"Back in my prime, who would have dared to speak to me this way? You, young man, certainly have some backbone."
"Very well. What's done is done. Since the former dynasty has fallen, I will tell you my name."
"I am Emperor Tianyun, the Former Emperor you spoke of. Are you satisfied now?"
Shen Bai nodded. "Then why are you here in the Celestial Pride Hall, and why have you been reduced to a pile of bones?"
The situation didn't seem dangerous, and it appeared they could actually converse.
So, Shen Bai voiced the questions on his mind.
He had his own theories about how Emperor Tianyun had turned into a skeleton.
But since the man himself was right here, he might as well see what Emperor Tianyun had to say.
Emperor Tianyun said slowly, "When my dynasty was on the verge of collapse, I practiced the most brutal of the Royal Secret Techniques: the White Bone Saint Official."
"Now, I've become a skeleton, sitting desolate in the Celestial Pride Hall, just barely clinging to life."
