"Hey, hey, hey?"
"I couldn't possibly!"
"Lu..."
"Uh..."
"Junior Brother Lu, you're too polite..."
Mu Qingluan had always thought rather highly of Lu Yuan, but times had changed. The Yao Clan visit, followed by the Ancient Clan visit, had pushed Lu Yuan's status to the very pinnacle of the Dou Qi Continent. Though he might not yet compare to Nine Star Dou Sheng experts such as Gu Yuan, Hun Tiandi, and Zhu Kun—after all, most people still acknowledged the supremacy of those powerhouses—when it came to the foremost figure of the younger generation, no one had the slightest doubt that it was Lu Yuan.
Whether in terms of strength.
Background.
Connections, or anything else.
Lu Yuan was undeniably formidable.
In terms of strength, Lu Yuan had clearly displayed the cultivation of a Dou Sheng during his last appearance. Although the top prodigies of the Ancient Eight Clans had also reached that realm—such as Lei Dong, the young clan leader of the Thunder Clan, Hun Tian, the young clan leader of the Soul Clan, and a scant few others—they were all older than Lu Yuan, had started from a higher point than him, and even their actual battle records paled in comparison to his.
What battle records did Lu Yuan possess?
According to the publicly known records.
Every one of those prodigious Dou Shengs mentioned above had been defeated by Lu Yuan.
Some had even been killed.
Hun Tian, for instance.
Furthermore, Lu Yuan had once suppressed Huang Tian, the clan leader of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan. Though Huang Tian was not exceptionally powerful, he was still a genuine Five Star Dou Sheng. He had roamed the Dou Qi Continent for many years, and both his cunning and methods were exceedingly seasoned. It could be said that the Heavenly Demon