Forget It All, Return to Calm

I had barely said one sentence when Master choked and started coughing.

"Master, slow down..."

I kept patting Master on the back.

Master coughed violently, spitting out smoke between coughs.

After catching his breath for several moments, he finally continued:

"I-I'm fine. I didn't choke because of what you said. I just felt a sneeze coming on and choked. Y-you keep going!"

Seeing how stubbornly Master was trying to save face, I didn't expose him.

I continued:

"Xiao Yu said that I was the Shang Dynasty's High Priest, while she was the Ancient Ba Kingdom's Grand Shaman Priest."

"What? A-a Grand Shaman Priest?"

Master's eyes widened as shock appeared on his face once more.

Though he hadn't choked this time, his eyes were filled with utter disbelief. He wasn't calm in the slightest.

In shamanic culture, the Grand Shaman Priest was the most mysterious and supreme existence.

They represented the "shamanic lineage"...

"M-Miss Bai was a Grand Shaman Priest in life? She actually... had such an identity!"

I nodded again.

"Yes! That's what she said.

And there are four Ancient Ba Kingdom battle souls at her side. Their ghostly aura is absurdly powerful..."

Master tried hard not to look surprised, but his eyes were nearly bulging out of their sockets.

He even stopped smoking and sharply sucked in a breath of cold air.

"Holy shit, she really does have quite a background!

Still, it was within expectations. Within expectations.

Keep going..."

Then, I told Master everything Xiao Yu had told me, one detail at a time.

Master said he was fine on the surface, but the more he listened, the less composed he became.

His expression changed again and again. As he cried out in surprise, he plopped down onto the seat beside him.

Then he stared at me with