With Jin Ruhua's promise, Chen Lin finally felt somewhat reassured.
But new questions arose as well.
Before she told him to leave, he immediately asked, "There's something I don't understand, Senior. How did you determine that I was a Stowaway from the Outer Realms? And what exactly do these Outer Realms refer to?"
He no longer addressed her as Elder.
That sounded too stiff.
Zhe Min had called him a Stowaway from the Outer Realms before, and now she had said the same thing. He could hardly contain his curiosity and wanted to build some rapport to learn more.
"Do you know what this realm of ours is called?"
Jin Ruhua seemed to be in a decent mood and did not coldly reject his question.
Chen Lin answered at once.
"Isn't all of it the Rainbow Domain?"
Jin Ruhua shook her head slightly.
"The Rainbow Domain is merely the plane we inhabit. There are many such planes. I'm talking about this star domain."
Without waiting for Chen Lin to speak, she continued on her own.
"This star domain is called the Sevenfold Domain, named for the seven star vortices along the edge of the Star Screen."
"The Star Screen is utterly terrifying. Even someone as powerful as Huiye, the Lord of the Moon Palace, cannot take so much as half a step beyond the star domain. The Purple Emperor's Cage Array was modeled after it."
"And Stowaways from the Outer Realms are beings from other star domains whose souls arrive in our star domain through unknown means after their deaths."
Jin Ruhua stopped speaking and fixed her gaze on Chen Lin.
Chen Lin drew a deep breath.
He nodded. "By your definition, Senior, I suppose I am a Stowaway from the Outer Realms."
Jin Ruhua smiled.
"Of course I know