I, Human Emperor Jiang Li

"May I ask who this senior is..." The people from the Bureau of Management and the Carefree Immortal Sect steadied themselves and bowed to the newcomer.

"Thank you, Senior." Tang Yi did not understand ancient etiquette, but he knew he should give thanks.

"My name is Jiang Li." With a casual gesture, Jiang Li set up a barrier to keep the spiritual energy from affecting them.

Jiang Li? Everyone racked their brains, searching through every senior's name they could remember, yet none was called Jiang Li.

For someone to protect them so effortlessly when the spiritual energy well erupted, there was only one possibility: a reclusive great power.

At that thought, everyone became even more respectful.

Jiang Li sat down as he watched the spiritual energy still gushing from the well, then smiled and asked Tang Yi, "You had no cultivation technique, yet you reached the Qi Refining Ninth Layer. How did you do it? Did it have something to do with the spiritual energy well below?"

The people from the Bureau of Management and the Carefree Immortal Sect also wanted to know the reason. Qi Refining Ninth Layer—his cultivation was even higher than theirs had been moments ago.

According to their investigation, Tang Yi should not have been able to cultivate. Moreover, according to the earlier tests, Tang Yi had an extremely low affinity for spiritual energy.

With so many people watching, Tang Yi knew he could no longer keep his secret. He could only tell the truth. "In reply to Senior, it really does have something to do with the spiritual energy well."

"At first, I did not know it was a spiritual energy well. I only felt a gentle force entering my body while I slept."

"I did not know how to use that force. Later, as