"If so, then many thanks to Brother Jinshan."
Just as Mu Yanhong's face lit up and she was about to reply, a streak of escape light shot in from outside the hall, accompanied by Luo Hong's sudden voice.
"I am Mo Bufan. Greetings, Cousin Jinshan."
The moment he revealed himself, Luo Hong cupped his hands toward Mu Jinshan and paid his respects.
"Haha, Cousin-in-law truly is a talented and handsome man. No wonder you won Cousin Yanhong's heart.
Hmm? Could it be that your aura means this cousin has interrupted your cultivation?"
Having just risen to return the greeting, Mu Jinshan noticed the turbulent aura around Luo Hong and could not help frowning as he asked.
"Oh, it is no matter. Luo merely opened an immortal aperture and has not yet had time to thoroughly consolidate it."
Luo Hong replied with a faint smile.
Thanks to the Time Flowing Array's twelvefold flow of time, he had successfully opened his twenty-sixth immortal aperture during these several decades of seclusion.
However, the price was that during those more than six hundred years within the array, he had consumed nearly two thousand Immortal Yuan Stones!
"So that is it. Cousin-in-law's foundation truly is profound. To open an aperture so smoothly even at the Late True Immortal realm—you truly deserve the great reputation you earned at the Ancient Cloud Tournament!"
Although Ouyang Kuishan knew that Luo Hong possessed Golden Immortal-level combat power, he had only communicated with Luo Qinghai, the Supreme Grand Elder of Azure Stream Palace. Thus, Mu Jinshan merely believed Luo Hong to be an outstanding True Immortal cultivator.
However, seeing how Luo Hong cultivated with such unstoppable momentum now, the contempt in his heart diminished considerably.
"Hehe, Brother Jinshan flatters me. Luo's insignificant reputation is not worth mentioning."
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