I am Yan Hanlin. May I ask where you dao companions come from and how should I address you?"
Cao Zhen didn't even think before he bluffed, "We are from Tai Chu, and I am called Qin Haoxuan."
"Tai Chu?" Yan Hanlin nodded slightly at the name— he had never heard of Tai Chu, but since they weren't very connected with the Immortal Sects of the various dynasties, it wasn't unusual to be unaware. He didn't ponder it further and continued introducing himself, "Dao companion, I possess nine Golden Cores and have completed Pill Fusion. May I inquire about your cultivation base?
Understanding each other's cultivation base would make it easier to divide tasks once we enter the ruins. How shall we explore the ruins?"
"Oh, I'm at the sixth level of Golden Core," Cao Zhen said, pointing at Ling Xi and the others, "I am the strongest among the four of us."
He was not lying; he was indeed at the sixth level of Golden Core and certainly the strongest of the four.
