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Su Xin looked at Han Jiangli, who called himself an imperial offering of the Great Zhou, a trace of coldness appearing in his eyes.
The man had not lied. He truly was an imperial offering of the Great Zhou, and his strength was far from weak among the imperial offerings.
He had joined the Imperial Offering Hall shortly after the Great Zhou was founded, making him one of the old hands of the Great Zhou. Even before joining the Great Zhou, he had enjoyed no small reputation in the Jianghu. The name "Star-Plucking Hand" Han Jiangli had already resounded throughout the Jianghu when he first entered the Spirit Transformation Realm.
Han Jiangli came from a rogue cultivator background. He had been obscure in his youth, but upon first entering the Spirit Transformation Realm, he had relied on a secret technique, the Star-Plucking Hand, to stride unrivaled through the Jianghu, defeating the young elites of numerous major sects.
However, Han Jiangli thought highly of himself and was arrogant by nature. Given his strength, quite a few sects had once intended to invite him to join them as an offering, but Han Jiangli had rejected them all.
Rejecting them would have been one thing—such matters were perfectly normal. Other than rogue martial artists who were truly too weak and had no other choice, rogue martial artists who had already earned some reputation in the Jianghu generally had no shortage of prospects. Aristocratic families and sects alike liked to hire them as retainers or guest elders. If they refused, it was merely because they prized freedom and did not wish to be constrained.
When faced with such matters, those aristocratic families and