Yang Kai was overjoyed, “How are the two of you doing, Old Ancestor? Is everything alright?”
He never thought that Xiao Xiao and Wu Qing could communicate with him across the different territories, but now that he thought about it, the Black Ink Giant Spirit God had cleared the passage between the Barren Territory and Wind Mist Territory, which meant that the passage was open the whole time. It was unsurprising that the two Ninth-Order Open Heaven Realm Masters on the other side could still communicate through that gap.
“We’re alright,” Old Ancestor Xiao Xiao replied, “As for you… You should hurry up and return to the Star Boundary. Your Wives miss you dearly.”
Yang Kai chuckled embarrassedly, “You met them, Old Ancestor?”
“Of course,” Old Ancestor Xiao Xiao responded in a huff, “They joined the Great Evolution Army earlier on.”
[Not only did I meet them, but that Yu Ru Meng! That annoying little girl never gave me face at all each time we met, always demanding I compensate them for losing their Husband.]
As Old Ancestor Xiao Xiao recalled this, she felt the urge to give Yang Kai a good beating.
“Don’t stay here too long,” Wu Qing said.
Yang Kai nodded and solemnly replied, “Junior understands.”
Mo had been silent for a time, but now, it could not resist cutting in and asking, “Who did you bring over there?”
Yang Kai grinned at Mo, “Why don’t you tell me how many years it will take for your true body to wake up first?”
Mo stared fixedly at Yang Kai and chose not to answer, “Did Cang teach you how to control the Primordial Heavens Source Grand Restriction?” [Why would he be asking about my true body if that wasn’t the case? It’s obvious that he’s afraid my true body will wake up and break open the Primordial Heavens Source Grand Restriction.]
Yang Kai snorted, “Mo, don’t waste time on these unnecessary questions. Why would I need Cang to teach me how to control the Primordial Heavens Source Grand Restriction?”
Mo frowned, “What do you mean?”
Yang Kai looked at Mo dismissively, “Why would I need someone to teach me what I already know?”
Mo’s expression changed as a thought flashed across his mind, “Who are you?” he asked quietly.
“Take a guess!” Yang Kai flashed him a smile.
Mo was furious as it realised just how exhausting it was to communicate with the Human in front of it. After a moment of silence though, it said, “I can answer your question, but in return, you must tell me who you are.”
Yang Kai was startled. There was no rhyme or reason to the things he was saying at random, he merely wanted to see if he could trick Mo into telling him what was going on with its true body. It would be great if he did get the information he wanted, but even if he failed, there was no harm in that either. Plus, his vague and mysterious answers might even serve to rattle Mo.
He was just doing it because he could.
He did not expect Mo to actually lose its cool this quickly.
However, after giving it more thought, Yang Kai realised that this was indeed a child’s temperament!
Regardless of how old Mo was and how many years it lived, it barely had any life experience; thus, it had a childish personality which could be seen in the way it kept pressing on to find out what it wanted to know and was relentless if it did not get what it wanted.
Yang Kai nodded at once, “That works, but how will I know whether you’re telling the truth?”
“Why would I need to lie to you?” Mo retorted arrogantly, “I can’t prove whether you’re telling me the truth either.”
Yang Kai agreed with him on that.
“Don’t tell him any secrets,” Wu Qing reminded.
Yang Kai chuckled, “Rest assured, Old Ancestor. I know what I’m doing.”
Wu Qing hummed in acknowledgement and did not say anything else.
Yang Kai looked at Mo and said, “Go on. Tell me what’s happening with your true body.”
Mo scoffed, “I won’t stoop so low as to lie to you, but how do I know whether or not you’ll keep your promise?”
Yang Kai raised his eyebrows, “Shall I swear an oath first?”
Mo’s expression became extremely unpleasant, “Humans’ oaths are all worthless!” From the looks of it, it had been tricked by a Human’s oath before.
Yang Kai shrugged, “There’s no other way, then. You’ll just have to take the risk.”
Mo stared closely at Yang Kai as if it was trying to see right through him. After a long time, it finally said, “There’s no harm in telling you anyway. My true body will awaken sometime between 2,000 and 5,000 years from now.”
Yang Kai frowned, “That’s such a wide time frame.”
The answer was of no help at all. If Mo’s true body awakened in 2,000 years, then Wu Kuang would definitely not be able to become a Ninth-Order Open Heaven Realm Master, but 5,000 would be ample time.
Mo shook his head and said, “I’m just a Soul Clone of my true body and can only make speculations regarding what’s happening. How can I be sure of anything? However, my true body created three Soul Clones and was affected by the trump card Mu left behind, so it won’t be waking up anytime soon.”