"Should I shake hands with you?"
Susanoo-no-Mikoto coldly replied.
Ye Liang's face showed a trace of embarrassment. He rubbed his temple.
"System, what's going on with this guy? He doesn't have any skills at all, yet he's incredibly powerful! How did he defeat Otsutsuki Tenji!"
The System voice immediately responded.
"I'm sorry, Master. This person has already reached the level of the Third Civilization. I can't help you!"
"What the hell!"
Ye Liang swallowed hard.
An idea suddenly popped into his mind.
Let's establish a connection!
"Hey little brother," he asked cautiously. "Do you have time to chat for a moment? To be honest, I've got some questions I want to ask you."
Susanoo-no-Mikoto said nothing, continuing to polish his sword.
"Hey man, you're really not gonna talk?" Ye Liang tried again.
Still no response from Susanoo-no-Mikoto.
Just as Ye Liang was running out of ideas and resignedly planning to leave, Susanoo-no-Mikoto suddenly looked puzzled.
He lifted the cursed blade toward Ye Liang: "I also have a question for you."
"Huh?"
Ye Liang turned around.
Seeing this icy mountain finally speaking, he quickly walked closer: "Great! If you answer my questions, I'll naturally answer yours too."
"I'll ask first!" Susanoo-no-Mikoto said coldly.
"Okay, go ahead." Ye Liang replied.
Immediately, Susanoo-no-Mikoto extended the cursed blade.
"I want to know how exactly you managed to fuse the Yasaka Magatama Sword. This is clearly a sealing sword—how could it possibly fuse with a cursed blade bearing malevolent energy?"
"Just that question?"
Ye Liang blinked in surprise.
He knew exactly how the Yasaka Magatama Sword fused with the cursed blade—it simply merged on its own accord.
Of course, he wouldn't actually say that to Susanoo-no-Mikoto.
That'd just be talking nonsense!
He took a moment to gather his thoughts.
Ye Liang organized his words: "Regarding this issue, it's actually quite straightforward—a classic case of breaking free from conventional thinking. In summary, one must not be bound by ordinary principles."
"Break free from conventional thinking?"
Susanoo-no-Mikoto hesitated, as if grasping a glimmer of clarity. "Explain further."
Ye Liang straightened his posture and sat down: "Ultimately, it's like water and fire repelling each other.
We all know water controls fire, while fire simultaneously burns away water. Thus, in our common understanding, we consider water and fire incompatible—they cannot coexist.
But actually—that's not true!
Two opposing attributes can still become compatible under special circumstances.
Just like Yin and Yang—the opposing forces that balance each other!
Though they repel each other, when reaching equilibrium, they can merge into the Eight Trigrams—a symbolic system that harmonizes both Yin and Yang energies.
This is precisely the principle behind the Chaotic Cursed Blade.
Back during my final battle against the Yomi Emperor, Onikiri and the Yasaka Magatama Sword sensed my will and Izanagi's intent. Eventually, they merged into the Chaotic Cursed Blade.
It was the spiritual alignment of the two blades' masters that allowed their originally incompatible weapons to unite as one!"
"Ye Liang also mentioned Izanagi's name in his words. Since Susanoo-no-Mikoto was Izanagi's younger brother, maybe he could earn a bit of favor.
"It's a pity though. In the end, Brother Izanagi still died by the hands of the Yomi Emperor."
Susanoo-no-Mikoto's expression immediately darkened.
"Enough!
I have absolutely no interest in how you defeated the Yomi Emperor! As for your question, just ask it already. I'm in a hurry."
"Okay!"
Ye Liang was taken aback but decided to be honest anyway. "I want to know how you managed to kill Otsutsuki Tenji. I didn't even see you move."
This was the burning question he needed the answer to.
According to the System's data, besides his physical strength, Susanoo-no-Mikoto didn't possess any special abilities. Yet with just one slash of his blade, he directly killed Otsutsuki Tenji!
After all, Otsutsuki Tenji, like Ye Liang himself, had an immortal body! How could such a figure be cut down so instantly?
"It's simple."
Susanoo-no-Mikoto lifted his hand toward the sky, then pulled it downward.
A gust of wind passed by. Nothing else happened.
Ye Liang blankly looked around.
Susanoo-no-Mikoto asked, "Got it?"
"Got it? Got what?" Ye Liang was completely baffled. Just as he was about to press further, he saw Susanoo-no-Mikoto stand up and leave directly.
The servant girl hurried over.
"Lord Ye Liang, how could you mention Lord Izanagi's name? Lord Susanoo hates him the most!"
"What? This guy actually hates his own older brother?"
Ye Liang scratched his head.
He had originally hoped mentioning Izanagi might earn some favor, never expecting this situation! Seeing that Susanoo-no-Mikoto had completely left, he helplessly asked the servant girl to support him back to his room.
Evening.
Ye Liang lay on his bed staring at the ceiling.
The bed was warm, but his heart felt icy cold.
With Kaguya's fate hanging in the balance, how the hell could he even think about sleeping?
Suddenly.
A distant door creaked open slightly.
A head peeked through.
"Lord Ye Liang, over here!"
It was the maid from earlier. Ye Liang clearly remembered her name: "Xiaocui! Is that really you?"
"It's me, Lord Ye Liang."
The maid slowly squeezed through, holding an ancient book with golden letters: "This is something Lady asked me to give you—it's the cultivation technique practiced by Lord Susanoo!
You must be very careful. To steal this cultivation manual, Lady risked committing the crime of betraying the entire clan!"
Ye Liang's pupils shifted.
He took the ancient book and hurriedly sent the maid away. However, his feelings were mixed. He, a proud cultivator who had crossed over realms, not only got defeated by the villain but now had to rely on a woman like a pathetic kept man—this was the last straw!
He flipped open the first page.
"Holy crap! This technique is seriously deep!"
And so... he read on.
The next day.
Susanoo-no-Mikoto angrily kicked open Ye Liang's bedroom door. He pulled off Ye Liang's blanket and kicked him off the bed: "I seriously misjudged you! You actually made my elder sister steal our clan's cultivation techniques! Do you know what tremendous crime she has committed by doing so!"
Ye Liang dazedly got up from the ground.
"What family's cultivation technique?" His gaze was deceptively calm, betraying no sign of confusion.
"You're still pretending? Xiaocui sneaked into your room last night and was already caught by the guards! Right now, Elder Sister has been summoned to the ancestral hall by the clan leader. They're about to hold a public trial soon! Do you have anything else to say?"
"Izanami has been captured?" Ye Liang showed a hint of surprise, as if he truly knew nothing about what happened last night. He hurriedly began walking outward.
"Quickly, take me there!"
Susanoo-no-Mikoto stood behind, gazing blankly at him.
"Could it be—he really didn't know?"
After some walking,
Ye Liang followed Susanoo-no-Mikoto to what they called the ancestral hall.
It was enormous!
The entire Izanami clan was enormous.
He'd walked nearly ten minutes straight.
Guards flanked the entrance to the hall. Susanoo-no-Mikoto walked ahead, and those men respectfully stepped aside. Lucky as he was, Ye Liang followed in too.
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