Through a twist of fate, Lin Shuguang had led the Baojian Sect's ancestor to mistake him for someone of extraordinary origins.
The ancestor stared at Lin Shuguang from ten meters away.
Lin Shuguang's qi and blood, flesh and bones were all laid bare before him, yet he could not understand how Lin Shuguang had sensed his presence.
"Then do you know who I am?" After a moment's consideration, the Baojian Sect's ancestor probed with a smile in his eyes.
Lin Shuguang looked at him.
He truly did not recognize him.
But of all the people currently in the Baojian Sect, this White-Browed Elder before him was probably the only one who matched the Baojian Sect ancestor the mysterious man had spoken of.
If he remembered correctly, when he first entered the Baojian Sect and was invited to the Main Hall, he had never seen anyone with such an appearance among its senior members.
Instead of answering, he asked, "Are you the only person who can take me to Xuanyuan City now?"
The Baojian Sect's ancestor immediately fell silent.
A sharp light burst from his eyes, and he said wistfully, "The Ancestor's foresight was truly divine, to have foreseen this day. It seems the opportunity for our Baojian Sect to rise has finally come..."
He looked at Lin Shuguang again. "Indeed, I am the Baojian Sect's current supreme elder. I am several thousand years older than you. You may call me Ancestor Chen. My visit today was not a sudden decision, either. In fact, from the day you came to our sect, it was already destined that I would take you to Xuanyuan City...
"But the State Selection was imminent then, and I wanted to see what you were capable of, lest I take you to Xuanyuan City when you lacked