Two elderly figures sat before a tea stall in Forgotten River City.
Both had snow-white hair and beards.
One wore a simple brown Daoist robe, while the other wore a pale white Daoist robe without any adornment.
The elderly figure in pale white was an External Incarnation of Chen Yan.
There were no decorations on his pale white Daoist robe.
When Chen Yan had activated the Great Evolution Art to create this External Incarnation, he had modeled its robe on those worn by the Empty Mountain Sect's outer court disciples.
As for this External Incarnation's appearance...
He had modeled it on how he himself had looked in old age during his first reincarnation.
Old Li's reaction plunged Chen Yan into a brief spell of bewilderment and confusion.
At the same time, countless threads of karma began to manifest. All the karma Chen Yan had concealed through his innate divine ability intertwined and connected.
Everything behind the Thousand Faces Sect came fully to the surface.
But this External Incarnation of Chen Yan had no attention to spare for any of it.
Right now, he focused all his attention on one thing.
Why had this old cultivator with snow-white hair and beard seen through his true identity?
"I really never expected you to still be alive."
Old Li's voice was filled with surprise.
"Oh?"
Facing "Old Li," who had become an entirely different person in practically an instant, Chen Yan merely continued speaking with perfect composure.
Even though his years of planning had vanished into nothing in the blink of an eye.
"Because I remember hearing a few years ago that you'd left the sect to try your luck in the Falling Sword Mountain Range. But once you left, you never came back."
As he spoke, Old Li, sitting beside Chen Yan,