The Dilemma

That was the future Qin Qingyu knew.

At the same time, True Lord Yue Xu, who had only recently ascended to the Immortal Realm, knew full well that this was not the answer the Chenping Continent's current ruler, seated in the great hall, wanted to hear.

Or rather, instead of saying Chen Yan was asking her about Chenping Continent's future and prospects,

it would be more accurate to say that he wanted her to declare her position.

"Why make things so difficult for a little girl like her?"

Just as Qin Qingyu was pondering how she should answer Chen Yan's question, another voice suddenly rang out.

A young cultivator dressed in a plain Daoist robe slowly emerged from the shadows behind the white jade seat where Chen Yan sat.

When did he get there?

Qin Qingyu was taken aback. Even as a cultivator of the Ascension Realm, she had been completely unaware of the young man's presence until he spoke.

"Sir."

Qin Qingyu respectfully cupped her hands toward the young cultivator who had appeared from the shadows.

Perhaps the vast majority of cultivators in Chenping Continent's cultivation world did not know who this Dao Integration Realm cultivator was—the man who sat among the mighty Ascension Realm cultivators at the opening of every Dao Discussion at Du Cang Mountain.

But Qin Qingyu knew.

The foremost figure of the Immortal Dao in Chenping Continent, whose name had shaken the ages: Fusheng Immortal Venerable.

Whether it was Su Hongzhen, the Falling Star Sword Immortal from eight thousand years ago, or Chen Yan, Chenping Continent's current ruler, neither could compare with him.

After all, Sword Immortal Su had fallen too soon, while Chen Yan was still far from the Immortal Above Realm.

"Using a word like that to address True Person Qin is far