The Northern Great Emperor had lived through the Ancient Heavenly Court Era, so naturally, he knew something about the Ancient Heavenly Court's Beast God Division. Especially since he had clearly been on good terms with Song Blockhead.
Upon hearing this, Song Shuhang smiled. "So that's why. No wonder I always felt that the Melon-Eating Sage looked so much like my phantom core."
"I look like your phantom core? Fellow Daoist Tyrant Song, are you saying I'm as fat as a ball?" The Melon-Eating Sage was displeased.
A phantom core was the embryonic form of a golden core, and everyone's phantom core was an illusory sphere. So, was Fellow Daoist Tyrant Song mocking him for being fat?
As a whale, he was admittedly rather large... but he was only a tiny bit plump. He definitely wasn't fat!
Interestingly, when Song Shuhang mentioned his phantom core, the Melon-Eating Sage never considered that his cultivation might be in the fourth-grade realm. He subconsciously assumed Song Shuhang was talking about his time in that realm years ago. After all, the Melon-Eating Sage had already decided that Song Shuhang possessed eighth-grade strength.
"You've misunderstood, Fellow Daoist Melon-Eating Sage. I wasn't mocking you for being fat. It's just that I practice the Thirty-Three Beasts Innate Unity Qi Technique, so my phantom core is different from other cultivators'. Mine takes the strange form of a giant whale," Song Shuhang explained.
"Huh?" Surprise spread across the Melon-Eating Sage's whale face. It was impressive that he could manage such expressive looks with a whale's face. "To use a popular phrase, don't take advantage of me just because I haven't read much. I have several doctorates, you know."
In other words: don't try to fool me! In all my years, I've never heard of anyone whose phantom core looked like