In Ling Jinyu's eyes, Mu Bai had merely made a little stir in Eastern Ridge. His fortunes did not even measure up to Xuan Jingnian of the Kunling Sect, much less the many outstanding talents of the Sacred Lands. He was not worth her risking a tribulation of love.
She had thought he had already died at the hands of Qian Hao of the Qianyuan Sacred Land. She had never expected to see him again in the Western Plains after all these years. He certainly had a tenacious hold on life.
Mu Bai understood Ling Jinyu's response. Back at the Jialan Defense Line, he had known that she placed her sect's great responsibilities above romantic love. Now, far from Eastern Ridge, she had come to the Venerable Domain and become a Holy Maiden. She was a woman in difficult circumstances, with no easy path.
"So you're Mu Bai? Or should I call you Qian Jingnian of Qian Yuan?"
Ever since arriving at Blood River Demon Valley, Xie Beichen had kept his eyes closed, resting quietly. Even the fierce battle earlier had not interested him. Mu Bai's appearance, however, brought a smile to his lips, and he exposed Mu Bai's identity in a single breath.
"So you were the one who impersonated Qian Jingnian, became Holy Son Qian Yuan, and even gravely wounded Qian Yuhuang. Interesting, very interesting..."
Lu Yunxuan and Qian Yuhuang were sworn enemies. Whether this man was Mu Bai or Qian Jingnian, anyone who could send Qian Yuhuang fleeing back to the Venerable Domain with grave injuries gave him immense satisfaction. But precisely because of this, he once again felt the urge to pit himself against Mu Bai.
"And you were the one who obtained the Reincarnation Dao-Proving Fruit!"
That Reincarnation Dao Fruit had been obtained at the