As though he had long known Xu Taiping would ask this, Blade Ghost merely gave a small, composed smile and said:
"Yes, I know now."
Joy lit Xu Taiping's face as he said:
"Congratulations, Senior Blade Ghost."
Blade Ghost asked with some curiosity:
"Aren't you going to ask who I truly am?"
Xu Taiping smiled.
"If you wished to tell me, Senior Blade Ghost, there would naturally be no need for me to ask."
Blade Ghost laughed heartily.
Then he nodded and said:
"Indeed, now is not the time."
As he spoke, Blade Ghost's expression turned stern.
"At present, I can only forcibly wield my cultivation through the Soulfire Stones you obtained. Even with a powerful puppet body like Thousand Faces, I cannot sustain it for very long."
"If I wish to truly recover my combat strength and cultivation, I must enter seclusion again for a very long time."
"Also, I must find my true body."
Xu Taiping asked in surprise:
"Senior Blade Ghost, your true body still exists?"
Blade Ghost nodded and said:
"From what I have sensed, not only does it still exist, but certain beings have enshrined it and are using it as a weapon to wreak havoc in a region."
At these words, stormy waves surged through Xu Taiping's heart.
But just as before, Xu Taiping did not press further.
For Senior Blade Ghost clearly did not wish to tell him more.
Then Blade Ghost suddenly said thoughtfully:
"On this trip to the Muhe Spirit Field, I will likely find somewhere to enter closed-door seclusion, and remain there until my cultivation and combat strength have fully recovered."
"A hundred years at the shortest, three to five hundred at the longest."
"So when that time comes, you and I may not see each other for a very