Chen Lin sat on a meditation cushion.
Looking at the emaciated man, he said, "What would you like to trade, Grand Sage? Please speak plainly."
The emaciated man did not answer.
Instead, he took a candle from his sleeve and set it on the floor, then produced a matchbox and took out a match.
Chen Lin's expression shifted slightly.
The match the man had taken out was identical to the one he had obtained in Fairytale Town!
Though puzzled, Chen Lin asked no questions and simply watched the man's movements in silence.
The emaciated man did not look at Chen Lin either.
He struck it gently.
With a scraping sound, the match flared to life, and he lit the candle.
The candle did little to brighten the room. Instead, it produced a halo that enveloped both men, seemingly shielding them from outside scrutiny.
The Emaciated Old Man put the match away.
Only then did he look at Chen Lin.
"My name is Mo Qiyao, and I come from the Rainbow Realm. I was once the first person in the Rainbow Realm to ascend to Dominator. But to my surprise, just after my ascension, before I had fully stabilized my Dao Marks, I was attacked by mysterious energy. My body and soul began inexplicably dissipating."
"With no other choice, I hid here to cling to life."
"You're a cultivator from the Rainbow Realm, Senior?"
Chen Lin's voice was full of doubt.
A Dominator Tier expert would surely have a name that thundered in everyone's ears throughout the plane. Yet he had never heard of this man in the Rainbow Realm, nor seen him mentioned in any records.
"What, you know that plane?"
Mo Qiyao raised his eyelids slightly.
"What a coincidence. I'm also a cultivator from the Rainbow Realm, but I've