The middle-aged man smiled. "Please forgive me, Alliance Leader Lu. I always appear like this when meeting anyone, even Elder Chan."
Lu Yin raised an eyebrow. "How should I address you, Senior?"
The middle-aged man smiled and lifted a hand, writing a single character in the air: pearl.
Lu Yin looked puzzled. "Zhu? Senior Zhu?"
The middle-aged man nodded. "That will do."
Lu Yin found it odd. The character for "pearl" sounded exactly like the word for "pig."
"They're different. The sound is the same, but the meanings aren't: one is an object, the other a living creature," the middle-aged man said with a smile.
Lu Yin was startled. He'd only thought it; he hadn't said it aloud. "Can you read my mind?"
The middle-aged man laughed. "It was just an ordinary guess. Anyone would have had the same thought. It was obvious."
Lu Yin gave him a strange look. "May I ask why you invited me here, Senior?"
The middle-aged man studied Lu Yin seriously. "The champion of the Supreme Competition, the king of the younger generation. Everyone wants to see you for themselves."
"That's all?" Lu Yin asked, puzzled.
"My Star Gate wishes to form a good relationship with Alliance Leader Lu and offer you a piece of advice. It may help you in the future," the middle-aged man said.
"What kind of good relationship?" Lu Yin asked curiously.
The middle-aged man's eyes flickered. Lu Yin knew he was divining. He stood still calmly and waited.
Star Picking Girl hadn't been able to divine anything about him. When Xuan Jiu had tried in the past, he'd wept blood and sworn never to divine Lu Yin again. Lu Yin wanted to see what the Star Gate's sect master could do.
"There are traces of the Xuantian Mirror on you,