The moment Yang Qing approached the ruined ancient hall, a voice came from within. In the next instant, Space-Time began to shift continuously.
When the surrounding Space-Time stabilized again, he was already inside the ancient hall. Before him stood a plump Daoist.
If he had not known that this person was Cao Yusheng, he would certainly have mistaken him for Duan De, because the two were almost identical.
There was nothing strange about that. Duan De was a separated soul fragment of Cao Yusheng; the two had originally shared the same root and source.
"Greetings, Senior!" Yang Qing said, cupping his hands.
He could not sense any powerful aura from Cao Yusheng. Cao Yusheng seemed no different from an ordinary person.
Of course, Cao Yusheng could not possibly have been an ordinary person. This could only mean that he had returned to simplicity, his cultivation having reached a supreme realm.
According to Yang Qing's guess, barring any surprises, Cao Yusheng had already reached a realm beyond Immortal King and was a Quasi-Immortal Emperor-level expert.
Otherwise, Cao Yusheng could never have infiltrated the Ancient Underworld for so many years without the Weird Race discovering anything amiss.
"You are quite bold. You actually followed a drop of Essence Blood here. Do you know what kind of place this is?"
Cao Yusheng looked at the person before him, his eyes flickering with interest. He sensed an aura of shared origin from Yang Qing.
Auras could not lie. Like him, the person before him had been born in the Immortal Realm. To Cao Yusheng, he was practically a fellow countryman.
Moreover, since this person possessed a drop of blood from his soul fragment, he must have had countless ties to that fragment.
Yet what caught his attention even more was that this person looked