Mouse Tai King looked as though he had nothing left to live for. "How is it that nothing escapes you?" he lamented. "In your presence, I feel as though I'm facing a Half-Sage!"
"I didn't feel that way when we met before," Wolf Abyss King said quietly.
Mouse Tai King sighed softly and continued, "The Ancient Emperor Forest got its name because it was once a stellar battlefield between the Ancient Demons and the Demon Barbarians, which was eventually drawn into Burial Saint Valley. Emperor phantoms are the most abundant things there, though there are also all kinds of spirit bones. Everyone knows that, but our Mouse Clan has a secret method that can merge the forest's Emperor phantoms into spirit bones, multiplying their strength."
"What else?" Fang Yun asked.
Mouse Tai King rolled his eyes. "We can actually absorb the ancient Emperor phantoms ourselves... I was going to the Ancient Emperor Forest this time to find a Mouse Clan Emperor and absorb his phantom."
Wolf Abyss King exclaimed in shock, "No wonder members of the Mouse Clan always become Emperors after leaving Burial Saint Valley! So that's why. Why haven't you shared this secret method with the entire Demon Realm?"
Mouse Tai King snorted coldly. "Absorbing Emperor phantoms is not only dangerous, it also requires a divine treasure found only in the Ancient Emperor Forest, called an Emperor Tree Fruit. Only after drawing an Emperor phantom into the fruit and eating it can I absorb the phantom. There are plenty of Emperor Tree Fruits-you could even say an enormous number-but you have to survive picking them. Apart from our Mouse Clan, which uses the Hair-Contraction Technique, other races can hardly pick any. If we told the Demon Realm about this, every race would force us to harvest them. Our