Xiao Hua rolled his eyes and smiled. "This Xiao naturally didn't know before, but upon seeing this blood-colored skull and that Red Lotus Karmic Fire, this Xiao suddenly remembered that I obtained a pitch-black spiritual artifact in my early years. It recorded the Seven-Eyed Passion Fire and the Thousand Threads, Ten Thousand Strands technique. Aren't they similar to your Red Lotus Karmic Fire and a Ghost Cultivator's incarnation technique?"
"So that's how it is!" Ying Kui understood. After pondering for a moment, he nodded. "In that case, first tell Us what the spiritual artifact in your hand is, and We shall explain it to you!"
"What this Xiao holds is a Buddhist artifact!" Xiao Hua flicked his hand, and the blood-colored skull fled in alarm.
"A Buddhist artifact?" Ying Kui was even more perplexed. He asked curiously, "You are a Daoist sect cultivator. How can you wield such a powerful Buddhist artifact?"
"This seems to be the second question!" Xiao Hua said lightly. "Shouldn't Your Excellency explain your incarnation technique first?"
"Very well!" Whether Ying Kui truly wished to know the origin of Other Shore or wanted to take the opportunity to let his Ghost Cultivator incarnation recover, he answered in a low voice, "We shall explain it! Back when We served in the Heavenly Court, We were ordered to go to the Jihun Star Domain and slay ghosts and specters. After We exterminated the Four Great Ghosts and Specters, We happened upon a fragment of a lone leaf, upon which was recorded a Thousand Threads, Ten Thousand Strands technique similar to the one you knew! At the time, We paid it no heed. But a thousand years later, when We again followed the Great General Who Conquered the West to pacify the turmoil in the western star domains, We