"Boss Chen, I trust you've been well."
After Chen Lin had waited where he stood for about two hours, the Old Shopkeeper of the Time Cottage appeared out of thin air and greeted him with a smile.
Chen Lin raised an eyebrow.
"You certainly hide your true colors well, Old Shopkeeper. You must have discovered my identity long ago. Don't tell me you saw something else in the River of Time?"
"Hahaha."
The Old Shopkeeper laughed heartily.
"The River of Time is not immutable, and the future is never fixed. Even if one can see a few things, that doesn't solve much. You needn't worry too much, Boss Chen."
As he spoke,
he took out a wine pot and sent it over to Chen Lin, wrapped in mana.
Chen Lin did not accept it.
Looking at the man, he said, "I'll pass on the wine. Could you tell me what ingredients you used besides the Yunming Flower? Did you use the origin essence of practitioners of the time law?"
The Old Shopkeeper's smile remained unchanged.
Taking back the wine pot, he said, "I did use some. It seems you've come looking for someone, Boss Chen. Could it be a woman surnamed Xiao?"
"Exactly."
Chen Lin's reply was grave.
At the same time, he flicked his sleeve, and countless fine runes appeared, flickering over his palm.
He had to find Xiao Qingmo. If the man intended to use her to hold him hostage, he could only subdue him and perform a Soul Search to learn the truth.
"Don't get worked up, Boss Chen."
The Old Shopkeeper glanced at the runic inscriptions on Chen Lin's palm.
Still smiling, he said, "Making a move on Tianyuan Star comes at a tremendous price. Unless you have the strength to withstand a Dominator head-on, you'd