Li Qingyan took the opportunity to sit down across from Li Yun. She was just about to release a little of her oppressive aura to intimidate him and probe his true background.
Then she saw that Li Yun had already taken some Spirit Fruits and two flasks of fine wine out of his Storage Ring.
He really was courteously preparing to invite her to drink with him.
She could not help but pause.
She withdrew the oppressive aura she had been about to release.
As the saying went, you did not strike a smiling face. Under the circumstances, even as a Divinity, she felt too embarrassed to proceed.
"Thank you for your hospitality, Fellow Daoist Li."
"If you'll forgive my asking, where are you from, Fellow Daoist Li? And why would a distinguished Dao Sage hide away in these wild mountains to cultivate in seclusion?"
"That hardly seems fitting..."
Seeing Li Qingyan ask about his origins so directly after sitting down, Li Yun laughed inwardly. Then, putting on a mysterious air, he said, "Why don't you take a guess, Fellow Daoist Qingyan?"
"You want me to guess?"
A trace of displeasure appeared on Li Qingyan's face.
She said bluntly and decisively, "How am I supposed to guess? I can't. Just tell me, Fellow Daoist Li."
"Ah... Fellow Daoist Qingyan, you really are no fun."
"Very well, I'll tell you."
"But before I do, please promise me this, Fellow Daoist Qingyan. We're merely duckweed drifting together by chance, so you mustn't reveal my origins to anyone. I don't want to invite any pointless trouble."
Li Qingyan paused slightly. "Are your origins that complicated?"
Even as she asked, Li Qingyan already believed him a little. After all, if his origins were not complicated, why would a distinguished Dao Sage hide away in