Celestial Pivot Prefecture, Liu Mountain of the Liu Family. Quite a number of cultivators had likewise gathered within the enormous willowwood palace.
Ordinarily, Liu Shiqing occupied the seat of honor in the palace, but today, an elderly woman sat there instead.
"Third Grandaunt, Yuansheng has arrived," Liu Shiqing said softly when he saw a young man entering through the palace gates.
"Mm. Yuansheng, how is your cultivation now?" The elderly woman was the Liu Family's True Lord, True Monarch Liu Yuan, whose given name was Liu Yueling.
She generally cultivated in Shantu Valley of Mystic Heart Prefecture.
However, because a new Nascent Soul Faction had emerged, True Monarch Liu Yuan had come to negotiate matters concerning Celestial Pivot Prefecture.
Yet to her surprise, Prefect Luo of Celestial Pivot Prefecture, who had never refused her before, had turned her down this time. Both openly and covertly, he hinted that the Blood Red Faction had exerted considerable pressure.
"Reporting to Third Great-Aunt Ancestor, I have already reached the peak of the Golden Core Middle Stage, only a hair's breadth away from the late-stage golden core," Liu Yuansheng said.
Hearing this, True Monarch Liu Yuan nodded.
Since only cultivators under two hundred years old could compete in the Nascent Soul Grand Competition, even though the Liu Family had several late-stage golden core and Golden Core Peak cultivators, they could not take the field.
Among those who met the age requirement and possessed Golden Core cultivation, there were only Liu Yuansheng and Liu Yuanming.
"Good. There may be formidable opponents this time, so I am giving this Fourth Order Peak Three Spirits Heavenly Wood Puppet to you." True Monarch Liu Yuan took out a storage bag and handed it to Liu Yuansheng.
"Third Great-Aunt Ancestor, Yuansheng has been in seclusion all these years. Could