Chapter 151: Starhaven Realm?
From another world?
I couldn’t help but smile. "And what makes you think that?"
"If it was just the strange techniques," Han Renyi began slowly, "or even your obvious lack of knowledge about certain aspects of our world, I might have assumed you were some ancient rouqin trying to come back to life. But the energies you use..." He paused, and I could feel him gathering his thoughts. "They're not just different from rouqi, they're fundamentally alien to everything I know about cultivation."
I stayed silent, letting him go on, I was curious how someone from this world interpreted what they'd seen.
"First, there's that blue energy," he continued. "The one that healed my wounds in the alley. It felt... pure, almost holy. Like what the old texts describe when they talk about the Celestial Sovereign's healing touch.
"Then there's the red energy," he went on. "The way it interacts with those patterns – those 'runes' as you call them. It's like nothing I've ever heard of, and trust me, I've read on all the different abilities of the past Rouqin, even the demonic ones."
I felt his consciousness hesitate before addressing the final energy type, and if it had been possible for a mental voice to take a deep breath, I'm pretty sure he would have.
"But it's the third type that really gave it away," he whispered. "The one you used against Zhang Ruiyang at the end. It was... it was almost like rouqi, but more... more..." He struggled to find the right words. "More complete, somehow. More real."
I leaned back against the wall, considering my response carefully. Through our shared senses, I could feel his anticipation building, almost taste his desperate hope for confirmation of his theory.