"No trespassing in the Nine Li Grand Hall. Who are you?"
A stern voice rang out, jolting the distracted Changxi from her reverie.
Changxi abruptly opened her eyes. A man clad in beast hides, with bulging muscles and a long black spear in his hand, appeared before her.
He was one of the guards protecting the great hall of Nine Li. They could sense anyone who stepped within its grounds.
Now that Changxi had become a mortal, she naturally could not act so brazenly. She had to play the part of a frail woman to avoid being exposed.
"My lord, I am but a frail woman from a Human Race tribe. I have traveled a thousand miles to the Jiuli Tribe. Please allow me an audience with the Martial Ancestor."
Changxi put on a pitiful expression to win the guards' sympathy.
"The Human Race?"
The guards hesitated at her words. Lin Tian had indeed helped the Human Race several hundred years ago, so perhaps there really was some connection between them.
Although Lin Tian was the Human Race Martial Ancestor, only powerful immortals who paid attention to affairs in the Primordial World knew that. Lowly soldiers knew nothing of it.
"Wait here a moment. I'll announce your arrival."
The human-witch soldier did not know why the woman before him sought Lin Tian. Still, remembering that his leader had helped the Human Race, he naturally would not make things too difficult for her. Besides, the woman looked so bedraggled that it tugged at his heart.
"Sorry for the trouble, my lord."
Changxi answered softly and watched the guard head into the hall. Her expression remained unchanged, but inwardly she was delighted.
A short while later, the warrior walked back out of the hall and said solemnly, "The leader says you may