The Melon Ripened and Fell from Its Stem

"King Tianxuan?"

Li Rui frowned slightly.

The man outside was none other than King Tianxuan of the Divine Void Immortal Dynasty.

At this moment.

Cui He also rushed to his door. "Senior, the wind's picking up—should we run?"

Li Rui pondered, then rose to his feet. The courtyard gate creaked open as well.

"Greetings, Your Highness."

Li Rui cupped his hands slightly.

Neither servile nor haughty.

He was the Dao Child of White Jade Capital and held the esteemed, leisurely post of Scholar of the Hall of Grand Literature within the Divine Void Immortal Dynasty. Though the man before him was a prince wielding real power in the Divine Void Immortal Dynasty, he could hardly have Li Rui killed within Divine Void City. There was no need to be excessively humble; otherwise, he would only demean himself.

King Tianxuan saw nothing wrong with this. He merely looked Li Rui up and down with curiosity written across his face.

"Some say you lack staying power."

"But in my view, you are clearly building up strength for a great surge."

King Tianxuan said.

Li Rui quietly glanced at Xie Tingxuan, the Jiedao Sect prodigy standing beside King Tianxuan.

"Please."

Li Rui shifted slightly aside and welcomed the two into the small courtyard.

King Tianxuan looked around the courtyard with keen interest before slowly taking a seat. The moment he spoke, his words were startling:

"Master Li is a man of great talent. Serving as a mere scholar in the Hongwen Pavilion truly wastes your abilities. I wish to recommend Master Li to my royal father for entry into the Hall of Investiture. With fortune upon you, in no more than a hundred years, given Master Li's talent, you may perhaps enter the True Lord Realm."

Cui He, who was beside him, was