"Fortune, Ai Cangsheng's Eye of the Great Dao—is it also a Lei Clan Eye?"
"Yes, but not in the way you think, Master Shou."
"How so?"
"Before this Great Emperor Cangsheng became Ai Cangsheng, he had loved a beauty too. Back then, he was not yet one of the Ten Seat Holders and was still making his way through the Southern Domain. He met a woman who had likewise just entered the martial world, named Lei Xiaoxiao."
"And then?"
"They fell in love, there was an accident, death... It seemed Lei Xiaoxiao fell during an exploration of some ruins. Before dying, she gave him the Lei Clan Eye. The Evil Sin Bow was obtained there as well."
"I see. Is there any chance that, to obtain the Evil Sin Bow, he murdered her, gouged out her eye, and then disguised it as some beautiful sto—"
"Er, Master Shou, there were other people there at the time. That's impossible. They even went back to the Lei family together and were about to marry."
"Oh, what a pity. I was the petty one. Just pretend I didn't say anything so venomous."
"Alright, Master Shou."
"Fortune, why was Ai Cangsheng always sitting in a wheelchair? Who could have broken his legs? Did the Holy Spirit Hall pay so poorly that he had no Spirit Crystals to buy a Body-Restoring Pill?"
"It wasn't like that, Master Shou. You should have heard a little about it—Great Emperor Cangsheng used to be able to stand."
"If you put it that way, I've heard quite a few versions about Ai Cangsheng. Some said he was born disabled, some said his parents broke his legs when he was naughty as a child, and some even said Ba Zunan broke them with Gu Wu to use in pill