While Jin Ruhua went to have her merits assessed, Chen Lin took the opportunity to find the Cheng Sisters.
"My lord!"
Cheng Lingchan was as guileless as ever and rushed straight over the moment she saw Chen Lin.
Chen Lin looked the two women up and down.
Then he gave a slight bow.
With a smile, he said, "This junior pays his respects to his two great-grandaunts!"
Cheng Lingchan's expression froze.
Beside her, Cheng Lingdie covered her mouth and giggled.
"No way! I don't want to be anyone's great-grandmother! Honestly, why did Mingyue Shuanghua have to go around having children everywhere?"
Cheng Lingchan spoke indignantly, her face crumpling.
"Lingchan!"
Cheng Lingdie immediately rebuked her.
"That's our mother," she said sternly. "How can you speak about her like that? It's disrespectful."
Cheng Lingchan repeatedly pursed her lips.
"She never treated us as daughters. She only wanted to use our bodies to complete the Purple Emperor's reincarnation. Now his reincarnated body has appeared, and it has nothing to do with her. She's even less likely to acknowledge us now."
Chen Lin was startled.
The Purple Emperor had successfully reincarnated?
How had I not heard about this?
He immediately asked, "The Purple Emperor's reincarnated body has appeared? When? How was his identity confirmed?"
Cheng Lingdie stepped forward to answer.
"It happened like this, my lord. When the Purple Emperor was alive, he had some ties with Senior Sword Saint. After his reincarnated body appeared, he visited Senior Sword Saint at Holy Sword Manor. Word hasn't spread outside yet."
Understanding dawned on Chen Lin.
So that was it.
The Sword Saint had survived the Great Tribulation of Eternity, so it was only natural that he had crossed paths with the Purple Emperor. After all, the Purple Emperor had surpassed his predecessors, his cultivation unrivaled