Li Qingshan nodded and looked calmly at the Heavenly Secrets Saintess.
"Heavenly Secrets Saintess, there is indeed something I don't understand."
His tone was composed but earnest. "We had never met before. Why did you warn me to beware of the Purple Void Palace on the ninth floor of the Myriad Immortal Tower?"
"You seem to take quite an interest in me. Would you be willing to clear up my confusion?"
He asked directly, without beating around the bush.
The Heavenly Secrets Saintess gazed deeply at Li Qingshan, her eyes as cool and still as deep pools.
That glance seemed to pierce through time and space, discerning some distant karmic connection.
"His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor's guidance brought me here. In you, I saw a karmic connection to His Majesty."
She spoke slowly, her voice cool and level, yet her words exploded like a thunderclap beside Li Qingshan's ears.
"A karmic connection to the Heavenly Emperor?"
Li Qingshan's heart jolted.
What did the Heavenly Secrets Saintess mean?
She had seen a karmic connection to the Heavenly Emperor in him. That immediately brought the Wish-Fulfilling Gourd in his possession to mind.
The Wish-Fulfilling Gourd was the Heavenly Emperor's life-bound supreme treasure. If they were talking about karmic connections, it certainly had an extremely deep one with the Heavenly Emperor.
Was this the heavenly secrets great dao?
Shaken, Li Qingshan grew deeply wary of the Heavenly Secrets Saintess.
She cultivated the heavenly secrets great dao and could see fragments of the past and future within the river of time. Perhaps she really could see something in him...
His thoughts raced, but his expression remained composed. He merely frowned slightly, letting a trace of puzzlement show.
"Heavenly Secrets Saintess, what do you mean?"
His question carried a measure of curiosity and wariness.
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