"It seems you really did enter the last Spirit Land. The Slaughter Evil Lord was right," the old man exclaimed in wonder. "You were very lucky. As for that Senior Ji you said gave you the Cold Jade Key..."
"Do you know him, Senior?" Huang Xiao asked hurriedly.
Huang Xiao still wanted to learn that Senior Ji's identity.
Having encountered a senior of such standing, how could Huang Xiao miss this opportunity? The man surely knew many secrets and many people, especially some of the mysterious masters of the Jianghu.
"This old man does know someone surnamed Ji, but she is a woman, not the man you spoke of," the old man said.
"They share a surname, so there should be some connection between them, right?" Huang Xiao asked.
"As far as this old man knows, that woman should be alone, with no one else surnamed Ji around her," the old man said after some thought. "Of course, what this old man knows may not necessarily be correct. The two might be connected after all. That man surnamed Ji you spoke of is no ordinary person, either."
Huang Xiao felt somewhat disappointed. He still had not learned Senior Ji's precise identity.
Still, he had not come away entirely empty-handed. At least Huang Xiao now knew there was also a woman surnamed Ji, whose strength was probably astonishing beyond measure.
It seemed he would have to investigate for himself whether the two were connected.
"They must be connected to the Longevity Daoist," Huang Xiao said with a sigh.
"There is no doubt about that," the old man said. "Let us get back to you. You promised to give the Slaughter Evil Lord the Cold Jade Key. Did he offer nothing in return?"
"Senior, even if the Slaughter Evil Lord gave Huang