The Nine-Hued Mysterious Bird's voice turned cold and ethereal in an instant, as though drifting down from the Nine Heavens. It carried an otherworldly purity, yet beneath it lurked an irresistible temptation.
"If you can free me from this prison, I see no harm in telling you the secret it holds."
"You should understand that this secret isn't merely something the supreme beings of the Four Extremes Floating Soil dream of obtaining. Even the Desolate Emperor, who may have stepped into a terrifying realm beyond Immortal Emperor, longs to uncover it."
She paused, a coaxing note entering her voice. "A secret that could shake heaven and earth... are you truly not tempted?"
He had to admit, the temptation was like a black hole, its pull almost impossible to resist.
The Desolate Emperor stood at the pinnacle of cultivation, a figure countless mighty beings looked up to. How could anything he wished to study be ordinary?
The secret behind it might overturn everything many people believed they knew and reshape the rules of the Grand Dao.
"Heh. If you won't tell me, so be it."
"I'm only an insignificant Immortal King. A secret like that has no business stirring my curiosity."
Jiang Yun shook his head lightly, an easy smile appearing on his face. Behind it lay both a clear understanding of his own strength and the composure to take things as they came.
As soon as he finished speaking, his hands danced through the formation. One glowing seal after another sank into it like nimble runes.
In an instant, the formation came fully to life, flashing and humming like a Chaos Behemoth awakening from slumber.
"When I become an emperor, I'll ask you again!"
With that done, he glanced at the Nine-Hued Mysterious Bird, then turned without hesitation to leave