Shi Hao was not one to be coy. Whenever he had questions, he usually asked them outright. He had done so before Willow Deity, and now he did the same before He Mu.
Thus, while He Mu was alone, he went to the small courtyard in the deepest part of the Heavenly Immortal Academy. It had once been the residence of the old headmaster, Zheng Xuan, but had naturally now been given over to He Mu alone.
"Master, I have a question I would like you to answer."
Ever since the affair of the Three-Life Bronze Coffin, Shi Hao's way of addressing He Mu had changed. He no longer called him Palace Master, but simply Master, like an ordinary disciple addressing his teacher. He Mu had tacitly accepted this form of address without objection.
Hearing him, He Mu, who was meditating, raised his eyes slightly, glanced at Shi Hao, and spoke.
"What do you want to know? Ask."
Shi Hao felt that He Mu probably knew what he wanted to ask. He was far too composed. But seeing that He Mu had no intention of saying it outright, Shi Hao paused briefly before speaking anyway.
"Back in Fire Province, we encountered the Bronze Coffin underground. Everyone became separated, but because of that, I saw some things engraved inside the Bronze Coffin."
"Among them, I saw you, Master, and Willow Deity. I also saw many, many predecessors fighting. Your enemies were very powerful, and there were so many of them, almost endless. No matter how many you killed, there were always more."
"In the end, Master, you fell, and Willow Deity fell too. The nine heavens almost collapsed, and the world broke apart, as though the end had come..."
At this point, Shi Hao felt that even his voice had grown