"Husband, what's wrong?" Seeing that Li Ling's expression was off, Mu Qingsi took the Communication Talisman and read it. She, too, was quite surprised.
"The Mystic Continent... the Great Qian Emperor sent an envoy to find us?"
The Mystic Continent was a familiar place to them, yet with the words "Great Qian Emperor" attached, it suddenly seemed rather foreign.
They had not returned there in over a hundred years, nor did they know any Great Qian Emperor. Things had likely long since changed beyond recognition.
Li Ling said, "As far as I know, the Great Qian Dynasty only appeared nine years before the Old Ancestor passed away-that is, eighty years ago. This dynasty is intimately connected to the Skycloud Sect's plans. The human sovereign who commands the lands of the Mystic Continent should be an important piece on the board."
Mu Qingsi said, "Indeed."
Li Ling said, "For someone like that to send an envoy to find me... just what does he want? It really gives one food for thought."
Mu Qingsi said, "More than the Great Qian Emperor himself, I'm concerned about the envoy's identity mentioned here. He's actually the emperor's father-in-law, the Mystic Xin Marquis, the third marquis descended from our Mu Household after our kingdom was abolished and our title downgraded... What exactly is going on?"
Li Ling said, "I don't know either, but it's difficult to deceive a genuine Core Formation cultivator about something like this. There's no need for them to humiliate themselves with a lie that would burst at a single poke. It should be true.
"In that case, he's a relative separated from us by several generations. We might as well meet him."
Mu Qingsi hesitated. "But we've already retired and taken the path of secluded cultivation..."
Li Ling smiled. "It's fine. I