Looking at Yan Changqing's remnant soul, its face filled with bewilderment and pain, Ding Songyan moved the Qingmengmeng "Seed" to his throat.
He spoke in an eerie, icy voice:
"Yan Changqing, where is the missing Kunlun?"
Details such as the Hundun Remains had already confirmed for him that Yan Changqing had entered the Celestial Emperor's Palace, so he skipped asking "did you" or "have you" altogether.
Yan Changqing's wandering ghost turned sideways and looked blankly at him, answering in a hollow voice:
"Kunlun has always been in its original location, between Redwater and Blackwater. It has merely been hidden."
At that moment, Su Qingli cried softly:
"I can hear him! I can hear him!"
Her excitement shone through every word.
Tao Wenshu, holding her scabbard and sword, nodded as well.
You can hear him? Right, I haven't moved the Qingmengmeng "Seed" to my ears either, and I can still hear him... This works out nicely. It saves me the trouble of relaying everything. Otherwise, they might even suspect the middleman of pocketing the difference and withholding crucial information... Reassured, Ding Songyan gathered his words:
"Then how does one enter Kunlun?"
Yan Changqing's ghost was translucent, tinged with spectral green:
"First, one must be able to sense heaven and resonate with earth. Second, one must possess either an object that came out of Kunlun in years past or a relic of the Celestial Emperor. Third, one must use the Kunlun Secret Compendium to find a particular location."
"The Kunlun Secret Compendium?" Tao Wenshu and Su Qingli asked simultaneously.
Ding Songyan did not even have to think about his next question:
"What is the Kunlun Secret Compendium?"
The expression on Yan Changqing's ghost shifted slightly:
"Ever since Qi of Xia failed to inherit the Celestial Emperor's throne, every generation has had those