcefully keep him at Shrek Academy, and that condescending posture of "for your own good" was still vividly remembered by Huo Yuhao to this day.
Soon after, he stood up and walked out of the office.
On the hundred and first floor of the Spirit Pagoda, just as Huo Yuhao walked outside the door of the number nine cultivation room, the heavy metal door automatically slid open to both sides.
Gu Yue, with a head of black hair, was standing behind the door, blinking those bright purple eyes as she looked at him, obviously having sensed his approach in advance, and asked, "Why are you here?"
Huo Yuhao sensed the aura around her that had not yet fully converged and curved the corner of his mouth, "It looks like you are about to Breakthrough to a Titled Douluo too?"
Gu Yue smiled and nodded, not denying it, "Soon."
Huo Yuhao then slightly changed the subject, a hint of concern in his tone, "Shrek Academy has had an incident, how is Na'er?"
Mentioning Na'er, the smile on Gu Yue's face converged, and she said, "She is fine."
But although she said so on her lips, in her heart she knew very well that Na'er had actually been very irritable recently.
The root cause of her irritability was naturally because Shrek was finished, but that did not mean she had any deep feelings for Shrek Academy.
What truly put her in a bad mood was that her plan had completely failed.
With Shrek Academy unable to rise, what value was left for her, the "Lord of Restoration" propped up by Long Yeyue?
Furthermore, now the Spirit Pagoda was at the height of its power, while Shrek Academy had fallen into the dust; didn't all this indirectly prove that she, Na'er, had ultimately still lost to Gu Yue?
However, Gu Yue naturally would not say these words to Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao did not notice the fleeting complex emotion deep in her eyes, and just continued to ask, "Does Na'er have any plans afterwards? After all, rebuilding Shrek should be impossible already."
Gu Yue was silent for a few breaths, and finally shook her head, "I am still not clear on her own thoughts."
Huo Yuhao thought for a moment, then spoke, "Why not have her come to the Spirit Pagoda?"
Gu Yue did not feel surprised. Huo Yuhao was now the Pagoda Master, so he could naturally decide such a small matter with a single word.
But she still shook her head, "I can ask, but Na'er might not necessarily agree."
Huo Yuhao's expression grew a bit more serious, "Still, let her come. After all, it is better for you two to be together."
Gu Yue was slightly stunned upon hearing this, her gaze pausing on Huo Yuhao's face for an instant, a layer of strange light rising in her eyes.
A moment later, she slowly opened her mouth and asked, "What do you mean... by saying that?"
Huo Yuhao had expected Gu Yue to have such an expression and spoke in a casual tone, "Are you sure you want to talk about this here? You two are essentially one."
As soon as these words came out, Gu Yue's purple eyes slightly froze.
She looked at Huo Yuhao, as if judging whether this sentence was just casually mentioned or truly pointed to something.
A moment later, she confirmed that Huo Yuhao must know something.
She did not rush to deny it, nor did she rush to admit it, just remaining silent for a moment.
The mental force of the Spirit Domain Realm silently swept across the surroundings, confirming that no one was paying attention to their side.
Only then did she say, "Let's go to your office to talk."
The two of them walked through the corridor all the way, stepped into the elevator, and finally pushed open the door to enter Huo Yuhao's office.
The door closed behind them, making a slight sound.
The two sat facing each other across the wide desk, neither speaking first, and the air was filled with a subtle and heavy atmosphere.
The sunlight slanted in from outside the floor-to-ceiling window, stretching out a bright dividing line on the desktop between the two.
In the end, it was Gu Yue who broke the silence first.
Her voice was a few shades lower than before, and she said, "What on earth did you mean just now when you said we are essentially one?"
Huo Yuhao looked at her expression at this moment, the smile on his face not fading, but his tone becoming a bit more serious, "At this point, there's no need to cover anything up anymore, right?"
"You and Na'er were originally the same person, or perhaps I shouldn't call you Gu Yue, but rather Gu Yuena, or... the Silver Dragon King!"
Hearing this long-absent name, Gu Yue's expression finally showed a true fluctuation, and she also completely confirmed that she had been exposed in front of Huo Yuhao.
She was silent for a moment, as if chewing over this name repeatedly in her heart.
Then she slowly spoke, "How did you discover it?"
Looking at Gu Yue's serious and tense expression at this moment, Huo Yuhao almost failed to suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth.
He cleared his throat, restrained his emotions a bit, and slowly spoke, "At the very beginning, when I saw that the appearance of you and Na'er after Fusion was almost identical to the Silver Dragon King of Ten Thousand Years ago, the first thing I thought of was indeed that you two were her daughters."
"But after thinking about it carefully later, I felt something was wrong."
He leaned back in his chair, his gaze falling on Gu Yue's face, "First of all, you two are simply too similar. No matter how much a mother and daughter resemble each other, they shouldn't resemble to this extent."
"Moreover, a Martial Soul Fusion Skill requires the continuous high-speed consumption of the Spirit Power of both people, but you and Na'er maintained that state for over a month. This has already far exceeded the limit of any known Martial Soul Fusion Skill."
Gu Yue did not speak, just listening quietly.
Now, when it came to the research of Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Huo Yuhao's teacher, Electrolux, was definitely second to none.
After all, this teacher of Huo Yuhao was the one who helped him research the self-body Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and his understanding of Martial Soul Fusion Skill definitely far surpassed those Spirit Masters on the continent.
Therefore, after Electrolux's reminder, Huo Yuhao knew that the Fusion of Gu Yue and Na'er was definitely not as simple as a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
Huo Yuhao paused for a moment and continued, "Furthermore, the tacit understanding between you and Na'er is sometimes truly astonishing."
"I didn't pay much attention before, but too many coincidences piled together made me have to think in a certain direction."
Saying this, he leaned forward slightly, lowered his voice a few shades, and smiled, "Of course, the most important thing was the last time, Ten Thousand Years ago, I made a trip to Star Dou and met the Silver Dragon King of that World."
"Through my indirect probing, I coaxed out a lot of content, and only then did I finally confirm that you and Na'er are one, and after your Body Integration, you are the Silver Dragon King."
The office was quiet for a moment. Gu Yue sat opposite, those purple eyes calmly meeting Huo Yuhao's gaze, as if digesting his words, and also as if confirming how much he actually knew.
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