Chapter 2044: The Strange, the Mountain's Secret
Xu Zimo stared at Song Yuanshan.
The old man's expression was meticulous as he looked at Xu Zimo and smiled again.
"How can this be proven?" Xu Zimo asked.
"I have no way to prove it, but I simply know," Song Yuanshan replied.
"I have never told anyone about this. But you showed kindness to little Muyang, so I'm telling only you."
"A long time ago, the Divine Emperor was defeated in the Death Marsh and never emerged again.
Back then, everyone thought the Divine Emperor had died.
You outsiders did not know, and neither did we people on the outskirts.
A hundred years ago, I was still a child."
"Back then, I always wanted to venture into the depths of the Death Marsh. One day, a tremendous disturbance suddenly erupted from its depths.
A blue torrent shot straight into the heavens, illuminating the entire realm of the Death Marsh.
When I saw that torrent, I thought a treasure had appeared, so I crossed that mountain range to search for it."
"Do you know what I saw after crossing the mountains?"
"A man stood in the void, with an endless torrent erupting from his body."
"I did not understand what it was at the time. It was only several years later, when I happened to see a portrait of the Divine Emperor, that I realized the man looked exactly like him."
"Appearances can be imitated," Xu Zimo replied.
"But that bearing cannot be imitated," Song Yuanshan replied solemnly.
"Over the years, countless strong cultivators of every size and sort have come to the Death Marsh, yet those with that kind of bearing could be counted on one hand."
Xu Zimo frowned slightly.
He did not wholly believe Song Yuanshan's words, but neither did