Chu Qing smiled. "Good. Since you know how to choose, we'll do as you say!"
Without a second thought, he directly passed on the Ashes techniques he had comprehended to the Red Robe Being.
The Red Robe Being was delighted and thanked him again and again.
Finally, he said, "My lord, how should I address you?"
Chu Qing smiled. "Just call me Emperor Qing!"
The Red Robe Being said, "Emperor?"
Chu Qing raised a brow. "Emperor Qing!"
"Alright, Emperor!"
Chu Qing fell silent. He suddenly realized that these beings could not even remember the two words "Emperor Qing."
They could only call him [Emperor].
Yet this title, [Emperor], reminded him of certain events from the past.
And those memories were rather unpleasant.
Thinking of this, he took a deep breath. "Then what should I call you?"
The Red Robe Being thought for a moment. "Lord Emperor, call me Ashes from now on!"
"Since I am to become the master of the Ashes Lineage, I should naturally bear the name Ashes!"
This name had its benefits and its drawbacks.
But the current Ashes no longer thought about those drawbacks.
Because according to his own deductions, his future self would die before he could grow to the point where those drawbacks appeared.
So he did not care about the future consequences.
He even had the feeling that if those future drawbacks truly appeared, he could simply face death calmly.
After all, by then, he would have lived a full life.
But Chu Qing knew that this fellow might view death lightly now, yet once he truly grew up and reached Chu Qing's current level of strength, he would fear death.
At that point, he would surely go mad, searching everywhere for even the faintest hope of survival.
That would be the real