"So Fellow Daoist, you are the Han Li who advanced a few years ago. It is a pleasure to meet you! It's a pity you declined the invitation from the Holy City back then. Otherwise, I could have drunk to our hearts' content with you earlier," Holy Emperor Tian Yuan remarked with a smile, sizing Han Li up and down.
"Indeed, the Holy Emperor speaks the truth. I've heard that in just a few hundred years, Fellow Daoist Han advanced from a Deity Transformation Cultivator to your current realm. Such an astonishing speed may not be unprecedented, but it certainly leaves the rest of us in awe," the plump, white monk also grinned at Han Li, showing great interest in him.
"You flatter me, Master. My aptitude is quite ordinary. If not for having several fortuitous encounters in the Savage Realm, I could never have advanced so swiftly," Han Li replied with unusual politeness.
