The saintess floated forward confidently.
"You are Li Yao, right?" she asked with a smile.
But Li Yao didn't respond, simply hovering in place with an unreadable expression.
"No need to hide it. I already figured it out," the saintess continued smugly. "I know all the geniuses from the central continent, but I don't know you. That means you're from the eastern continent. There's no way a young person from the eastern continent could be so strong"
Li Yao still didn't respond, her silence only fueling the saintess's confidence further.
"What? Don't feel like speaking? Are you scared?" she asked mockingly, her expression twisting into a sneer.
But suddenly, she heard a soft voice from directly behind her. "That's Sect Master Li to you."
The saintess spun around quickly in alarm, then immediately tried to step back and create distance from Li Yao. But she found her retreat blocked as Li Yao effortlessly caught her wrist in an iron grip.
