The King of Black Fog

"It's quite simple," Xiang replied, "A tribe that has or once had someone holding the emperor position can be called a 'Shi,' like the Huangdi's Gongsun Shi, the Yandi's Shennong Shi; tribes with someone holding a divine position are 'Zu,' such as the Fenghou Zu, Jiufeng Zu, Qiangliang Zu, and so on."

Li Changzhou remained silent for a moment.

"Tell me about the Suiren Shi."

In the haziness of entering the instance, he clearly remembered the woman who only left him her back, saying he was a descendant of the Suiren Shi.

No response for a long while.

Li Changzhou raised his gaze, glanced at the small high-rise buildings gathered opposite him, each one with a pale and bluish face, like the corpses of the dead.

The bonfire crackled and sparked.

Xiang took a deep breath and said slowly, "Emperor Jun killed the Human Emperor·Suiren Shi and obtained the Heavenly Emperor position, the Suiren Shi has already... perished."

The meat on the Emerald Bee Sword sizzled.

After a brief silence, Hejiao glanced at Li Changzhou and suddenly said, "There is a Heavenly Emperor's Order that has always been in effect; as long as you kill a descendant of the Suiren Shi, you can receive the Heavenly Emperor's reward, ascend the Jianmu, become..."

"Hejiao!" Xiang rebuked, almost enraged.

Hejiao shivered.

Someone who doesn't even know the difference between 'Shi' and 'Zu,' but specifically asks about the Suiren Shi; anyone with a bit of sense would know something's not right.

At such a time, the best way is to pretend to know nothing!

Li Changzhou showed no reaction, or more accurately, not the reaction Xiang had imagined.

He found it very interesting: "With the strength of the Heavenly Emperor, even able to kill the Human Emperor·Suiren Shi, why is he still concerned about the descendants of the Suiren Shi?"

"Something so major," Xiang mocked himself, "how would nameless people like us know?"

"It's said—"

"Hejiao!"

"Let her finish," Li Changzhou said.

He thought for a moment and added, "Actually, if she hadn't just mentioned the 'Heavenly Emperor's Order' about hunting the descendants of the Suiren Shi, you'd be dead already."

Li Changzhou looked at Hejiao: "Go on, whoever dares to stop you, I'll kill them; if you don't speak, it's you stopping yourself, and I'll kill you."

Hejiao pursed her lips.

"I, I also heard," she hesitated, "it's said that after the Suiren Shi's death, the Human Emperor Sword is hidden in the bloodline of the Suiren Shi's descendants; only when the Suiren Shi is completely wiped out will the Human Emperor Sword choose a new master, and the Heavenly Emperor's target is the Human Emperor Sword."

As she spoke, she looked at the sizzling roast on the Emerald Bee Sword.

Li Changzhou also glanced at the Emerald Bee Sword: "Do you think it is the Human Emperor Sword? It's just an oil-less skewer stick."

Xiang's eyelid twitched.

The Fire Branch he treasured most, one he wouldn't exchange even if threatened with his son's life (his son indeed died because of this), taken from the Fire Mulberry Tree, was something even the divine weapons of some major tribes couldn't handle, yet it was easily sliced through by this Green Sword.

Could this really be a skewer stick?!

Li Changzhou pondered, if the Suiren Shi's Human Emperor Sword is the Human Emperor's Sheji Sword, then it is in his hands, but it has already been sealed by the system.

Wait a minute.

Considering the system's arrangements are never unfounded, the Human Emperor's Sheji Sword might indeed be the Human Emperor Sword, and this sword wasn't sealed, it's just that he couldn't retrieve it.

After all, at this time, he was merely a descendant of the Suiren Shi, not the Star Lord of the Six Great Stars. It was possible for the Human Emperor Sword to go dormant again.

So that means... cultivating "Yin Yang Double Snakes" and turning into a human body with a snake's tail, Yang Qinglan is very likely...

"Is it him?"

"It's him!"

The crowd surged like a tidal wave from all directions.

Except for a few familiar Three-Eyed Clan youths and a few dressed in white who were clearly nobles, the rest were all human-bodied with snake tails.

"Nuwa Clan!!!" Apart from Xiang and Hejiao, the rest of the small high-rises were all so frightened they collapsed onto the ground.

"Ah." Li Changzhou was extremely reluctant, taking advantage of the impending fight and before dust could rise, he raised the Emerald Bee Sword and took a bite of the meat.

"Ptooey! It's raw!"