Uchiha Shin and the others looked at the white-robed old man before them, all somewhat surprised.
Although they had already suspected that this old man was far from ordinary, his behavior still astonished them.
The old man had known Uchiha Shin and the others' identities from the very beginning. Perhaps he had come here specifically for them.
"May I ask who you are, sir?" Uchiha Shin asked.
Before learning the other party's identity, Uchiha Shin revealed no emotion and remained exceptionally calm.
"Hello, Mystic Spirit King. Who I am is unimportant. If you truly wish to know, simply regard me as an ordinary living being of the Three Realms," the old man said with a faint smile, unwilling to reveal his identity.
Uchiha Shin and the others did not press him.
The few of them sat there in silence. Uchiha Shin calmly sipped his wine, raising his cup toward the old man in greeting.
The white-robed old man smiled as he drank. Marshal Peng and Goku, meanwhile, sat there without moving.
"Mystic Spirit King, you truly are a patient man. If anyone else had encountered such a situation, they would have long since been unable to hold back from questioning me to the bottom of it—asking what was going on and why I had come. Yet you, Mystic Spirit King, are in no hurry at all. You make it seem as though I am the one who has come to ask you something," the white-robed old man said with a smile.
"Since you took the initiative to find me, sir, you must have something to discuss. Even if I do not ask, you will tell me. And if you are unwilling to speak, then asking would be pointless," Uchiha Shin replied with a smile.
The old man nodded with a