The Black Emperor asked with a lecherous grin, "Could it be that your Jiang Family has a Quasi-Emperor ancestor hidden among its reserves?"
Jiang Yi's mouth twitched. "Leaving aside whether we do or not, even if we truly had a Quasi-Emperor ancestor, if he learned that we had invited him out over something like this, the first thing he'd probably do would be to slap me to death!"
Shen Ye said, "Let the child stay here for now. When I pay that senior a visit, I'll bring her along."
Jiang Yi's pupils contracted sharply. Could there really still be a senior on this land whose cultivation had reached such a heaven-defying level?
After pondering for a moment, Yan Ruyu hesitantly asked, "In the post-Desolate Antiquity era, even Saints could scarcely emerge. Yet the records do speak of one person who advanced with unstoppable momentum and came within a hair's breadth of becoming a Great Emperor. Could the senior Brother Shen mentioned be Senior Gai Jiuyou, who stood invincible beneath heaven eight thousand years ago?"
Even the Azure Flood Dragon King could not help exclaiming, "Gai Jiuyou had already been invincible beneath heaven eight thousand years ago. He should be over nine thousand years old by now, shouldn't he? Could he still be alive?"
Shen Ye nodded. "It's him."
Rare admiration appeared in the Black Emperor's eyes. "To cultivate into a Quasi-Emperor in an era where no one can become a Saint... the man you speak of is unimaginably powerful. If the Azure Emperor's Dao had not yet dissipated, he truly might have become a Great Emperor!"
Jiang Yi said excitedly, "Your Highness actually knows Senior Gai Jiuyou?"
"I don't."
The smile on Jiang Yi's face froze. "Then why did Your Highness say..."
Shen Ye smiled. "Not knowing him now doesn't