The middle-aged man spoke calmly, offering no further explanation.
Heavenly Origin City?
The moment those three words were spoken, gasps rose from the surrounding crowd.
Eternal Main Star had ten core main cities, and Heavenly Origin City was one of them.
It was a true center of power, where ancient financial clans, cultivation families, and members of the Council of Elders gathered. Two of its districts even housed the foundations of the lineages of the Eternal Star Domain's two great enlightened beings. It was no trivial place.
It was said that Immortal Platform cultivators there were as common as dogs.
To the residents of Feng City, it was destined to remain a distant, unreachable place. Entering it required meeting countless conditions; it was not somewhere one could simply go on a whim.
"People from Heavenly Origin City... why would they come here?"
"They're looking for Tan Lin?"
"Could it be... that there's something special about him?"
A sudden commotion broke out, and the people around them began discussing it animatedly. Their gazes toward Tan Lin were filled with astonishment and curiosity.
Tan Lin fell silent for a moment. He knew he had no room to refuse.
Since the other side had been able to send people directly from Heavenly Origin City, their influence far exceeded anything he had imagined.
At the same time, based on that fact and several details he had observed, he ruled out the possibility that these people belonged to the Research Bureau.
"I'll go with you."
He nodded.
But at that moment—
"Wait!"
A crisp voice suddenly rang out.
Everyone turned around and saw a striking figure rush out from the crowd.
It was Qi Xiyuan.
She had clearly received word and run all the way over from the twelfth-grade teaching building.
Her hair was