They listened attentively, genuinely curious about the alluring story, but these two ghost kings seemed to have even more secrets to hide.
“Xiao Bao, also known as your junior uncle, is the child of a female cultivator who was chased here more than fifty years ago. The female cultivator was seriously injured at the time and died after giving birth to Xiao Bao. My husband and I couldn’t bear it, so we adopted him, which can add some color to our monotonous life that has been the same for thousands of years.”
Although Ye Sisi really wanted to listen carefully, every time she heard this Senior Xia call Yaoyan Xiaobao, she couldn't help but imagine that scene and then she couldn't help but laugh. She didn't mean it, really, she could swear.
Seeing that everyone was suppressing their laughter, Xia Changsheng thought for a moment and then understood, and then laughed and said, "How about I call him alluring?"
The group quickly shook their heads, and Ye Sisi hurriedly said, "Senior, you don't need to worry about us, just do as you please."
Xia Changsheng paused for a moment, then continued, "But the Yellow Springs Forbidden Land is full of ghostly energy, yin energy, and evil energy. Ordinary children simply cannot survive there, and we have no way to get out. So we modified our cultivation method and made him walk the ghost path."
Seeing that the others were listening attentively, Xia Changsheng also enjoyed telling the story. Storytellers always like to have supportive audiences, especially old ghosts who have stayed in one place for tens of thousands of years.
"Although Yaoyan is not a ghost, he has lived here since childhood and is also bound by the rules of the outside restrictions. Therefore, although he can go out, the laws here have directly placed restrictions on his soul, so he cannot say much about what is happening here."
Ye Sisi and the others didn't dare to openly exchange glances, but they all had their own ideas. This was the first time they had ever heard of a law imposing a restriction on someone's soul, and they couldn't tell if it was true or not.
And you can't say anything about being glamorous in public, but you're saying it so openly in public? Is that really okay? It seems so unreliable.
Although their minds were racing, their faces remained largely expressionless. However, they all felt that the secrets within the Forbidden Land of the Underworld must be immense; otherwise, how could there be such a treasure as the Soul Beast Tower, or such a terrifying restriction that even a Nascent Soul cultivator working together couldn't overcome?
"Now that we've talked about the glamorous stuff, let's talk about us."
Ye Sisi and the others listened with smiles. Although these things had nothing to do with them, it was still nice to listen to them as stories.
"Xiangyi and I were originally cultivators, and we were both just one step away from ascending to the Tribulation Transcending stage. However, we perished in the war between humans and demons ten thousand years ago. Fortunately, we survived thanks to the help of a senior. As for why we are in the Yellow Springs Forbidden Land and why there is a Soul Beast Tower, it is better for you not to know these things. In short, neither Xiaobao nor our team has any ill intentions towards you."
Ye Sisi and the others nodded repeatedly. This was the right taste. They would have found it strange if they had told them everything.
Actually, if you think about it carefully, although Xia Changsheng said a lot, it seems like he didn't say anything at all.
However, she really didn't expect that these two ghost kings were actually powerful beings in the Tribulation Transcending stage. The Tribulation Transcending stage, beings who were just one step away from becoming immortals, had both perished. Just how tragic was the battle back then?
Bai Luochen then asked, "Senior, could you tell me about the great war ten thousand years ago?"
Xia Changsheng nodded with a smile, a hint of melancholy creeping into his gentle eyes. He said quite a bit, similar to what Xiao Pang had said before, except that he went into more detail about the battle and the methods of the powerful opponent. As for what happened next, they didn't survive to the end, so they didn't know.
Although Xia Changsheng and his companion were mostly telling stories, the group still benefited greatly. After all, the two were once powerful cultivators at the Tribulation Transcending stage. A little guidance from them, while not enough to save them ten years of arduous cultivation, could at least help them avoid many detours.
Having finished telling the story, Zheng Xiangyi laughed and said, "Is that Shang Daoyou's 'Landscape and Rain' painting on Sisi's head?"
Ye Sisi smiled and nodded. Little Fatty had confirmed the identities of the two men. They were indeed two powerful cultivators who had fallen during the Tribulation Transcending stage. Because of this, she relaxed her guard a bit.
The group chatted for a while longer, and Little Fatty was also brought out to talk to Xia Changsheng and his wife for quite a while.
Finally, Zheng Xiangyi gave each of them a spatial ring. The contents inside made even Ye Sisi and the others, who weren't short of money, drool. It was so extravagant!
"We won't keep you any longer. The Soul Beast Tower is a good place for training. I see that you all have good talent, so it's good for you to accumulate more combat experience."
Ye Sisi was slightly taken aback as she watched the Soul Beast Tower disappear from Zheng Xiangyi's hand in a flash. She wondered, what kind of operation was that?
Zheng Xiangyi smiled and said, "Although I'm in charge of the Soul Beast Tower for the time being, it's up to them to decide who gets in and who doesn't, so..."
Ye Sisi and the others remained silent. After all that, they still had to go out and try their luck. So, this person had been lying to them before, just to get them to come and listen to the story?
No, do these long-lived old monsters all have some strange hobbies, like playing pranks on people?
However, after thinking about the spatial ring containing many treasures, the group suppressed their slight displeasure. They had gained so many treasures while listening to a story; they had still come out ahead.
After all, even if they entered the Soul Beast Tower, they might not be able to earn this much.
Thinking this, Ye Sisi and her senior brothers and sisters bid farewell to the two seniors who still had a childlike spirit. Although they had obtained so many treasures, they still wanted to go to the Soul Beast Tower.
Seeing the others leave, Zheng Xiangyi and Xia Changsheng sighed sadly, "Sigh, now it's just the two of us again."
Xia Changsheng stepped forward and embraced his wife, saying, "Don't worry, the time the senior mentioned is not far off. We'll be free soon."
Zheng Xiangyi leaned on her husband's shoulder, her dark, bright eyes seeming to pierce through layers of black mist to see the few boys who had just left.
After leaving the caves of the two Ghost Kings, Ye Sisi and her companions wandered around the Forbidden Land of the Underworld. They wondered if Heaven had truly forgotten about them, as they wandered around for a long time without encountering the Soul Beast Tower.
However, although they didn't encounter the Soul Beast Tower, they did run into several unexpected acquaintances.
However, the atmosphere among these acquaintances was somewhat off, with a hint of tension.
Lu Xingchen and several disciples of the Qingyun Sect stood in a row with cold faces, each one more unpleasant than the last. Opposite them stood several tall men in black.
Standing in the middle of a group of men in black was a burly woman with a thick waist, a face full of fat and pimples. Ye Sisi recognized this woman; she was Liu Yun'er, whom she and Su Jiuli had met in Qianshan City.
Ye Sisi didn't need to think; just by looking at the situation, she knew roughly what had happened. To be honest, she wanted to cover her face. She thought that Liu Yun'er would restrain herself after suffering losses at her and Su Jiuli's hands, but she never expected that a leopard can't change its spots.
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