Shi Lan sat at the table by the window, making no move to rise.
The man before her gave her an utterly uncanny feeling. At first glance, he seemed perfectly ordinary, yet in a blink she sensed a profound weight, as if she were facing the stars of the universe.
The middle-aged man glanced at Tian Bai beside Shi Lan, then turned to her with an inscrutable look. He slowly walked over and sat down in front of her.
"You sent the invitation."
Shi Lan stated it rather than asking.
"Chu Hanzhou."
The man nodded and introduced himself.
The name meant nothing to Shi Lan; she had never heard it before. She shook her head.
"I'll spare you my own introduction. I imagine you already know enough about me. Let's get straight to the point."
If he merely wanted to meet her, he needn't have gone to such lengths.
"Chengtian Domain, Ancient Phoenix City."
At Chu Hanzhou's words, Shi Lan's brow furrowed slightly. Back then, in Ancient Phoenix City, she had absorbed the pool of phoenix blood under the eyes of a crowd of martial experts. It seemed she had left some trace behind, and something had gone wrong.
"Are you here because of that pool of phoenix blood?"
"The phoenix blood doesn't matter. A Starfall Realm Blood Phoenix isn't worth all this trouble."
Chu Hanzhou shook his head.
"You must have obtained something else from that pool of phoenix blood."
Shi Lan's gaze flickered. Chu Hanzhou's mention of the Starfall Realm gave her a few clues. It was probably a realm like the Sun-Moon Realm, one entered after reaching Emperor Grade.
He didn't even care about a Demon Emperor. The man before her had to be at least a Human Emperor.
Once she had a sense of things, Shi