Upon hearing this, Xuan Yan's eyes flashed with gravity. He replied through voice transmission, his tone carrying a hint of sudden realization. "No wonder Ghost Elder has remained indifferent to all matters concerning the Dongting Immortal Sect over the years. I once thought he was simply detached by nature, untouched by karmic ties.
Now it seems this man had been plotting from the very beginning."
Xu Changqing's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked through voice transmission again, "So Ghost Elder had been disguising himself all along?"
"Most likely."
Xuan Yan spoke with considerable certainty. "Around two thousand years ago, Ghost Elder suddenly appeared in the Dongting Immortal Sect. Relying on his unfathomable cultivation, he swiftly took control of Dark Nether Peak.
At first, he kept a low profile and gradually earned the trust of the entire sect. No one had ever suspected his origins.
Thinking back carefully now, it was all nothing more than a disguise.
His goal had likely been to wait until now, dig open the Earth Vein beneath the Old Site of the Dongting Immortal Sect, and take away that Mysterious Yellow Ancient Coffin."
Xu Changqing pressed further. "What exactly is hidden within that ancient coffin?
What could make Ghost Elder willing to lurk within the Dongting Immortal Sect for two thousand years?"
Xuan Yan fell silent for a moment before transmitting an explanation. "There is no corpse or remains inside that ancient coffin, but a Dragon Pearl."
At those words, Xu Changqing's pupils contracted violently. "What?"
Xuan Yan continued, "This Dragon Pearl was not formed from an ordinary member of the Dragon Clan. It was refined from one of the Defiled-Earth God's eyes.
Back then, the Mysterious Yellow Spirit Sect was able to raise the Defiled-Earth God because they had cultivated a Dragon Vein. That Dragon