Blade Ghost gave a helpless smile and said:
"I do indeed know her. Or rather, her name already resounded throughout the cultivation world when I first began cultivating."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping looked even more puzzled and continued asking:
"Then why doesn't Sister Lingyue recognize you?"
Blade Ghost said helplessly:
"When her fame as the Undying Night Soul resounded throughout the cultivation world, I was still just a lowly menial in my sect."
"And by the time I made a name for myself, she had suddenly vanished as though into thin air, never appearing in the cultivation world again."
"So she certainly wouldn't know me."
Understanding immediately dawned on Xu Taiping's face as he said:
"So that's how it was."
A nostalgic look suddenly came over Blade Ghost's face as he said:
"The Undying Night Soul appeared in the cultivation world far too suddenly, and vanished just as suddenly. Thus, never mind today's cultivation world-even in the cultivation world after my time, only a scant few knew of her past."
"That is also why this name so rarely appears in today's records and secret accounts."
"But to cultivators of our era, that name was like a comet descending out of nowhere, dazzling and brilliant."
"From the moment she rose to fame, no one dared call themselves a genius again."
"Or rather, being a genius in that era was merely the threshold for challenging her to a sword inquiry."
These words sent a tremendous shock through Xu Taiping's heart.
He had never imagined that someone as proud and untamed as Blade Ghost would speak so highly of a cultivator.
Blade Ghost seemed to recall his earlier clash with Fairy Lingyue while he had lost his memories, and immediately gave a bitter smile.
"Even with only a remnant soul left, she still