Zi Zhao didn't lie.
Previously, he indeed had this plan.
An Earth-level expert, although at their level, is the basic strength standard for communication.
However, no one likes to randomly offend people.
Especially him, who prefers to have more friends for more help. If it wasn't for the trouble Yu Manfang stirred up being too big, even he would lower his status to befriend Li Chen.
After all, based on the strength Li Chen displayed, if he could break through to the Earth level in the future, he might directly skip the first threshold of the Earth level, reaching the second stage.
At that time, Li Chen's value would be beyond comparison to Yu Manfang's current situation.
But, after all, Li Chen is just a Mystic Rank Martial Artist.
After a lot of thought and consideration, in the end, Zi Zhao still chose Yu Manfang.
The path to break through to the Earth level, no one understands its difficulty more than he does.
