Zhao Yuan answered, "I really did just learn Ghost Language from listening to you talk. I've never had any exposure to this sort of thing before. As for chewing those leaves, my theory is that you do it to stimulate your tongue to help with Ghost Talk. But the accent it produces is so strange that ghosts have to guess at what you're saying. As I was learning, however, I discovered that you can speak it without chewing the leaves. It's just a bit more troublesome to control your tongue, but the upside is that your pronunciation is perfect, and ghosts can understand you instantly."
The Ying Family Ancestor's jaw dropped.
She knew that the highest level of Ghost Talk was speaking it without chewing leaves. The secret records passed down through the generations of the Ying Family stated it clearly: relying on leaves for Ghost Talk was just the beginner's stage. To truly speak it, one had to master a special vocal technique. But that technique had been lost to time!
