Chapter 1043 - Are You …? (1/2)

Wu Ya furrowed his brows when he suddenly didn't get an answer. This question wasn't any more invasive than the previous ones, was it? Why were these two making such a big deal about it? ”What? You don't want to tell me?”

Before Leng Jin Yu could say anything, a voice sounded from a few steps away. ”Shouldn't the question rather be how it concerns you what the dragon king does or doesn't?”

Wu Ya turned around, furious that somebody was interrupting his interrogation just when he felt that he was close to finding the answer he wanted. The angry words at the tip of his tongue dispersed though when he saw the person in question. He stared at Qiu Ling, his expression blank.

Qiu Ling tensed up, the hand he was holding behind his back tensing and his claws extending. He knew what this person was. He also knew that there was a certain chance that he might be exposed.

But … With what seemed to be going on with the spirit beast people, he wouldn't be able to run away forever. Now that he was aware, he would have to engage with this matter and have the spirit beast people that were still imprisoned somewhere in the human realm freed.

Sure, he would send other people to deal with it and he might even be able to send one of his advisers to the spirit beast tribe to deal with it but … Sooner or later, he would encounter these people. He had to find out before that if they were able to realize the difference between him and other dragons.

If they did … One person could be killed, then for other people, he might be able to come up with a plan. Other than that … He couldn't help but have a faint hope that maybe things would be different. Maybe his father's blood was enough to make these people take him as one of the dragon race. Maybe he would be safe. Maybe he could go on pretending to be what he wasn't. He certainly wished for that outcome.

Wu Ya continued to stare at him, scaring not only Qiu Ling but also Jinde whose grip on Leng Jin Yu's hand turned tighter and tighter. He knew what Qiu Ling was thinking. But this confrontation … He didn't want to see it. Naturally, he didn't want that stepson of his to be exposed. He also didn't want to have an old friend die. Especially not in front of his eyes. It seemed that he could only try to ease the situation on his own.

He cleared his throat and wanted to speak up when Wu Ya already did so.

”Are you …”

Qiu Ling's eyes narrowed and even the last muscles in his body tensed, ready to pounce on this person as soon as he uttered the first wrong syllable. ”What?”