Sure enough, just as Pan Long feared, someone came looking for him a moment later.
The visitor was an old man with white hair and beard who looked even older than Zeng Yingqi. Yet as he stood in midair, he seemed on the verge of merging with the sea breeze around him and vanishing at any moment. It was an exceedingly strange sight.
Pan Long knew this was a phenomenon that appeared when one's cultivation reached Unity of Heaven and Man.
Generally, masters who had just entered the Heavenly Human Realm were most likely to show this sign of "man merging with heaven and earth." As their cultivation deepened, it gradually faded, until they looked little different from ordinary people.
"This old man is Min Kun. My ancestors were once disciples of the Sea-Opening Zeng Family. After more than two hundred and twenty years of cultivation, I was fortunate enough to enter the Heavenly Human Realm," he said slowly. "The Heaven Lion King is overseeing matters here. Since I have some ties to the Zeng Family, I volunteered to help with the investigation."
His gaze settled on Pan Long. "As I understand it, 'the One-Coin Hero of Yi Province' was a name you used some years ago, Young Hero Pan. Have you ever lent it to anyone else?"
Pan Long frowned inwardly. His teacher had never mentioned anyone named Min Kun. Presumably, the man had always lived in seclusion, so his teacher had seen no need to bring him up.
Whatever the case, the man was a master who had achieved Unity of Heaven and Man. He could not be underestimated!
Pan Long smiled and met Min Kun's gaze without a trace of guilt. "Slay the wicked, stamp out evil; a copper coin claims the soul. When I first took