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No matter how Feng Yu tried to provoke Baodu and pry some information out of him, Baodu kept his mouth shut. The man clearly had no intention of saying more.
We entered the central court in silence. The guards quickly arranged for us to wait at the post-world imperial palace of the Eight Directions Ghost Emperors for an audience. Of course, I knew what the Great Ghost Emperor was thinking. He planned to summon the other seven and isolate me.
"Tuming, this really isn't my fault. I wanted to go to your place first, but the Holy Emperor is, after all, one rank higher in office. I couldn't exactly bypass him and come looking for you, could I?" Baodu cupped his hands, then flew off to his temporary palace.
I frowned, and Feng Yu beside me said, "There's nothing unreasonable about that, is there? Everyone's listened to him for all these years. You've only just arrived—it's not as if everyone would listen to you instead, right?"
Feng Yu soon left as well. It seemed these people intended to meet the Great Ghost Emperor first. Just as I was preparing to head to my own palace, several familiar auras appeared behind me. I turned around and saw that Dutu had somehow already followed me. Besides her, there were the Red Luan Imperial Daughter and several familiar guards.
"Tuming, it really is you," Ghost Emperor Dutu said calmly.
I turned around as Dutu landed steadily. She looked me up and down and said, "You're alone?"
"That fellow Feng Yu just left," I said. Dutu hesitated, then continued, "You came here alone. Aren't you afraid of danger? Can one person deal with three rank-grade experts?"
"What do you mean?" I frowned. If she was talking about three rank-grade experts, then the Great