Chapter 103: The Old Ancestor is Extremely Fierce

Chapter 103: Chapter 103: The Old Ancestor is Extremely Fierce

The ancestor’s golden figure stared dumbfoundedly at Su Han. Su Han stared back at the ancestor, just as dumbfounded.

The two locked eyes. Then, with a loud WAIL, the ancestor started crying.

"My boy! What took you so long? It’s been over a thousand years! If you’d come any later, this old ancestor would have been completely cold."

Su Han shot him a speechless glance. "Haven’t you been dead for over a thousand years?"

The ancestor nodded. "That’s right. I’ve been dead for over a thousand years."

"So... you’re still warm?"

The ancestor froze, then slapped his forehead in delayed realization. "Oh, right! I’m completely cold! I’m cooold... cooold... oold...!"

With a self-produced echo, the ancestor’s golden figure began to slowly fade away.

Su Han: "..."

Watching the fading ancestor, Su Han frowned slightly, putting on a worried and melancholic expression as he pinched his chin and muttered to himself.

’The ancestor’s been cold for over a thousand years, yet he still pops out to be mischievous from time to time. He’s clearly not resting in peace.’

’As his descendant, how can I be at ease knowing my ancestor died with regrets and not do something about it?’

’Hmm... I’ve decided. I’ll find a chance to enter the Imperial Mausoleum today, nail his coffin shut for him, and throw on a few hundred Arrays to make sure he gets a good night’s sleep...’

The gradually fading golden figure... abruptly stopped fading. Su Han seemed completely oblivious to this.

’Hmm, if that still doesn’t work, it must be a problem with the Imperial Mausoleum’s feng shui. The ancestor can’t sleep soundly lying there.’

’As a junior, it’s my duty to ease my ancestor’s worries. I could also consider hauling his coffin out and finding him a new place to rest.’

The ancestor’s golden figure began to solidify once more, bit by bit.

"My boy, you’re trying to betray your own ancestor!"

"Huh?"

Su Han looked up and gave the ancestor a surprised glance. "Ancestor, aren’t you cold?"

"Ahem~"

The ancestor put his right fist to his mouth and coughed lightly a few times. "This ancestor... can stay warm a little while longer."

Su Han: "..."

’Where’s your sense of shame? Have you no dignity at all?’

’As your descendant, I, the Crown Prince, am ashamed to have an ancestor like you!’

"So... Ancestor, are you currently lying in the Imperial Mausoleum, pretending to be dead?"

Hearing Su Han’s speculation, the ancestor shot up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, letting out a yowl.

"Sun Thief, what nonsense are you spouting! I’ve been dead for a long time, completely cold, you understand? You’re questioning my integrity!"

Su Han: "..."

’So, you think I’d believe that?’

’A guy who’s long dead and completely cold can still pop out every other day to mess around?’

’A guy who’s long gone cold can still interact with me like this?’

Seeing the expression on Su Han’s face, the ancestor sighed leisurely.

"You might not believe this, but don’t be fooled by how lively I seem. In truth, this ancestor has really been cold for thirteen hundred years."

After speaking, the ancestor gave Su Han a timid look. "Do you believe me?"

Su Han shook his head. "Nope."

Ancestor: "..."

"Huuuh~"

The ancestor took a deep breath. "Stop messing around. I’m trying to be serious with you. Behave."

Su Han went from ’at ease’ to ’attention,’ standing perfectly straight. His expression instantly became as solemn as if his own ancestor had just died.

Ancestor: "..."

’FFS!’

’How come this Sun Thief seems even more unreliable than I am?’

"Sun Thief, I don’t have much time left. I’m telling you something important!"

’Not much time left?’

’Heh, that’s what you said last time.’

While thinking this, Su Han nodded. "You go ahead and say whatever you want, and I’ll go ahead and selectively listen."

Ancestor: "..."

’The ancestor is very angry. He wants to hit someone. This ancestor was super fierce when he was alive!’

"I know you suspect I’m still lingering on in the Imperial Mausoleum, but to be honest with you... I... really am cold."

Su Han: "..."

He nodded and blinked, signaling for the ancestor to continue.

"You must be curious how a cold ancestor like me could know about you. It’s a long story."

"Then perhaps you could consider making it short."

The ancestor thought for a moment, then nodded. "Alright."

"Didn’t you trigger one of the Divine Thought Memories I left behind a while ago? The truth is, in my later years, my Divine Soul was already on the verge of shattering."

"You might not believe this, but back then, I was terrified even when I performed Introspection on my own Divine Soul."

"My Divine Soul was so shattered... it looked like dumpling filling."

Su Han: "..."

’No wonder!’

’No wonder you’re so mischievous. The case is finally solved—you’re made of dumpling filling!’

"However, even though my Divine Soul was shattered into dumpling filling, it wasn’t without its benefits."

"The first time I created a Divine Thought Memory, I accidentally discovered that I could preserve a fragment of my Divine Soul within the image I left behind."

Su Han blinked. "Weren’t you... shattered into dumpling filling? How could there be whole fragments?"

Ancestor: "...Stop being cheeky. I’m being serious."

"Oh."

Su Han nodded and sat up straight, looking at his ancestor with the expression of a well-behaved student, a good little boy.

That look made the ancestor so mad he didn’t know where to begin. He wanted to hit someone!

"After that discovery, I hid a fragment of my Divine Soul in every Divine Thought Memory I created."

Su Han’s face lit up with understanding. "I get it!"

The ancestor froze, looking at Su Han, a little dumbfounded. ’You get it? What do you get?’

"Ancestor, did you hide all your Divine Soul fragments in these Divine Thought Memories so that one day, when your great-great-grandson—me—collects all of them, I can summon a Divine Dragon... oh, wait, no, summon a complete version of you?"

As he thought about it, Su Han began to calculate.

’Even a completely cold ancestor could leave me three awesome skills. If I could summon a complete version of him one day, I wonder how many skills I could dig out of him?’

"SMACK!"

Just as Su Han was lost in his imagination, the ancestor finally couldn’t take it anymore and smacked him on the back of the head.

"What are you thinking about? Summon a Divine Dragon? You think Divine Dragons are a good thing? If you really summon one..."

"Pah! Is this the time to be talking about Divine Dragons? I’m trying to be serious with you."

Su Han rubbed the back of his head, which didn’t actually hurt. "You were saying."

"When you’ve collected all of my... pah, what’s the use of collecting all my Divine Thought Memories? I never left anything reliable behind."

Su Han blinked and began counting on his fingers.

Heaven and Earth Melting Furnace.

Nine Swords.

Tomb Raiding.

’These aren’t considered reliable things?’

’Looks like... there’s still a lot more I can dig out of the ancestor!’

"If I collect all the Divine Thought Memories, can I summon a complete ancestor?"

Seeing the faint anticipation in Su Han’s eyes, the ancestor shook his head decisively. "No, I’m already cold! Dead through and through!"

"But don’t you still have Divine Soul fragments hidden away?"

"They dissipate! Every time you activate a Divine Thought Memory, one of my Divine Soul fragments vanishes."

"Otherwise, why do you think I know about a Sun Thief like you?"

"It’s because after the last Divine Soul fragment dissipated, that experience was synced and shared with all the other fragments."

Su Han: "..."

’There’s a function for that? Ancestor, are your Divine Soul fragments connected to the internet?’