"See for yourself." Looking flustered, Qing Ji handed Ju Huang a seemingly ordinary letter, then added, "And this bronze bell."
Ju Huang's delicate brows furrowed slightly as she took the letter and read it.
"This was sent by the humans to the east?"
There was nothing wrong with the letter itself. An uninformed outsider would merely think the humans were trying to cultivate connections and conduct trade.
The bronze bell that accompanied it was ordinary too, neither a magical artifact nor a magic treasure, nor any ancient curiosity.
But the letter contained allusions that only Ju Huang and Qing Ji understood, and the bronze bell itself inevitably brought their experiences on Copper Bell Mountain to mind.
They had spent some time hiding there with Li Ling, so naturally they understood what the bronze bell represented.
With a trace of worry, Qing Ji said, "What should we do? Before, we had no idea who True Person Zixu really was. We thought he was some senior expert connected to the Incense Accumulation Sect, but who would have imagined he was Li Ling himself! He's a ruthless figure who can exchange blows with Blood Sea Demon Venerable, far harder to deal with than the True Person Zixu we knew before."
The heroes of the world were not so easily fooled. As word spread of Li Ling's fierce battle against Blood Sea Demon Venerable and his other exploits, his fame had soared. Even within the Netherworld Sect, he was vaguely regarded as an invincible, peerless powerhouse.
Anyone who took the trouble to gather accounts of his deeds would realize that the so-called True Person Zixu was very likely Li Ling himself.
To be honest, however, the cultivation True Person Zixu displayed early on had only been that of an ordinary Yang Spirit. Though beyond