"!?"

Nie Rongrong's eyes suddenly widened in disbelief as she looked at Qin Heng. Her beautiful face showed an expression of extreme shock, but she still took a deep breath, revealed a sweet and ladylike smile, and said, "Fellow student, don't you know it's very impolite to speak to a girl like that?"

As she spoke, she looked around to gauge the reactions of others, only to find that they seemed to have frozen in place; outside, it appeared as if the world had turned into a colorless painting, stuck in time.

The smile on Nie Rongrong's face immediately stiffened, and her gaze towards Qin Heng was filled with terror as she trembled, "Saint, Saint? Are you, are you a Saint? Please spare me, spare me! I have absolutely no ill intentions! I, I have never harmed humans!!"

Blocking external perceptions was a technique that at least required a Saint to perform.

She was nearly crying.

Originally, thanks to the possession of Empress Jade passed down from ancient times in her family, she could avoid the detection of all human Martial Artists and joyfully live among human society for a while.

She had never imagined that in such a short amount of time, she would encounter a human Saint and, against all reason, have her true form exposed. How unlucky could she be!!

Yet, why could this Saint in front of her see through her disguise??

The Empress Jade, rumored to be the treasure given to his daughter by King Da Yu, should make her indiscernible even to real Immortals, let alone her true form being seen through!

Nie Rongrong felt a mix of fear and confusion in her heart.

"I have not said I would kill you," Qin Heng said with a light chuckle as he looked at Nie Rongrong's panicked demeanor. "You have no aura of killing on you, not even the scent of blood or flesh; you probably have had little to do with meat since you were little."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Nie Rongrong nodded frantically like a pecking hen. "Us Nine-tailed Foxes of Mount Tu have always fed on Spiritual Medicine and stay away from anything foul-smelling. Even when I'm in the mortal world, I only eat vegetarian food."

"Mount Tu?" Qin Heng was slightly taken aback upon hearing this. He looked at Nie Rongrong more carefully and smiled, "So you're from the maternal home of King Da Yu's wife, the Fox Clan of Mount Tu. My apologies for the oversight."

In his past life, after Qin Heng ascended to the Immortal realm, he had visited the Fiery Cloud Palace and met this ancient ancestor from the Human Clan, even King Da Yu's wife from the Mount Tu family, and he had a rather good impression of the Mount Tu Fox Clan.

However, in his past life, the Mount Tu Fox Clan had long since moved to the Immortal realm. To his surprise, in this parallel Earth, the Mount Tu Fox Clan was still around, which was unexpected for Qin Heng.

"Wow! Have you heard about my great-grandmother too?" Upon hearing Qin Heng's words, Nie Rongrong immediately beamed with excitement. "My grandfather said that the legend of my great-grandmother is very famous among humans. It's true, just as I thought."

"Great-grandmother?" Qin Heng exclaimed in surprise. "The wife of King Da Yu is your great-grandmother?"

According to worldly historical records, King Da Yu's water control efforts occurred over four thousand years ago, but in the hidden records concerning the Transcendent and Mythical, that era seemed even more distant, at least thirty thousand years in the past.

How old was this little fox?

"Wow! Are you saying I'm old?" Nie Rongrong seemed to read Qin Heng's thoughts, puckered her lips, and said, "I'm very young, only twelve hundred years old!"

Only... twelve hundred years old??

This is...!

I have lived for only nineteen years in my past life and present!

Indeed, the lifespan of divine creatures like Divine Beasts cannot be measured by the standards of mortals.

The corners of Qin Heng's mouth twitched slightly as he said, "That really is young. Yet, you're only equivalent to a Martial Artist at the peak of the Innate stage. Is Mount Tu really at ease letting you go out?"

He was subtly probing the situation of Mount Tu.

In his past life, the Mount Tu of the Immortal realm was no small force, with hundreds of Golden Immortals, dozens of Taiyi Golden Immortals, and three Daluo Golden Immortals with significant Divine Skills. He wondered what level this Mount Tu on Earth was at.

"I am young indeed! Our Fox Clan reaches adulthood at two thousand years old. According to your human age, I'm only like a ten-year-old child."

Nie Rongrong pouted her little mouth, which was adorably red and plump, saying, "Grandpa said that the strong ones among humans are all in slumber, and with my Innate pinnacle level, there shouldn't be any danger..."

At this point, she suddenly pursed her lips in dissatisfaction, saying, "I didn't expect Grandpa to actually deceive me! Who said the strong ones are all sleeping? I haven't been out for long and already I've encountered you, a Saint!"

"Actually, I'm not a Saint either. Seeing through your true form and this method of isolating us from the outside world merely relies on a Secret Technique," Qin Heng said with a smile, not lying at all.

The former was dependent on the Eternal Divine Sense nature, while the latter was based on his own cultivation and experience, using Foundation Establishment Spells. For the current him, it was easy.

"So you're also Innate?" Nie Rongrong was very naïve. Taking Qin Heng at his word, she visibly relaxed quite a bit and said with a smile, "Ah, you really gave me a scare just now. I was afraid you were going to kill me; then I could only return to Mount Tu."

"Mount Tu has already been hidden in the void beyond Earth, hasn't it?" Qin Heng thought for a moment after hearing Nie Rongrong's words and said, "Did you come out this time because of the revival of Spiritual Energy too?"

Nie Rongrong's recent words clearly meant that if she were to be killed in the mundane world of humans, she would be transported back to Mount Tu to be revived, implying that Mount Tu might no longer be in the same spacetime dimension as Earth.

Implementing this kind of life-transfer and resurrection within the same spacetime dimension is not easy. At least a true Immortal would be able to do it, and the probability of such a high-level powerhouse still residing in the human universe is not great.

"How do you know?" Nie Rongrong looked at Qin Heng in surprise and then thought for a moment before saying, "It seems that although you are not a Saint, you must be a disciple of an Ancient Divine Sect. Yes, I did come out this time to prepare for the resurgence of Spiritual Energy.

"Since the Tang Dynasty, as Spiritual Energy gradually declined, Grandpa used his great Mana to activate the Formation left by our ancestors, moving the entire Mount Tu into the void, hiding it from view. However, by doing so, the underlying principles, the Dao, and its resonance became incomplete, not whole.

"Grandpa wants to break through the level of the Eternal Emperor to achieve the Imperial Throne, and our clan members also want to reach the level of Great Saint, and even Saint King and Deity. This requires Mount Tu to return to the Central Heavenly Domain."

At least one Eternal Emperor in Mount Tu?

Qin Heng's eyes narrowed slightly. He had once communicated with Su Weiyang, the Saint King of the ancient Jade Pool sect, who was inhabiting Cheng Yuyao's body, and knew that the level of an Eternal Emperor was roughly equivalent to a Cultivator at the Returning to Empty stage.

They possessed the power to annihilate the Milky Way and wreak havoc upon the Starry Sky.

In the void surrounding Earth, there was such a terrifyingly powerful Martial Artist hiding?

And alive?

Preparing to descend upon Earth after the resurgence of Spiritual Energy?

It was indeed quite inconceivable.

In Qin Heng's previous life, even the great Cultivation sects in the depths of the cosmic Starry Sky rarely had Cultivators at the Returning to Empty stage!

"Earth is becoming more and more interesting," Qin Heng said with a smile.

Then, with a gentle wave of his hand, he dispelled the fog that isolated outside perception, and Nie Rongrong's view of the black and white scenery immediately returned to its original, vividly colored state.

Nie Rongrong looked at Qin Heng in amazement, as it was her first time seeing someone below the level of a Saint use such a wondrous technique. It made her feel very astonished.

"Qin Heng, shall we be friends?" Nie Rongrong proposed enthusiastically. She initially thought Qin Heng was tall and handsome and wanted to get to know him better. Now she truly wanted to make friends.

"No way!!"

Just at this moment, Ma Jun suddenly stood up and roared.

He marched up to Nie Rongrong, pointed at Qin Heng, and said, "Rongrong! With his poor and wretched appearance,

"He's not worthy of being your friend at all!!"