Conversation with Mao Xuanming!

Late at night.

As agreed, Mao Xuanming entered the Origin World alone.

Chu Yun had specially left him a spatial passage into the Origin World. As for Chu Yun himself, he was already waiting for him within the Imperial Palace.

Not long after, led by Qian Sha, Mao Xuanming arrived at the Imperial Study within the Imperial Palace.

"Your Majesty, I have brought him."

After Qian Sha spoke, Chu Yun waved a hand, signaling for her to withdraw.

Only Chu Yun and Mao Xuanming remained in the Imperial Study.

"Elder Mao, please sit." As the host, Chu Yun observed proper hospitality and invited him to take a seat.

"Thank you, Chu Emperor."

Mao Xuanming smiled faintly and took a seat nearby.

"Elder Mao said he wished to speak with me. What exactly did you wish to discuss?" Chu Yun went straight to the point without beating around the bush.

"The power Chu Emperor used earlier—if this old man did not see wrongly, it should have been the Power of the Death Curse?" Mao Xuanming asked probingingly.

"What makes you say that?"

Chu Yun's expression remained unchanged, yet he gave no specific answer and instead questioned him in return.

Mao Xuanming smiled and explained unhurriedly, "This old man has lived for rather a long time. Therefore... I have seen more people and more things."

"The power Chu Emperor used before, this old man would say with ninety percent certainty, was the Power of the Death Curse."

"And throughout the entire history of the Heavenly Beginning Star System Sea, only one person ever wielded the Power of the Death Curse."

"His name was Meng Xie."

The instant Mao Xuanming uttered Meng Xie's name, his eyes fixed directly upon every change in Chu Yun's expression, wanting to catch something he desired from his