Myriad Law Heavenly Sovereign

At those words, the smile on Elder Qin's face froze. Cold sweat instantly soaked his back, as if someone had doused him with ice water. He could even sense that?

One had to know that Miss Lin had a mighty expert at the Sixth Level of the Dharma Aspect Realm secretly protecting her, and yet this man had still detected and called it out!

This senior's strength... was simply unfathomable!

Just then, the door slid open without a sound, and crisp applause rang out. "Clap, clap, clap!"

Chen Lin turned his gaze and saw a young woman and an elderly woman standing in the doorway.

The elderly woman's aura was steady. Chen Lin's gaze swept over her, and he immediately understood—Sixth Level of the Dharma Aspect Realm.

"May I ask how I should address you, senior?" the young woman asked, her voice clear and pleasant. She was none other than Lin Qingxuan, the heiress of the Four Directions Merchant Association.

She stood there with an elegant air, neither servile nor overbearing.

Chen Lin let his gaze linger on her for a moment, then spoke calmly, his voice carrying a natural authority. "This venerable one is the Myriad Law Heavenly Sovereign."

Myriad Law... Not bad.

Chen Lin mused to himself that the name suited him. Sooner or later, he would bring all the cultivation techniques in the world into his possession.

"Myriad Law Heavenly Sovereign?" At his words, Elder Qin and the elderly woman beside Lin Qingxuan both froze, their faces filled with astonishment.

They exchanged a glance, the same thought passing through both their minds: Myriad Law?

Could this man truly have the ability to master every law?

Elder Qin speculated further. The other man had just casually produced four cultivation techniques and martial skills that led straight to Great Perfection. He had clearly brought them out with ease, which meant he had likely cultivated them all to Great Perfection himself.

Such cultivation and talent were truly extraordinary!

No wonder he wanted to trade for a Heaven Tier Martial Skill. To reach such heights with only an Earth-tier cultivation technique, and to casually suppress him... It was almost impossible to imagine.

Lin Qingxuan's gaze shifted slightly as well. To have risen to the position of heiress of the Four Directions Merchant Association, she was naturally no ordinary person. She, too, was quietly weighing Chen Lin's strength.

"Senior." Lin Qingxuan steadied herself and bowed slightly. Her voice remained clear. "This junior is Lin Qingxuan."

She stopped there, asking no further questions about his name or origins. Instead, she smoothly changed the subject, continuing with a hint of sincerity and probing curiosity.

"This junior happens to have a business proposal. I wonder if senior would be interested? It includes a Heaven-tier cultivation technique."

"A Heaven-tier cultivation technique?" A trace of surprise passed through Chen Lin's heart, but his gaze remained perfectly calm.

A Heaven-tier cultivation technique was certainly tempting, but it stirred no ripples in his heart.

He already had Heaven-tier cultivation techniques and martial skills. Another one now would merely be icing on the cake.

The risks of an impulsive partnership far outweighed the benefits. He wouldn't personally get involved for such a small temptation. With sufficient cultivation, he could learn any technique under heaven. Why rush?

Yet just as Lin Qingxuan thought he might be tempted, Chen Lin calmly said, "Miss Lin, you're already doing business with one of my people. A partnership between us would be redundant."

At his words, Elder Qin and the elderly woman beside him both froze and looked at each other, completely baffled. Lin Qingxuan, however, was struck as if by lightning, her face changing in an instant.

Her thoughts raced. Already doing business with one of his people... Thinking it over, the only person she had partnered with since arriving in Tianyan City was... the deposed Crown Prince, now the First Prince, Ling Tian!

And this man meant that he... was the one behind Ling Tian?!

Lin Qingxuan's heart shuddered. She could hardly believe it, and cautiously asked, "Senior, do you mean...?"

Chen Lin didn't hide anything. He simply nodded. "That's right. I'm the one behind him."

He wasn't worried about her letting the secret out. At most, she would tell Ling Tian.

"You..." Lin Qingxuan's voice betrayed her shock, but she quickly steadied herself, once more wearing a professional and humble smile.

"I see! Then we'll have more opportunities to work together in the future. However, senior needn't trouble yourself by getting personally involved."

She picked up the conversation deftly. "This junior guesses that senior focuses on cultivating himself and rarely concerns himself with worldly affairs and disputes, correct?"

She acknowledged his strength and his choice while hinting that she could handle any business matters that followed, trying to draw closer to him.

She had never expected that the Crown Prince's side would have not only the mysterious Dragon Tiger Heavenly Master but also a cultivator so terrifyingly powerful.

Based on what she had just deduced, this cultivator was at least at the Seventh Level of the Dharma Aspect Realm, perhaps even higher!

As for the Cave Reality Realm... She hardly dared to consider it.

At the very least, he was at the Seventh Level of the Dharma Aspect Realm—and possibly at the very highest level!

"In that case, I'll take my leave." A faint smile curled Chen Lin's lips. His figure vanished from where he stood like a phantom. The next moment, he was standing in the Scripture Repository, while the clone he had left on the reclining chair remained as leisurely as ever.

If he left the Four Directions Merchant Association in person, the Minister of Works would surely intercept him. The Minister of Works only had to pin the label of "sect" on him.

After all, the Imperial Court and the sects were now at each other's throats.

He didn't need the extra trouble.

Chen Lin's departure immediately eased the tense atmosphere in the private room.

Unable to contain his doubts, Elder Qin asked Lin Qingxuan in a low voice, "Miss, do you... know that senior?"

Lin Qingxuan neither nodded nor denied it. She merely said, "Elder Qin, there are some things you needn't know too much about. Now that we're cooperating with the First Prince, we should do everything in our power to assist him."

The two of them already knew about Lin Qingxuan's partnership with Ling Xiao.

Hearing this, Elder Qin hurriedly bowed his head in acknowledgment. "Yes." He then slipped quietly out of the private room, leaving only Lin Qingxuan and Elder Feng behind.

Lin Qingxuan turned to the elderly woman beside her, her voice carrying a hint of complexity that was almost impossible to detect. "Elder Feng, arrange a meeting with Ling Tian for me."

In truth, from the moment she had arrived in Tianyan City, Ling Tian's name had stirred a different kind of feeling in her heart, though she couldn't explain why.

As for how she knew of the Dragon Tiger Heavenly Master, it was because that very Heavenly Master had arranged her partnership with Ling Tian back then.

Of course, there was an even deeper reason...

That position!

Just then, Elder Qin hurried back and lowered his voice. "Miss, the Minister of Works, Liu Chuanyuan, has arrived. He's asking where the Myriad Law Heavenly Sovereign went."

Lin Qingxuan's gaze narrowed, a chill passing through it. "Just tell him that man has left. Also, give Liu Chuanyuan some compensation and make him back down. You may as well hint at that man's strength so he can think twice."

Elder Qin acknowledged the order and withdrew.

At the same time, in the inner courtyard, Minister of Works Liu Chuanyuan paced furiously.

Elder Qin soon came before him, bowed, and presented a Storage Ring. "Please calm your anger, sir. This is a small token from our Four Directions Merchant Association. After all, your son did suffer some disturbance at our establishment."

Liu Chuanyuan gave a cold snort, the anger still plain on his face. "A small token? My son is an official of the Imperial Court. This is a blatant slap in the court's face!"

Though he said that, a barely perceptible flash of greed crossed his eyes. He discreetly accepted the ring and swept it with his Spiritual Sense. He mused to himself, My son's little mishap at most cost him face. It hardly counts as a 'slap in the face.'

Trading that little loss for these resources is worth it.