The reason Di Tian appeared here was naturally because Gu Yue had notified him.
And today's seemingly casual outing was also specially designed by Gu Yue to arrange a meeting between Di Tian and Jin Li.
Others might not be clear about it, but how could Gu Yue not know?
Di Tian's feelings for Auspicious Beast were definitely extraordinary; he truly regarded it as his own daughter.
Therefore, now that Auspicious Beast had transmigrated to this World Ten Thousand Years later, Gu Yue naturally wanted Di Tian to come and see it.
Di Tian walked briskly into the cold drink shop, his steps carrying an eagerness that did not quite match his usual calm and composed style.
He sat down opposite Jin Li, his figure as broad and thick as a mountain, and as soon as he sat down, he occupied most of the space across the entire table.
Huo Yuhao, who was originally sitting in the middle, was unceremoniously squeezed by him and could only scoot his buttocks toward the window side.
On Di Tian's usually majestic face, a rare trace of tenderness emerged at this moment, his pair of golden vertical pupils staring closely at Jin Li opposite him, his gaze turning back and forth across her face several times, as if repeatedly confirming something.
After a moment, Di Tian's voice carried a low hum that trembled slightly after suppressing its excitement: "It's you... It really is you."
Jin Li carried the Luck of the Star Dou Great Forest on her body, and Di Tian would definitely not perceive it wrong.
Watching Di Tian's appearance, Jin Li instinctively pouted her small mouth, and the words that Di Tian had said to her not long ago in the Star Dou Great Forest involuntarily surfaced in her mind.
Those cold and hard rejections, those unquestionable denials, instantly surged into her heart.
Yet at this moment, looking at Di Tian's pair of golden vertical pupils surging with emotions she had never seen before—there was joy, excitement, and seemingly even a trace of remorse she had never seen on Di Tian.
Seeing Di Tian like this, Jin Li inexplicably softened in her heart, so that her pouted small mouth was quickly pulled back.
Jin Li thought of the records she had previously seen in those historical books. According to the true history that had already happened in this era, after her sacrifice, Di Tian spared no effort to launch a beast tide just to "avenge" her.
Thinking this way, Jin Li felt that Di Tian still cared about her.Gu Yue quietly observed the changes in the expressions of the two from the side. She knew very well that Di Tian was clumsy with words, and sometimes what he thought in his heart was probably simply unspeakable.
Thus, she spoke in a timely manner: "Jin Li, Di Tian regards you as his closest junior to cultivate. Your fall Ten Thousand Years ago was a huge blow to him."
Jin Li looked at Di Tian, opened her mouth, but found that she did not know what to say.
Di Tian took a deep breath, as if pressing some surging emotions back into his chest, and then spoke: "Being able to see you again, I am truly happy, even if the current you is not the you from Ten Thousand Years ago."
Jin Li's current appearance was very different from Wang Qiu'er after her transformation in his memory, but in his eyes, they were both that little beast like a cluster of golden flames, both that little Star Dou princess whom he personally cultivated and watched grow up.
Hearing this, Jin Li trembled slightly all over. She was silent for a moment, pursed her lips, and a low voice blurted out: "Not long ago... you still didn't agree to let Yuhao and me be together."
As soon as this was mentioned, an unnamed anger suddenly rose in Di Tian's heart!
He originally opposed being together with humans.
And Huo Yuhao not only abducted Auspicious Beast, but even his Lord had fallen into the sweet-talking words of this human.
He couldn't help but glance at Gu Yue, his gaze carrying an unspeakable complexity, and then he glanced sideways at Huo Yuhao beside him, letting out a heavy cold snort from his nose: "I still don't agree now!"
As soon as Di Tian said these words, the surroundings instantly quieted down.
On that small square table, it seemed as if even the air stagnated for a moment, and the atmosphere became somewhat heavy.
Di Tian himself also sensed that his sentence seemed to have made everyone silent.
He coughed lightly and uncomfortably, feeling that what he had said just now was somewhat too untimely.
After all, today was specially arranged by the Lord for him to see Auspicious Beast once more; he could not stir this scene up to be too stiff.
What's more, Auspicious Beast could sacrifice itself for Huo Yuhao Ten Thousand Years ago, which showed that its feelings could no longer be changed by his own attitude.
He was silent for a moment, his gaze falling back onto Jin Li, his tone a bit milder than before: "Since you have already made your choice, then even if I am unwilling, I will not oppose it."
Previously, the Lord had already told him the full story of the matter: Huo Yuhao had changed the destiny of Auspicious Beast's sacrifice, and behind all this, Sea God Tang San was manipulating it in secret.
When he first heard this news, Di Tian wished he could wake up from his deep slumber twenty thousand years ago and directly tear Tang San to pieces with a Dragon God Claw.
Anger was anger, but the current him was completely no match for that Sea God; instead, it was Huo Yuhao, the successor of the God of Destruction, who had the opportunity and ability to settle this score for Auspicious Beast.
Thinking of this, Di Tian glanced at Huo Yuhao on his right again, was silent for a while, and then squeezed three words out from his mouth: "He... is passable."
Jin Li did not expect Di Tian to actually relent, a trace of genuine shock carrying in those golden eyes.
She was stunned for a moment, then muttered in her mouth: "If you from Ten Thousand Years ago could have been like this, it would have been great.
"Di Tian knew his own temper; that was a stubbornness carved into his bones, and wanting to make him change his view was harder than ascending to heaven.
He sighed softly and did not pick up on this sentence.
He extended his right hand, and a palm-sized, fan-shaped pitch-black scale appeared in his palm.
The surface of the scale flowed with a dim luster, and the edges carried ancient and coarse textures, emitting a concentrated and profound aura.
He placed his own Reverse Scale in front of Jin Li, and slowly spoke: "Take this Reverse Scale back and give it to me from Ten Thousand Years ago. After that, he shouldn't oppose it anymore."
Sometimes, only after losing something does one truly understand how to cherish it.
Although Di Tian had always treasured Auspicious Beast, it wasn't until it truly sacrificed itself and left that he completely understood: nothing else mattered; Auspicious Beast staying alive was the most important thing.
Now that this Huo Yuhao could change the destiny of Auspicious Beast's sacrifice, so what if the two of them were together?
As long as she was still alive, as long as she could sit across from him today, pouting angrily and looking at him like this, his thoughts and his persistence no longer mattered.
Huo Yuhao sat by the window, quietly watching this scene without speaking.
He watched Di Tian push that Reverse Scale in front of Jin Li, thinking that Di Tian from Ten Thousand Years ago had given his Reverse Scale to him, but now Di Tian from Ten Thousand Years after had handed his own Reverse Scale to the Auspicious Beast Jin Li.
He didn't say anything, merely tacitly allowing all of this to happen.
As for whether Di Tian from Ten Thousand Years ago would know that he possessed the ability to transmigrate across Ten Thousand Years of time after receiving this Reverse Scale, Huo Yuhao felt it no longer mattered.
Now he could contact the God of Destruction at any time; with this trump card, he was no longer afraid of others knowing the secret of his Transmigration.
Whoever dared to make a move against him—opponents below Limit Douluo, he could handle them himself.
If the opponent possessed the strength of a Limit Douluo, even if he himself was not an opponent, he would let the other party know what it means to be protected by a God King.
Throwing a strand of the power of destruction over, let's see if you can withstand it or not!
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