An Unexpected Relationship

The room fell silent.

Venerable Shengtian stared at Li, trying to discern from her eyes whether this was the truth or merely a joke.

The notion that everyone could sense qi was simply too inconceivable. Even the Venerable did not know what expression to use in response. Should she loudly refute it? Laugh it off? Or mock it as nothing more than a lie concocted by those in power?

She did not quite believe that Li would lie about such a matter.

There was no point in lying.

Li was about to head to Jinxia City. Once she arrived, everything would become clear. Such a lie could never be kept from her.

The only possibility the Venerable could think of was that Xia Fan or Princess Guangping had tampered with the numbers to create an image of Jinxia City thriving with life.

Yet even as a lie, it was far too imaginative.

If everyone could become a Qi Sense User, Jinxia would become the regime with the greatest war potential on the continent. Even in a direct confrontation with Seven Stars, it would not be without a chance of victory. But at the same time, too many Qi Sense Users would multiply the risk of Evil Spirit infection. Even under strict precautions, even if everyone could live out their days peacefully, it would still be highly likely to trigger Evil Spirit phenomena, just as it had when the Yong Dynasty fell.

She closed her eyes and decided to force down the surging turmoil in her heart.

No, no, no... What Jinxia was truly like had to be determined by her own eyes.

Her real purpose in coming here was merely to learn about Li's life over the past dozen or so years.

"It is too early to draw such a