Of course, as for which one of the two it actually is, with Zhan Li's level and status, she has no way of knowing.
After Zhan Li walked a few steps, she stopped. The Great Celestial Venerable, however, tugged at the corner of his mouth, as if forcing out a trace of a smile, and his tone was as gentle as he could make it.
"Do not fear, little girl. Come a bit closer."
Zhan Li's heart pounded wildly. Suppressing the horror and tension in her chest, she shuffled forward a few more steps, slightly bending her body, making a thoroughly respectful posture.
At last, when she was standing less than three steps away from the Great Celestial Venerable, he no longer spoke.
Only those pitch‑black eyes seemed to be fixed on Zhan Li, scrutinizing her.
Under that pair of black pupils, Zhan Li's body felt nothing at all—yet in her heart there arose a strange sensation, as if those eyes had seen through every last detail of her entire life.
