Shi Feiyang sent Jinxu Nu away, invited Ancestor Hollow Space into the hall, and had the attendants set out their finest tea and fruit to entertain his guest.
Ancestor Hollow Space had never imagined that the Demon Dragon Ye Bin had described as vicious and savage would be like this. He became increasingly convinced that the Heavenly Immortal had been right. Ye Bin was unworthy of being called an orthodox Sword Immortal: she had spread lies and rumors over a personal grudge, merely to draw him into opposing the Dragon Emperor. Fortunately, the Heavenly Immortal's guidance had kept him from making a terrible mistake and needlessly provoking such a powerful enemy.
The two exchanged insights into cultivating immortal arts, and Ancestor Hollow Space discovered, to his astonishment, that Shi Feiyang was thoroughly familiar with his cultivation methods. Saying he knew them like the back of his hand might have been an exaggeration, but he understood every thread of his cultivation and every stage of its progression. He even pointed out several crucial junctures, startling Ancestor Hollow Space into a cold sweat.
The Dragon Emperor truly deserved to be someone even a Heavenly Immortal had to yield to!
They talked for nearly half a day, leaving Ancestor Hollow Space utterly won over. At last, Shi Feiyang brought their discussion to a close, saying that the appointed hour had arrived and he needed to refine a treasure. He invited his guest to explore at his leisure.
Ancestor Hollow Space brought out the gifts he had carried with him: two stalks of ten-thousand-year dipsacus grass.
In the entire Zu Mountain World, only Ancestor Hollow Space possessed dipsacus grass of such an age. Every stalk used meant one fewer remained; it was a nonrenewable resource. Some years earlier, Zheng Yuan Gui had betrayed his