Upon hearing Ghost King Hei Dun say he was interested, a flash of smugness crossed Huangpu Tao’s eyes.
He knew that whether it was a human or a ghost, no one disliked power.
However, he couldn't let it show too obviously.
Otherwise, it would seem like he was desperately trying to help him.
Huangpu Tao eyed the large saber in Ghost King Hei Dun’s hand; sooner or later, this immortal treasure would be his.
Seeing Huangpu Tao’s arrogant expression as he waited for Ghost King Hei Dun to speak to him first, Emperor Tianqi couldn’t help but curse him in his mind as an idiot.
Has he been in seclusion so long that his brain has rotted?
Can’t you see the guy isn’t all that interested in you?
And yet you’re still trying to play hard to get!
After a while, Huangpu Tao also realized something was wrong.
Why is this ghost being so unenthusiastic?
Left with no choice, he had to speak up to remind him.
“Ghost King Hei Dun, if you want to command the entire Xuantian Great World, you need a plan...”
“Oh!”
Huangpu Tao felt a bit depressed. You want to unify the Xuantian Continent, yet this is your attitude?
Can’t you be at least a little more proactive?
Seeing Huangpu Tao fall silent, Ghost King Hei Dun looked up at him and asked in confusion, “Why did you stop talking?”
Huangpu Tao: “...”
As expected of a brainless ghost, he doesn’t even understand basic social etiquette.
I’m the person who’s going to assist you; can’t you show a bit of respect for talent?
Forget it. I am a member of the Huangpu Imperial Clan; I won’t lower myself to argue with a brainless fool.
Once I have everything under control, I’ll just dispose of this fellow.
With that thought in mind, Huangpu Tao continued.
“If we want to unify the Xuantian Great World, we need...”
“It’s not ‘we,’ it’s ‘me’...”
Just then, Ghost King Hei Dun interrupted Huangpu Tao.
Huangpu Tao froze. “...”
Aren’t you drawing the line a bit too clearly?
He wanted to slap the guy to death, but in the end, he held back.
Now was not the time.
“Right, it is you, Lord Ghost King, who wants to unify the Xuantian Continent. This is what we need to do...”
Huangpu Tao then began to lay out a plan for Ghost King Hei Dun.
“We... oh... you, Lord Ghost King, can ally with the rising power of Yama.
Then, you can ally with the other Ghost Kings to devour Ghost King Huang Dun in the middle... and finally... then you, Ghost King Hei Dun, will unify the entire Xuantian Great World!”
Huangpu Tao spoke incessantly, his lips practically smoking from talking so much.
However, Ghost King Hei Dun didn’t even spare him a glance.
Emperor Tianqi’s hands were hidden in his sleeves, his nails digging into his palms until they almost drew blood as he struggled to suppress his laughter.
Seeing Huangpu Tao’s face turn slightly livid, Emperor Tianqi felt immensely satisfied. That’s what you get for acting so high and mighty.
How dare you treat me like an errand boy?
I am Emperor Tianqi, after all!
Huangpu Tao took a deep breath.
“Lord Ghost King, rest assured that if you follow my plan, you will definitely be able to unify the Xuantian Great World.”
Ghost King Hei Dun nodded and offered a word of praise. “Very good!”
“Then?”
Huangpu Tao was confused. Since it’s very good, why is there no follow-up?
Just then, Ghost King Hei Dun spoke in a low voice.
“This... by the way, how should I address you?”
Huangpu Tao’s face instantly turned ugly.
“My surname is Huangpu...”
“Little Huang, your plan is indeed very good, but even if I killed the other Ghost Kings, I still wouldn’t be able to unify the entire Xuantian Great World!”
“What?!”
Hearing this, Huangpu Tao couldn’t help but cry out in surprise.
He didn’t even have the energy to be angry about Ghost King Hei Dun calling him Little Huang!
“If killing the other Ghost Kings was enough to command the Xuantian Continent, we would have done it long ago. Do you think we’re all idiots?”
Huangpu Tao: “...”
Fine, you’re not the idiots; I’m the idiot.
If it wouldn’t work, why didn’t you say so earlier instead of letting me prattle on for so long?
At the same time, he was curious. Why exactly wouldn't it work?
“Then what must be done to unify the Xuantian Continent?”
“One needs the Nether Ghost Seal, which can command all ghosts.”
Ghost King Hei Dun looked at the Immortal Saber in his hand and spoke in a deep voice.
Upon hearing this, both Huangpu Tao and Emperor Tianqi’s pupils shrank. Huangpu Tao instinctively pressed for more information.
“Where is this Nether Ghost Seal?”
If I can get my hands on that ghost seal, wouldn’t I be able to command all ghosts?
Ghost King Hei Dun suddenly looked up at Huangpu Tao.
“Why are you asking that?”
“Ah! I was just curious. I was thinking that if I could find it, I could present it to you!”
Ghost King Hei Dun nodded. “It’s at Myriad Soul Mountain!”
After saying that, Ghost King Hei Dun changed the subject.
“By the way, I’m about to hold a Treasured Blade Assembly.
At that time, we Ghost Kings will discuss the upcoming Kings’ War for Supremacy and the arrangements for seizing the Nether Ghost Seal...”
Huangpu Tao didn’t bother saying much more.
“Fine. When the time comes, I will certainly lend you a hand, Lord Ghost King...”
What a brainless fellow. If anyone else got a treasure like this, they would be hiding it as best they could.
But you’re making a huge scene out of it, as if you’re afraid others won’t know and won’t come to snatch it from you!
Ghost King Hei Dun nodded. “That would be for the best!”
As for Ye Fan, who was the treasured blade, he was also delighted upon hearing their conversation.
If I can get that Nether Ghost Seal...
Would I also be able to take control of the Xuanming Great World? Would the countless ghosts then be at my beck and call?
But I shouldn’t be too anxious. I’ll wait for them to get it and then scavenge it for myself.
I just wonder where that damned mortal ran off to?
Afterward, Huangpu Tao and Emperor Tianqi were shown to their quarters to rest.
Once they reached their resting place, Huangpu Tao spoke impatiently.
“Little Ji! You keep an eye on things here. I’m going to go get the Nether Ghost Seal...”
“Senior, I feel like there might be some conditions that need to be met to obtain the Nether Ghost Seal. Otherwise, it wouldn't have remained unclaimed for so long, right?”
Huangpu Tao’s eyes flickered. “I still need to go take a look first...”
Subsequently, Huangpu Tao left Heibei City.
He found a local ghost on the way and easily learned the location of Myriad Soul Mountain.
When he arrived at Myriad Soul Mountain, he found that Fa Zhen and several others had also arrived.
Looking at the barren mountain before him, Huangpu Tao asked, “This is Myriad Soul Mountain? Have you found the ghost seal?”
Since these people were all here, it meant everyone knew about the ghost seal.
Those ghosts really were quite careless; weren’t they afraid someone would find it?
Yan Linglong of the Demon race sneered.
“If we had found it, would we still be standing here waiting for you?”
“Amitabha... There should be something required to unlock it!”
Hearing Fa Zhen’s words, Huangpu Tao nodded in agreement.
Damn it!
No wonder they were so generous in telling them the location.
It turned out that coming here was a waste of time.
These brainless ghosts—were they truly stupid, or were they just acting?
“Why don’t I see that big fellow?”
Just then, Huangpu Tao noticed that Man Xiong of the Ancient Barbarian Clan hadn't come.
“It’s already a miracle if that idiot hasn’t gotten himself lost. You expect him to know how to find a faction to support?” Baili Mo said disdainfully.
Everyone couldn’t help but nod. The people of the Ancient Barbarian Clan really lived up to the saying: all brawn and no brains.
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