The atmosphere in the cave began to turn strange.
Wang Liren and Sakura Moon were still trying to process the information they had just received, while Cangtian Shu was also struggling to accept reality.
Cangtian Shu never imagined that it would have the chance to show off in front of Ye Ling one day!
Others might not understand, but Cangtian Shu, as a visitor from the Dongxuan Continent, was very clear about Ye Ling's status there.
The Demonic Palace stood proudly, and even if an elder from the Demonic Palace spoke, a city thousands of miles away might tremble thrice!
Any elder in the Demonic Palace held a high status on the Dongxuan Continent, and the Dongxuan Supreme, who managed everything in the Demonic Palace, was the only deity on the Dongxuan Continent.
Even the Heavenly Dao had to bow its head before the Dongxuan Supreme!
On the Dongxuan Continent, countless beings worshipped Ye Ling, and Cangtian Shu was one of its fervent fans.
After Cangtian Shu was caught in a spatial rift and drifted to Earth, it thought it would never see Ye Ling again, but unexpectedly, fate had given it such a great surprise!
The renowned Dongxuan Supreme was right before its eyes!
However, while Cangtian Shu was overjoyed, it was also filled with immense dread.
It hadn't forgotten the words it had just spoken to Ye Ling.
Thinking about what had just happened, Cangtian Shu felt its head heat up, wishing it could burrow into the ground and never emerge again!
Ye Ling released the trembling Cangtian Shu and said directly, "Since we're all old acquaintances, I won't beat around the bush. Tell me everything about Huang and why you possess the power of an extraterrestrial expert."
After landing, Cangtian Shu immediately transformed into a thin youth. Without daring to conceal anything, it knelt before Ye Ling and said, "Reporting to the Emperor, after I fell to Earth, my cultivation was completely lost. I intended to find a place to hide and recover my cultivation, but the disturbance I caused upon landing on Earth was too great, alerting many beings. It was then that Huang found me."
"Huang's cultivation was even higher than mine at my peak, and I was completely unable to resist. I was forced to become his spirit pet and work for him."
"As for the power of the extraterrestrial expert, it was also injected into my body by Huang to help me recover my cultivation. Not long after receiving that power, I quickly recovered to the Saint realm."
Ye Ling then asked, "Since you recovered to the Saint realm, why did you end up in this state?"
Cangtian Shu said with a wry smile, "It was also because of the power of the extraterrestrial expert. Those powers indeed allowed me to live freely for a while, but before long, those powers began to devour the spiritual energy within me, causing my realm to continuously fall."
"After that, Huang abandoned me and sealed me here. He said that those powers would continue to devour me until my soul was scattered. If I wanted to survive, I had to devour people chosen by extraterrestrial experts."
"People chosen?" A sharp glint flashed in Ye Ling's eyes. "You mean those geniuses with marks in their bodies?"
Cangtian Shu nodded. "That's right... I asked Sakura Moon to help me search for those people. My purpose was to absorb the power of the marks within those geniuses. However, those geniuses would disappear into thin air after being enveloped by the extraterrestrial expert's power, so I could only obtain a small portion of the feedbacked spiritual energy to sustain my life."
Hearing Cangtian Shu's words, Ye Ling frowned.
According to Cangtian Shu, those geniuses were all chosen by extraterrestrial experts. Their disappearance after being engulfed by dark energy likely meant they had been teleported to another location.
Cangtian Shu being sealed here by Huang was likely so that Cangtian Shu could help him gather talents.
Previously, Ye Ling thought that the purpose of the Void Organization was to go to the Ruins of Time, and that it was a neutral organization, unrelated to the Shadow Hall.
However, from the current perspective, Huang, the leader of the Void Organization, was gathering talents for extraterrestrial experts, and the Shadow Hall also had close ties with extraterrestrial experts. Ye Ling could no longer consider the Void Organization a neutral organization.
At the very least, the Void Organization should be on the side of the Shadow Hall.
Seeing Ye Ling frown, Cangtian Shu quickly assured him, "Emperor! I promise I never had the intention to harm anyone! It was Huang who forced me to search for geniuses! I had no choice!"
Cangtian Shu was well aware of Ye Ling's temperament. When they were on the Dongxuan Continent, the Demonic Palace acted without restraint, without regard for good or evil, doing as they pleased.
However, the people of the Demonic Palace could not tolerate the indiscriminate killing of innocents. This widely known style of conduct of the Demonic Palace was naturally learned from its Palace Master, Ye Ling.
Cangtian Shu knew that if it didn't explain its actions of sacrificing twelve geniuses every hundred years to Ye Ling, it would be turned to dust by Ye Ling in no time!
Ye Ling knew what Cangtian Shu was trying to convey and said, "Alright, I understand all this. Put your matters aside for now. Do you have a way to find Huang?"
After experiencing these events, Ye Ling became increasingly curious about Huang, the leader of the Void Organization, and wanted to know what kind of person he was.
Unfortunately, Cangtian Shu shook its head and said, "I'm sorry, Emperor... I haven't seen Huang for hundreds of years, and I have no way to contact him at all. What I said earlier was basically a lie..."
"I am no longer Huang's spirit pet, and even if you kill me, Huang will not come."
Hearing Cangtian Shu's words, Ye Ling sighed slightly, quite disappointed.
However, Cangtian Shu's answer was within his expectations.
The ancient demon god Chi You was a member of the Void Organization. Huang, as the leader of the Void Organization, was even stronger than Chi You. Even if his cultivation was not at the Emperor realm, it was at least at the Half-Emperor realm.
For someone with such cultivation, it was already a miracle that he remembered Cangtian Shu, who was only at the True Martial realm. It was wishful thinking to expect Huang to rush to the Land of Yang to save Cangtian Shu.
Moreover, what Cangtian Shu was doing was not a particularly important task. It only gathered twelve geniuses every hundred years, and they were all within the Land of Yang. This quantity was indeed quite small.
Ye Ling estimated that even if the altar here was destroyed, Huang would not notice.
Having no hope for Cangtian Shu, Ye Ling sighed, "Forget it. I didn't expect you to help find Huang anyway. Since the matter of the marks has been clarified, my purpose for this trip has been achieved, and I can return."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Cangtian Shu realized that it could survive and quickly said, "Thank you, Emperor, for sparing my life!"
Ye Ling glanced at Sakura Moon and suddenly thought of something. He asked Sakura Moon, "By the way... I have one more question. Do you know about Takamagahara?"
"Takamagahara?" Sakura Moon was taken aback by Ye Ling's sudden question. "Isn't that the land of gods in mythology?"
Ye Ling said, "I'm looking for Takamagahara, a top force hidden in the Land of Yang, also rumored in the circle of mystics as the number one force in the Land of Yang."
"Your Bushi already have the qualifications to contend with world-class powers. Are you considered the rumored Takamagahara?"
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Sakura Moon instantly understood what Ye Ling was looking for and quickly replied, "Indeed... there is such a Takamagahara in the circle of mystics in the Land of Yang, but it's not us."
Ye Ling asked, "The rumored Takamagahara is not your Bushi?"
Sakura Moon said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty, you jest... My Bushi was founded less than three hundred years ago. How can it compare to Takamagahara, which has a heritage of thousands of years?"
"Takamagahara... is too mysterious."