An unaffiliated cultivator who could comprehend the source laws at Star-level was an ideal disciple, especially for certain immortals nearing death. Immortals had extraordinarily long lifespans and could live for an entire Reincarnation Era, but that did not mean they could not die along the way, just as Huyan Bo had. The universe had no shortage of immortals approaching death, though that death might still be tens of thousands of years away.
In the original story, when Luo Feng displayed his talent, an immortal nearing death had wanted to take him as a disciple. Unfortunately, Luo Feng's talent later proved so extraordinary that he joined the Virtual Universe Company directly.
"He can use the Yan Shen Armament at Star-level. What a pity. We won't be able to keep a genius like that in the empire." As Luo Feng revealed his talent, the emperor of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire made a point of watching his match, then lamented the loss.
"Your Majesty, with someone so talented, we should focus on building a good relationship. Who knows what he might achieve in ten thousand or a hundred thousand years? We should simply give him the reward we promised. We cannot compete with the Qianwu Universe Country."
Humanity had developed in this world for so many years that it already had a mature system for nurturing talent. Overall, it was reasonably fair. Generally, the greatest geniuses were recruited by the five great factions, while the remaining talents were taken in by their local Universe Kingdoms. Only those the Universe Kingdoms did not want would fall to other factions.
"That is all we can do."
The emperor of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire sighed as he spoke. Naturally, as emperor, he wanted to take his empire one step further. Unfortunately, that step was