"We have some ties!" Xiao Chen nodded, his gaze unfathomable.
Now, he was a brilliant young talent with deep karmic ties to a colossal sect. He needed to be proud and aloof, his presence inscrutable.
The greater the danger, the more he needed to stand immovable as a mountain.
The other man had come with ill intent. If Xiao Chen revealed even a trace of panic now, he could be plunged into eternal ruin in an instant.
"This old man is Gray Three, from the Hui Family of Changping Commandery, a member of the Boar Hunters! May I ask which clan you hail from, young master, to have forged ties with a mighty power such as the Demon Heaven Sect?" Gray Three cupped his hands, his expression unchanged, his smile never reaching his eyes.
As a Boar Hunter, he had his own methods for identifying crossing pigs.
Upon first entering the Spirit Realm, crossing pigs found everything wondrously new. Sensing its vast quantities of spiritual energy, they were bound to be astonished and terrified. When Xiao Chen arrived earlier, Gray Three had happened to pass by. He had long since hidden himself and watched in secret. Xiao Chen's behavior had been the very image of a savage crossing pig who had just successfully ascended from the Mortal World.
More importantly, the Boar Hunters cultivated secret arts that could sense the peculiar radiance of the Spirit Registry within a certain range.
Though not accurate a hundred times out of a hundred, they were at least seventy percent reliable.
Gray Three had probed repeatedly, but no peculiar radiance of the Spirit Registry stirred within Xiao Chen.
Combined with Xiao Chen's earlier greed as he devoured spiritual energy, Gray Three was at least eighty percent certain that he was a crossing pig.
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