"Su Ling Sect's He Lan, one Tier 5 Seed Devil Manifestation Pill!"
As the name rang out, He Yuan rose from his seat under the gaze of thousands. His heart pounding, he walked step by step toward the man hovering above.
Grand Lord Tianyuan looked at him and smiled faintly. His words carried the weight of a heavenly decree. "A Spirit Transformation Cultivator at eight hundred years old. Your aptitude is quite good, and you may go further yet. Take this pill. Once you return, enter seclusion and consolidate your cultivation. Keep striving."
To be called "quite good" by a Grand Venerable of the Body Integration Stage—those words alone were enough to make He Yuan famous among the Nine Great Sacred Sects.
Perhaps because he had only recently broken through and had yet to consolidate his cultivation, He Yuan's emotions surged uncontrollably.
The words that emerged from his aged face were even a little hoarse.
"Thank you for your gift, Grand Venerable. My Su Ling Sect will follow the Heaven Origin Dao Sect forever!"
Such groveling words, spoken on behalf of an entire sect, would normally have earned contempt.
But on this occasion, no one said a thing.
To the three Void Refinement factions—the Five Elements Divine Sect, Blue Fall Cult, and Dark Shadow Cult—Grand Lord Tianyuan's actions were an unmistakable display of favoritism.
First, he had given He Lan a pill of immense use to Spirit Transformation Cultivators, then praised him before everyone.
Surely he hoped the Su Ling Sect would produce another Refining Void True Lord one day, balancing the other Void Refinement factions in this territory!
After He Yuan withdrew, Grand Lord Tianyuan swept his gaze across the gathering, his smile widening.
But when his gaze passed over the nine nearby chairs and found one empty, it