Jiang Lan looked at the gray-robed man before him and fell silent for a moment.
He did have something to say.
A lot, in fact.
He just needed to think about where to begin.
After all, he had intended to seek the man out himself. He simply hadn't expected to be stopped before he could even leave.
The gray-robed man didn't hurry him. He simply stood quietly where he was, waiting for him to speak.
Jiang Lan took a deep breath and spoke first.
"The Spiritual Qi Core hasn't dissipated."
The gray-robed man's gaze shifted slightly.
"I have it," Jiang Lan said.
The gray-robed man said nothing, merely watching him as though waiting for him to continue.
Jiang Lan had a fairly good idea now.
The man had indeed already guessed.
"Besides the Spiritual Qi Core... when I explored Ruins No. 18 before, I found a little ball. Do you know about that?"
At this, the gray-robed man's brow shifted slightly. Then he nodded and said,
"I do."
Since he knew, that made things easier.
Jiang Lan said bluntly, "There's an Intelligent Life residing inside that ball."
"An Intelligent Life?"
"Yes. He said he was an intelligent support entity," Jiang Lan said. "But I was the first living creature he saw after waking up, so he seems to have recognized me as his master by default."
Even Jiang Lan thought it sounded a little ridiculous once he said it, but there was nothing he could do. That was what had happened.
The gray-robed man lowered his head and considered this for a while before asking,
"He must have told you quite a lot?"
Jiang Lan's eyes flickered slightly.
The man really was sharp. Before Jiang Lan could even explain, he had already guessed most of it.
Since he had already