Ziya thought for a moment before asking, "The Orthodox Path has suppressed us for years and restricted our development. If Heavenly City is willing to open trade routes with us, allowing us to operate without the Orthodox Path's constraints, that would naturally be ideal. However, if you are to take responsibility for such a promise, may I ask what other identity you possess besides being Acting Sect Master Yun? How else could you possibly command Heavenly City's powerful generals to obey you without question?"
"Heh heh, Heavenly City has always placed ability first. I just broke the Spirit-Absorbing Art—doesn't that prove my position in Heavenly City? Besides, young lady, your core energy still hasn't returned to normal, has it?" I countered.
Ziya's expression shifted slightly. Recalling how I had just broken the Spirit-Absorbing Art, she was naturally incomparably shocked and hurriedly asked, "What kind of Great Dao Art was that? Why was I still so easily countered when I released the Spirit-Absorbing Art? And with your cultivation... even if it were another Great Dao Art of the same level, it shouldn't have had any effect on me!"
I gave a mischievous chuckle and said, "So who does young lady think I am?"
"Could it be... Could it be that you're Heavenly City's young lord, Xia Lingtian!?" Ziya shot to her feet, her face filled with shock. The brother and sister behind her also went pale, wearing expressions of astonishment as if they had seen a ghost.
I rubbed the bridge of my nose, but Zuo Qingxuan laughed and said, "Sorry, Acting Sect Master Yun isn't Xia Lingtian."
Ziya's face flushed, while the male immortal behind her coughed twice and said, "Ahem, I knew it... How could Heavenly City's young lord possibly come to such a barren, desolate place as Tian