The slender woman was just as she had been before, tethered by a rope, her appearance and figure unchanged.
It was as though their last meeting had been only yesterday.
There was one difference.
Chen Lin's perception was no longer suppressed, and he could clearly sense her condition.
She was powerful.
Extremely powerful.
Yet, perhaps because of that rope, all her terrifying energy was confined within her body. Anyone whose perception was not keen enough would have mistaken her for an ordinary person.
"You actually managed to activate that ring. I underestimated you."
The slender woman walked up to Chen Lin.
She looked him up and down for a while.
"It seems his eye is better than mine. As far as I can see, there's nothing special about you."
"Who is he?"
Chen Lin asked, his eyes flickering.
Last time, she had assumed someone had sent him, and he had been wondering who that person was ever since. He had already confirmed that it was not Zuo Xiwen of Three Rooms.
"You don't know?"
Curiosity appeared on the slender woman's face.
"Then how did you get here last time? Surely it wasn't a coincidence. This place of mine isn't in the Real World. Without special guidance, finding it would be impossible."
"I don't know."
Chen Lin answered frankly.
Then-
He abruptly remembered something.
He asked gravely, "Was it the Lake-Fishing Old Man?"
His last visit had occurred while leaving the Seven-Star Realm. As for who could have altered his position in the River of Destiny, aside from Zuo Xiwen, the Lake-Fishing Old Man was the most suspicious.
"Heh."
The slender woman chuckled.
"He's still using the name Lake-Fishing Old Man? He really is addicted to pretending to be an old man."
Pretending to be an old man?
Doubt stirred in