“Tomb of Ten Thousand Techniques?” the question was voiced by dozens, maybe even hundreds of dungeon cores at once.

Xu Han waited a moment for the chat group to quiet before answering. “Yes, I am the dungeon core for the Tomb of Ten Thousand Techniques. I am a new dungeon in the Bright Kingdom, and I humbly greet everyone in this chat group.”

“You have to be kidding.” The voice came from an older voice, one that was far more confident and self-assured than how Xu Han sounded. “You call yourself the Tomb of Ten Thousand Techniques? What arrogance! You gave yourself that name, and you claim to be humble? Is that a joke?”

The dungeon cores were individuals, but they were also demigods like Xu Han. They had their pride, and they notice the dungeon core with the strange name. Xu Han was about explain when another voice spoke in the chat. A voice that sounded ancient, old, and wise.

“Enough! Rejoice! Rejoice everyone, for a new core has appeared in the chat group!”

The old wise voice laughed, and he was soon joined by the other voices within the chat. Xu Han stayed silent as the other dungeon cores began speaking again. Like Jemma had warned, it was chaotic with countless voices speaking at once. Most of the dungeon cores welcomed Xu Han to the chat, and a group were soon trying to figure out where Xu Han was located.

Evidentially, dungeon cores could use the chat to trace where each other was located. Xu Han did not know the chat had such a feature, but he was not surprised by the news. He wondered if the flow of mana he felt from the east and the south meant that the two nearest dungeons to him were in those directions. The group was still trying to nail down his location when the dungeon core with the old wise voice spoke again.

“Xu Han, is that your name?”

The chat quieted down, telling Xu Han the power and respect this old dungeon core had.

“Yes, it is.” Xu Han replied. “May I know the senior's name?”

“I am The Dungeon Master, core of The Hollow Vault. I wish to know why you gave yourself this name. It is an unusual name for a dungeon core.”

“The Dungeon Master?”

Xu Han paused. He knew the name, almost everyone did. The Dungeon Master was the dungeon core of Hollow Vault, one of the most famous dungeons in the world. It was a dungeon so deep and huge that a city had grown around it. Not only that, the riches and treasure from the dungeon were so great that the dungeon was considered the centerpiece of a kingdom. It was said that there were thousands of floors to the dungeon, and it was home to hundreds of Bosses, each a new chance to advance in levels for adventurers.

The Hollow Vault was one of the first dungeons Jemma had told Xu Han about, and the stories was so grand even Xu Han had wanted to visit the dungeon one day. Xu Han did not expect that the dungeon core of such an illustrious dungeon was a member of the chat group.

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“You heard of me?” The Dungeon Master replied with a chuckle.

“Oh please, everyone heard of you, you old geezer! Stop flaunting your position to every newcomer to the chat.” The confident and self-assured voice who first spoke to Xu Han said.

Despite the rude words, everyone in the chat group laughed. Including The Dungeon Master. That caught Xu Han by surprise. Xu Han was not a newcomer to meeting powerful, ancient beings. In the Crimson Lands, he had met powerful cultivators who had lived for thousands of years because for a long time Xu Han was one of them. Those meetings were always serious, proper, and filled with tension. The cultivators always tried to out-do each other in speech and power. The Dungeon Core Chat Group seem to be far more informal.

“Considering that I was the one who put together the chat group, I have the right to flaunt.” The Dungeon Master said as he continued to laugh.

“That just means you are old, proud, and going senile. Xu Han, just ignore him in the future.” The confident and self-assured voice huffed.

“May I know this senior's name?” Xu Han asked politely. A dungeon core who dared to talk back to The Dungeon Master had to be strong.

“I am Challenger, core of The Challenge Arena.” The response was curt, but Xu Han did not get the feeling that Challenger was being disrespectful. Instead, he felt that this was just how the dungeon core of The Challenge Arena usually was.

“May I request some pointers from this senior.” Xu Han respectfully asked.

There was a moment of silence in the chat group before a female voice answered. “Why do you speak so strangely?”

“Speak strangely?” Xu Han was a bit confused, not knowing what the female dungeon core meant. He was polite, but he did not think he was unduly so.

“You speak so politely, as if you were in some royal court. Just talk normally, like the rest of us.” The female voice was gentle and kind, but the words were spoken with a firm and strong voice. “You are not going to impress anyone here with fancy speech, if that’s what you’re after. We are all dungeon cores, so courtly speech doesn’t really work with us.”

“Thank you for the kind advice.” Xu Han replied politely. “Like I said earlier, I am a new dungeon core. I do not know the culture among dungeon cores, and I apologize if I had caused any offence.”

“You’re still speaking strangely.” The female dungeon core sounded bemused with Xu Han.

“When you asked for ‘pointers’, were you asking for advice?” Challenger asked, ignoring the byplay between Xu Han and the female dungeon core.

“Yes, I am.” Xu Han admitted.

“Xu Han, why don't you tell us something about yourself first? How many floors do you have? Have adventurers visited you yet? And why did you pick such a strange name for yourself?” The Dungeon Master asked.

“I am in the Bright Kingdom, and my dungeon is located near a human town called Viaggia. Currently, I have three floors and adventurers had already attempted my dungeon.”

Before Xu Han could continue, a member of the chat group asked a question. “What kind of dungeon are you? What is your theme?”

To Xu Han, the voice sounded rough, like the dungeon core was unused to speaking. The question must be important for the dungeon core to ask it, so Xu Han answered.

“I had been informed my dungeon is considered a Trick Dungeon, due to the many traps and puzzles in it. However, I did create some creatures and Bosses, so I am not considered a ‘pure’ Trick Dungeon.”

“Ah! The people and their need to categorize everything. Why do you call yourself ‘Xu Han’ though. And why named your dungeon the Tomb of Ten Thousand Techniques? That is quite a strange name for a dungeon.” The female dungeon core asked.

“It was not my intention to cause any offence,” Xu Han quickly replied. “I choose that name for the dungeon because I have that many techniques.”

“Impossible!” Challenger said hotly. “You only have three floors. There is no way you could…wait, you called them ‘Techniques’? Don’t you mean spells?”

“In some ways, techniques could be considered spells, but they are different. You see, I am a reincarnator.”