Jing Jiu glanced at the old man.
This old man was, of course, Heaven Near Person.
He was widely acknowledged as the Fate Master closest to the Heavenly Way.
But Jing Jiu had little interest in him, even when he mentioned Jingyang.
Only upon hearing these words did he look at him squarely for the first time.
Because whether it was a guess or his habitual mystifying act, the man had, in any case, spoken the truth.
He truly cared little for the mortal world.
This was no secret; he simply had neither the need nor the opportunity to announce it to the entire mortal world.
Liu S sui and Zhao Layue should have sensed something of it, but because their relationships with Jing Jiu were different, they could not be certain.
Heaven Near Person had laid this bare, which surprised him somewhat.
But rather than pursue what the man had said, he asked, "I hear everyone may ask three questions."
The brush in Heaven Near Person's hand paused on the paper. "Correct. Any questions at all."
As he spoke, he did not raise his head to look at Jing Jiu.
This did not signify rudeness, for everyone on the continent knew that his eyes could not see.
Jing Jiu stared at his forehead, as though trying to discern something among those wrinkles.
Heaven Near Person was also waiting for something.
All of Chaoge City knew he had come, but did not know he was staying in the Old Plum Garden.
Anyone who could learn his whereabouts today and quietly come here was far from ordinary.
Luo Huainan, for instance, and the Brocade-Clad Young Man, as well as, of course, Zhao Layue and Jing Jiu.
As the most renowned Fate Master on the Chaotian Continent, Heaven Near Person could often