Immortal Tribulation (Part 1)

"Greetings, Your Highness. I am Shen Lian, a C-class secret investigator of the Secret Investigation Institute."

In a desolate starfield on the outskirts of the Xinglan Star Continent, Shen Lian bowed deeply to the woman before him.

The moment his words fell, the woman's aura abruptly changed.

Her once-unremarkable features rippled like water, revealing a face of breathtaking beauty.

Even with her brows tightly furrowed, she could not conceal her innate bearing.

Zhao Lingxi frowned and asked coldly.

"How did you recognize me?"

Shen Lian slowly straightened, shaking his head with a bitter smile.

"It was not because I had the ability to see through Your Highness's disguise. It was Senior Chu who saw through it at a glance."

"If he had not secretly tipped me off, I would never have known that Your Highness had personally come to the Eastern Star Sector as well."

"Senior Chu?" Zhao Lingxi froze for a moment, then seemed to recall something. Her lovely face darkened at once.

"You mean that Chu Sheng who submitted the demon cultivator's answer?"

Shen Lian first nodded at her words, then hurriedly shook his head and explained anxiously.

"Your Highness misunderstands. Senior Chu is absolutely not a demon cultivator."

"In my view, he is instead a man who carries the righteous path in his heart and possesses great courage."

Zhao Lingxi sneered, her tone filled with mockery.

"A man so selfish and callous, who disregards gratitude and treats mortal lives like grass—yet you say he carries the righteous path in his heart?"

Shen Lian knitted his brows and said solemnly, "Your Highness, consider this carefully. If Senior Chu truly possessed such a cold and heartless nature, why would Star Mystic Immortal Venerable brave public criticism and insist on taking him as a personal disciple? In my opinion, that