Chen Mo truly had not expected Qin Shi Huang to be a cultivator as well!
"No! It was different! I was an Alchemist. I merely knew how to refine certain pills and a few simple techniques! As an Alchemist, anyone else who specialized in this path could recognize me at a glance! But I could not see through His Majesty the First Emperor! I had met His Majesty the First Emperor several times, and he gave me a very terrifying feeling!" Xu Shi said.
"Hm?! Perhaps the terror you spoke of was because he was His Majesty the Emperor, so you felt afraid of him!" Chen Mo said. After all, every emperor, regardless of what country he ruled, gained a certain intimidating aura once he sat on that throne. It was the result of status!
"Hehe! Back then, I was considered a renowned figure in my region, not some commoner who feared everyone he met! So I could tell that the intimidating aura around His Majesty the First Emperor seemed to grow heavier every time I saw him. It became stronger each time, so I guessed it might have been the result of successful cultivation!" Xu Shi said.
Chen Mo frowned and said, "As I recall, historical records said that Qin Shi Huang made several eastern tours and was even targeted by assassins. Yet those records never described His Majesty the First Emperor as being particularly formidable."
"Oh? You actually knew something about Chinese historical records?" Xu Shi looked at Chen Mo in surprise. In his mind, Chen Mo was merely a native of Japan, and his name was Hondao Shigehiro!
"No! I am not Japanese. I am Chinese. Names and such are merely aliases!" Although Chen Mo had not returned to his original appearance and still wore Hondao Shigehiro's