Gu Yue and Arthur stared at each other for a long time.
However, just a second before Arthur spoke.
"Arthur! You little bastard! You forgot about me!"
A shrill dragon roar, like muffled thunder, came rolling from the other end of the spatial portal that hadn't completely dissipated, even accompanied by the rumbling tremors of a great earthquake.
Yue's roar pierced through space, exploding clearly in the ears of the three people.
Arthur: "..."
In Gu Yue's calm and rippleless silver eyes, a trace of helplessness also flashed by very quickly.
She tilted her head slightly, seemingly feeling a bit of a headache from the Mountain Dragon King's untimely harassment.
But this tiny emotional fluctuation was instantly suppressed by her, and she regained her composure.
"How about we bring him out first?" Arthur looked at Gu Yue, seeking her opinion.
Gu Yue didn't speak; she just raised her hand and tapped lightly at the spot where the spatial portal had disappeared.
A silver crack, much smaller than before and only large enough for one person to pass through, quietly split open. As soon as the crack opened, a streak of dark gold light shot out impatiently with a "whoosh," landing and transforming into a miniature, huffy dragon Soul phantom.
"You kid aren't being fair..." Yue stopped halfway through his scolding, looking at Arthur, then at Gu Yue and Na'er.
The atmosphere was not right.
Arthur scratched his head: "Don't be angry, aren't you out now?"
Yue floated to Arthur's side, circled him twice, and sensed carefully.
"Guang really isn't afraid of death either." He muttered, then looked at Gu Yue and Na'er, saying as he ran away: "You guys keep talking. I'll look around; I'm bored to death."
Gu Yue nodded slightly in response.
Her attention was clearly not here; her gaze fell back onto Arthur, as if silently urging him.
Now, it could continue.
Arthur composed himself, using the brief buffer brought by Yue's interruption to clear his thoughts.
He looked at Gu Yue and shouted, "Gu Yue!"
"I saw through you long ago—you're not human!"
Gu Yue: "?"
Na'er: "?"
The air instantly stagnated.
The calm in Gu Yue's silver eyes shattered for a moment, and the elemental power circulating around her paused for half a beat, as if she hadn't expected that after hesitating for so long, Arthur would blurt out such a sentence.
Na'er tilted her head even more directly, her small hand tugging at the corner of Arthur's clothes as she whispered, "Brother Arthur, where did Gu Yue offend you? Why are you calling her not human?"
"It's not an insult; I mean Gu Yue is a Spirit Beast." Arthur took a step forward, dropping his joking tone as his gaze became serious: "And she's also the legendary Silver Dragon King."
The moment his voice fell, even the wind in the mountains and forests seemed to stagnate.
The smile on Na'er's face froze slightly, her purple eyes widened, she looked at Arthur, then nervously at Gu Yue.
She subconsciously leaned half a step closer to Arthur.
At this moment, Na'er was brainstorming.
What should she do? What should her reaction be? Gu Yue was exposed, so what about her?
Should she just sell out Gu Yue to elevate her own status?
Yue, who hadn't floated far yet, suddenly trembled, his vertical pupils looking at Arthur in astonishment, then quickly glancing at Gu Yue.
Yue understood instantly; so they didn't know each other's identities before?
He couldn't tell at all; Yue had thought they knew about each other.
Time to slip away.
Yue quickened his pace to leave, heaven knows what would happen next.
Gu Yue stood there quietly, sunlight filtering through the gaps in the leaves, casting alternating light and shadow on her exquisite profile.
She had no reaction, as if Arthur had just said "the weather is nice today."
But the surrounding space, those elemental particles that had been flowing cheerfully, were now frozen as if solidified within three feet of her body, and the air became thick and heavy.
This silence was far more oppressive than a violent reaction.
Facing this invisible pressure, Arthur continued, his tone carrying a sense of realization.
It was even mixed with a hint of well-timed, faint irritation from being kept in the dark: "I've always felt you were special, Gu Yue. Your wisdom, your understanding of Spirit Beasts and the Dragon Clan, is far beyond that of your peers. You brought me to Dragon Valley, and you're as familiar with it as your own backyard."
As he spoke, Arthur also glanced at the somewhat flustered Na'er beside him.
A trace of guilt flashed in Na'er's purple eyes, and she avoided his gaze.
"Your so-called Hidden Family should also all be Spirit Beasts. I had my suspicions before, but I wasn't sure, as it was too shocking."
Arthur spread his hands: "Until this trip to Dragon Valley. I learned a lot of information from the Dragon King Seniors."
"The Dragon God Legacy must be the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings. Even other Dragon Kings aren't worthy, let alone humans with mere dragon-type Martial Souls."
"Gu Yue, even now, do you still want to hide it from me?" Arthur's voice lowered, carrying both a question and a sense of certainty.
"There is only one truth!"
"You are the Silver Dragon King who represents wisdom and elements after the Dragon God split. And Na'er, you are the Golden Dragon King's power Incarnation, right?"
The mountain forest was silent, only the rustling of the wind through the leaves.
Na'er was shocked; oh no.
It turned out she was exposed too.
Na'er nervously grabbed the corner of Arthur's clothes, her purple eyes looking at Gu Yue as if for help.
Gu Yue finally moved.
She slowly raised her eyelids, gazing at Arthur calmly and seriously.
In those eyes, there was a bottomless majesty and detachment belonging to the Silver Dragon King herself.
But no matter how Arthur looked at it, it felt awkward; Gu Yue had had those same eyes for several nights before.
"When did you start suspecting?" She didn't deny it, nor did she admit it; instead, she asked this question in a cold voice that betrayed no emotion.
This was almost equivalent to a tacit admission.
Arthur's face appropriately showed a trace of complexity, both relief and helplessness: "A long, long time ago. After all, we've been together for so many years; something different was bound to show."
He met Gu Yue's gaze: "Gu Yue, or Silver Dragon King, it doesn't matter."
"Actually, in a sense, we're on the same side now."
As soon as Arthur said this, Na'er's hand clutching his clothes suddenly loosened, and the tension in her purple eyes mostly faded.
Gu Yue's silver eyes lowered slightly, glancing at the instantly relaxed Na'er beside her, then raised her eyes to look at Arthur.
"On the same side?" Her voice was cold, carrying an imperceptible trace of inquiry. "Arthur, you seem to have accepted this fact quite easily."
Gu Yue gazed at him, those eyes that could see through elemental flow and the essence of the Soul were now trying to penetrate the expression on Arthur's face to find something deeper. "Your classmate, your friend, is the Lord of Spirit Beasts, the Silver Dragon King who is an enemy of the God Realm. You didn't even show the proper vigilance or fear?"
"Do you know that standing on my side means being an enemy of the entire human Spirit Master's world?"
Her words were very light, but like an ice pick, they pointed straight to the core.
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