Qin Hao felt as though he had been seen through, leaving him inwardly unsettled in a way he could not describe. Hearing the elderly Tu Ling's question, he hurriedly replied:
"You flatter me, Senior. I was only trying my luck at first. I never expected to succeed."
At those words, the elderly Tu Ling gave Qin Hao an inscrutable smile. "Though I can observe countless worlds, the chaos currents in the Ancient Heavensea Ruins are too turbulent for me to probe."
"I have no way of knowing how you cultivated in the Ancient Heavensea Ruins, either. All right, since we've arrived, head on down."
"Oh, I'll summon someone to take you over."
The elderly Tu Ling beckoned.
Whoosh!
Space neither tore open nor rippled, yet a young man appeared out of thin air beside the lake.
The young man looked about twenty-five or twenty-six, with dignified features and an extraordinary bearing. As soon as he appeared, he respectfully cupped his hands toward the elderly Tu Ling and Divine Lord Redcloud.
"Lord Tu Ling."
"Divine Lord Redcloud."
The elderly Tu Ling waved a hand without speaking, merely gesturing for the young man to go over.
Divine Lord Redcloud nodded in greeting.
Seeing this, the young man approached Qin Hao of his own accord, a faint smile on his face.
Qin Hao looked at the young man and opened his mouth, unsure how to address him. Above all, he could not sense the slightest life aura from the young man!
And yet...
The young man gave Qin Hao a sense of tremendous strength.
A seven-star ancestral god!
The young man before him was clearly a seven-star ancestral god.
"...Greetings, Senior Brother."
Qin Hao had intended to introduce himself, but remembering what Divine Lord Redcloud had said earlier, he refrained from giving his