At these words, the strongest reaction came not from Xu Taiping, but from the Pearl Relic House Master and Cloud Crane True Lord, who sat on either side of the table.
Cloud Crane True Lord looked at Azure-Eyed Evil Lord in astonishment and asked:
"Senior, could the Old Dragon King you speak of be the last Dragon Lord of the Withered Stone Sea?"
Azure-Eyed Evil Lord neither confirmed nor denied it.
The Pearl Relic House Master shook their head and said with utter certainty:
"Even if that Dragon Lord's remnant soul has yet to dissipate, according to the records concerning the Withered Stone Sea, the Old Dragon King's remnant soul cannot enter these thirty-six Spirit Pearl Secret Realms."
"Thus, there can never be more than nine dragon shadows above the Old Dragon Court."
Azure-Eyed Evil Lord rolled his eyes at the Pearl Relic House Master, then said coldly:
"Never speak in absolutes."
But when Xu Taiping heard Azure-Eyed Evil Lord say that a tenth dragon did indeed exist in the Withered Stone Sea, his mind reeled, and he thought:
Could Venerable Jiaye's premonition be true?
Just as Xu Taiping was about to send Venerable Jiaye a voice transmission, Azure-Eyed Evil Lord suddenly asked him:
"Boy, have you learned something?"
Although Xu Taiping had concealed it well, Azure-Eyed Evil Lord's divine soul was so powerful that he had still deduced from its faint fluctuations that Xu Taiping had just been communicating with someone through divine soul transmissions.
Xu Taiping calmly met Azure-Eyed Evil Lord's gaze.
He thought, Dealing with someone like this is exhausting, even when we're merely sitting here.
Still, he had no intention of telling the people before him about the tenth dragon shadow before confirming it with Venerable Jiaye.
Rumble...!
Just as Xu Taiping's mind raced, trying to