Ghost Soul Great Emperor roared furiously, "Duan Hongchen, that's enough!"
This was no longer a matter of thinking highly of that kid — it was an outright insult to himself, and the Ghost Soul Emperor could not possibly contain his rage.
Duan Hongchen said lightly, "He has mastered the power of space!"
"Is that so?" Ghost Soul Great Emperor was mildly surprised. If Duan Hongchen said the kid had mastered the power of space, then he truly had. Such a person would be genuinely difficult to kill.
"He's also learned the Time Flies Like a Shuttle Seal!"
"WHAT? Time Flies Like a Shuttle!" Now the Ghost Soul Great Emperor was truly shocked. Time Flies Like a Shuttle — that was the divine ability of the Great Emperor of Time, the only technique in all the world connected to the Law of Time, one that even he, the Ghost Soul Emperor, had never been able to glimpse the threshold of. If the Time Flies Like a Shuttle Seal was unleashed, it might truly be enough to drag his own daughter down to the grave with it.
"Oh, and the Mountain and River Bell is in his hands too!" Duan Hongchen tossed out information bit by bit, but each revelation landed like a heavy blow upon the Ghost Soul Emperor, making his expressions increasingly exaggerated. Watching quietly from the side, Duan Hongchen was thoroughly enjoying himself.
He had no idea how Duan Hongchen had learned all of this. After all, back in the Shattered Star Sea, Yang Kai had never revealed so many of his secrets.
The Ghost Soul Great Emperor was already slack-jawed, the corners of his mouth twitching ceaselessly.
A long moment passed before he finally said in a deep voice, "Yuan Ding's Mountain and River Bell?"
Duan Hongchen raised an eyebrow. "Aside from that Mountain and River Bell, what other Mountain and River Bell could there be?"
The Ghost Soul Emperor's expression twitched even harder.
He was one of the Ten Great Emperors, after all, and he had no shortage of Emperor-grade treasures. But the Mountain and River Bell — what was that? It was a primordial treasure of immense power, impossible not to covet. Back during the siege of Shi Tian, the very first thing Shi Tian had done, even at the cost of sustaining injuries, was to cut down Yuan Ding. The biggest reason was his fear of the Mountain and River Bell's suppressive power.
If even Shi Tian had feared it, how could the Ghost Soul Emperor afford to ignore it?
The power of space. Time Flies Like a Shuttle. The Mountain and River Bell...
Wasn't this kid's luck just absurdly good? How could he have obtained every good thing there was? For an ordinary cultivator, obtaining even one of these would mean the ancestral graves were smoking with blessing. But this kid had somehow ended up holding all of them — who even knew where his family's ancestral graves were buried.
Without fortune, there is no luck. This kid's fortune was practically defying the heavens.
After a moment of silence, the Ghost Soul Emperor snorted coldly, "Why are you telling me all this? How pointless!"
Duan Hongchen chuckled. "Just making conversation..."
He knew. The Ghost Soul Emperor probably wouldn't try to kill Yang Kai now, since he had no confidence in slaying Yang Kai with his soul-descended body either. If not for that, Duan Hongchen wouldn't have revealed all this intelligence.
As he spoke, Duan Hongchen urged impatiently, "Hurry up and take care of things over there, will you? This old man is still waiting for you to separate me from Shi Tian. That old mutt has been squatting inside my body — it's making it impossible for me to even visit a brothel for some entertainment!"
The Ghost Soul Great Emperor held the title of Ghost Soul for a reason — he was exceptionally skilled in the power of the soul, and the one among the Ten Great Emperors who had studied soul power most thoroughly. That was precisely why Duan Hongchen had come to the Ghost Soul Palace, seeking the Ghost Soul Great Emperor's help to see if he had any way of peeling Shi Tian's soul from his own body.
If even the Ghost Soul Emperor couldn't do it, then he would have to maintain this state for the time being and think of another way. Just imagining what the days ahead would be like, Duan Hongchen couldn't help but shudder.
Turning to serious matters, the Ghost Soul Emperor also put on a grave expression. "Hongchen, I won't hide it from you — your situation is rather tricky. I'm not certain I can be of help."
"Whether you can help or not, we won't know until we try," Duan Hongchen said in a low voice.
The Ghost Soul Emperor nodded and closed his eyes once more.
Outside the ancient passage, Yang Kai gripped the Million Sword, his mind fixed on Elder Fu, not daring to let his guard down for even a moment.
After the Ghost Soul Great Emperor, who had descended via soul projection, had told him to wait, there had been sudden silence. This left Yang Kai utterly bewildered — he had no idea what this fellow was planning.
Should he seize the chance and just run while they weren't paying attention?
But if this matter wasn't resolved, he might end up targeted by the Ghost Soul Palace. The Ghost Soul Palace and the Yellow Spring Sect weren't even in the same league — being targeted by someone from the Ghost Soul Palace would absolutely be a bad thing.
As he thought, an even bolder idea surfaced in his mind.
Should he strike first and kill the two people in front of him, ending everything in one stroke?
But this thought only circled through his mind once before Yang Kai discarded it. If he actually did that, he would offend the Ghost Soul Great Emperor completely.
He would watch the situation first. Yang Kai decided to stay put and adapt to whatever came. If the Ghost Soul Great Emperor truly intended to strike at him, there would still be time to make plans. At that thought, he glanced over toward Lin'er and happened to meet her gaze.
Their eyes locked, and Yang Kai bared his teeth in a savage grin, looking utterly terrifying.
Lin'er was startled and quickly looked away, thinking to herself: What is Father doing? Just kill this brat and be done with it. My own daughter gets bullied and he won't even stand up for her — how heartbreaking.
Just then, Elder Fu, who had been standing motionless all this while, suddenly seemed to snap back to awareness and looked up at Yang Kai.
Yang Kai couldn't help but swallow hard, but he put on a bold front. "Does Your Eminence have any instructions?"