Chapter 535: Xin Haotian’s Doubt
Aldrian straightened his body and looked at his surroundings, he couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows as he looked at the Xin family members, as if they had just prostrated to him.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
They looked at one another, unsure how to answer, as Aldrian seemed unaware of what had just happened. Xin Haotian sighed as he stood up.
"Nothing. We just saw something incredible from you," he said.
Aldrian looked at him in confusion, then at the others who were also starting to stand up. They were already used to his strangeness throughout this journey, but this time, they had at least confirmed something—even without clearly discussing it among themselves.
Aldrian had some kind of connection to this place, or to a divine being.
They weren’t fools. Considering everything that had happened, along with the repeated signs and undeniable proof, ignoring the truth would be irrational. As absurd as it sounded, Aldrian seemed more like a being from a higher realm stranded here in the body of a child.
There was no other explanation for how Aldrian acted in this place. There was no way he was unfamiliar with it or unconnected to it. If this place was a replica of the higher realms, then everything finally made sense.
Aldrian knew that their opinion of him had shifted once again. Even Xin Haotian, who had been with him for more than three years, was now looking at him with a gaze that had never been there before. It was the gaze of someone seeing a being far superior—mysterious, unreachable. Patriarch Xin looked at him the same way.
Aldrian let out a quiet sigh.
"There are many things I want to talk about. This place is one of them. But I don’t think it’s time yet," he said. "I can explain it to you, about me and also about this place. At the very least, you, as one of the guardian families protecting the core area of the Everlasting Silent Forest, have the right to know."