Zhao Min explained, "All the tribes of the grasslands spread tales that he could receive dreams from divine beings. Back when Temujin was chosen by the various tribes as Genghis Khan, he came forward with these divine dreams, bestowing all sorts of mysterious halos upon Temujin and removing any resistance to Temujin becoming Great Khan."
"Isn't he just some charlatan?" Song Qingshu frowned. There were plenty of similar things in the Central Plains. Which dynasty's imperial biographies lacked descriptions of strange signs at birth and the like?
"There are so many people among the grassland tribes, and none of them are fools. If he had no real ability, how could he have earned such great prestige?" Zhao Min replied. "I saw him once. At the time, we merely happened to meet each other's eyes, yet I felt my entire body freeze. In that instant, it was as though he had seen right through me."
"Oh?" Song Qingshu was finally moved. "It seemed his spiritual power was extraordinarily profound. He might even know some techniques that used the mind to create illusions."
Zhao Min warned him, "So don't casually use something like Soul Transfer on him. Be careful of backlash."
Song Qingshu nodded. Spiritual attack techniques such as Soul Transfer were somewhat related to one's cultivation, but they mainly depended on the gap between both sides' spiritual power. If one carelessly used it on someone with stronger spiritual power, it would truly be trying to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used as bait.
"The next man is the Chief Judge, Shiji Khutughtu. He was an adopted son taken in by Temujin's mother and was exceptionally talented. This other one is the Keeper of the Imperial Seal, Tata Tonga. He used to be Sun Khan of the Naiman tribe's