After Ni Bao had finished her formal salute, Zhang Yu raised his sleeve and returned the gesture from his seat. "Greetings, Fellow Daoist Ni."
Hearing him address her as Fellow Daoist, Ni Bao could not help but feel much more at ease.
Although she was the treasure artifact Chang Yang had identified, and possessed the level of the upper realm, her human form restricted her. At present, she did not have much strength of her own, only the cultivation she displayed on the surface.
Besides, even if she could fully wield her own abilities, faced with a great power like Celestial Xia—one that possessed many Dao-Suppressing Treasures, had upper-realm mighty ones presiding over it, and could contend against Origin Xia—there was nothing she could possibly do to resist.
The instant her aura leaked out, she would likely be detected by the Dao-Suppressing Treasures within Celestial Xia and subsequently suppressed.
Zhang Yu raised his sleeve and made an empty gesture of invitation. "Fellow Daoist Ni, please take a seat and speak."
Ni Bao glanced to the side. Seeing Ming Zhou standing there with a smile, she somehow felt a little calmer.
After thanking him, she carefully took a seat to one side before saying, "This humble one rashly sought an audience with the Tingzhi because I wish to ask the Tingzhi to forgive me for concealing my origins."
After a pause, she added, "None of this has anything to do with Young Master Zeng. He truly knew nothing of my origins." What she feared most was implicating Zeng Nu; only after that came the prospect of being imprisoned once Celestial Xia learned her identity.
Zhang Yu nodded slightly. "So this is what concerns you. For those within Celestial Xia, Celestial Xia naturally must understand their roots and origins. Fellow Daoist, your