Alex could never tell if what Ray had just said was a lie or not, so the chance that the Celestials would ever find out was nearly none. Still, the Celestials showed some looks of doubt, as they could not sense the same thing from him as they could from Shumi.
"You are the Dragon Father and the Phoenix Mother?" the hippo asked with a look of shock. Even though he didn't have any bloodline that made him a descendant of the Primordials, he still believed that all beasts were descended from these two beasts. As such, he felt that he was close to these two.
Alex nodded slowly. "That is correct," he said. "Or more accurately, the power that the Dragon Father and the Phoenix Mother held before is what we now have. That makes us the same as them. However, if you are asking if we are the very same old gods, then no, that would be incorrect."
"Oh…" the hippo's eyes lowered slightly.
