Chu Qing took a single step and descended beside the Red Robe Being.
The Red Robe Being was still asleep, and none of the warning measures around him had detected Chu Qing at all.
Chu Qing stood there waiting for a while, then poked the warning system with his finger.
The self-sealed Red Robe Being abruptly awakened the next second.
The instant he awoke, all manner of terrifying powers emerged around him, on the verge of erupting.
But when he saw Chu Qing deliberately resting a finger upon the various warning systems, the Red Robe Being immediately fell silent.
Because he was not a fool.
The other party had arrived without triggering the warning system, and had even needed to deliberately awaken him himself.
That result made him immediately understand that he was no match for the being before him.
And the gap between them was enormous.
So, being a man who knew which way the wind blew, he gave up resisting.
"My lord, may I ask why you have come to see me?"
The Red Robe Being bowed, his attitude proper and respectful.
Chu Qing smiled. "You cultivate the Ashes Path and opened up the Ashes Lineage."
"What do you think I came to see you for?"
The Red Robe Being's expression changed drastically at those words.
His cultivation of the Ashes Path had been extremely secretive. Ordinary beings knew nothing of it.
Even the beings cultivating the Ashes Path did not know that he had spread the path himself.
He had been hiding with the utmost caution.
He had even only sent avatars out into the world, all to prevent others from finding out.
And now, here it was. The other party knew, and had specifically come looking for him.
Moreover, did that mean the other party had