"Who is there!? Show yourself!" Kiba was the first to react, quickly putting his hand on his dagger, ready to pull it out the moment he saw someone.
Although Ash knew exactly what was going on, he also acted surprised and put his hand on his dagger as well, slowly pulling it out.
The moment they saw the cave from the bottom of mountain, he knew that was the tomb of the soul realm expert, on average, there was around 3-5 soul realm tombs only, which means they were really rare.
The voice sounded in their heads once again. "there is no need to worry young ones, although my soul is still in this world, my physical body had already left long ago, i am now nothing but a piece of my original soul, i can do nothing to harm you, even if i wanted to."
"you keep saying that, but why should i trust you." answered Kiba who still didn't drop his guard at all, being the emperor's son, he had to go through a lot of trials, he was trained with methods for the guards of the empire since the age of 3, in those 7 years of training he learned something very important, which was to never let his guard down. Ash nodded.
"hahaha... Truly fascinating, you young ones are truly fascinating, how about this, you 2 will inherit all the knowledge i had when i was still alive, and i will teach you a strong cultivation manual, that is levels above what you currently practice, what do you say." the voice sounded in their heads once again, this time sounding a bit arrogant.
"Well, being your inheritors, it doesn't so bad, does it Kiba, i mean see, he can already talk to us through our brains without us actually sensing him anywhere, but before we agree i would like to ask you a question... What cultivation level are you, and how does it compare with the foundation establishment realm?" Ash asked before Kiba had the chance to refuse, even after 7 years of training, Kiba is still a rash person, as long as he was slightly provoked, or he felt like his dignity was being challenged, he gets riled up and goes around getting into fights, even if he knew he can't win.
To prevent that from happening here, Ash fired his question before Kiba had the chance to refuse.
"hahaha... You really are a bright kid, alright i will tell you, i was at the soul realm before dying, and compared to the foundation establishment realm, it's like a slightly big ant, nothing more."
"A big ant, huh, then what are we to you?" Kiba asked, obviously not feeling well from the insult to his pride.
"you, you too.... I see you 2 as the future, the younger generation are our future, because one day, you will be the one supporting the old people, not the other way around." said the voice softly, from his voice, you could tell that he was not lying, it was like he was saying something he firmly believed in.
Kiba "....."
When these words were said, there was an akward silence in the cave, no one was talking.
Ash, not willing to waste more time, spouting nonsense in this cave anymore decided to ask "so, how do we become your inheritors?"
"it's simple, all you need to do is..."