Hearing this, Azure Lotus revealed a delighted expression.
They exchanged more intimate words, speaking of what had happened in the Lu Family Grotto-Heaven over the years, along with various specific matters.
Lu Xuanji gained a relatively profound understanding of the Lu Clan's current situation.
Immersed in pleasure, everything finally came to a temporary end ten days later.
Clang, clang, clang!
The bell atop the mountain began to toll. Its sound spread outward in wave after wave, and the void trembled faintly. At that moment, all the cultivators within the Grotto-Heaven sensed it.
The bell continued to toll, ringing nine times.
Hearing the bell, everyone immediately hurried toward the central area, their faces filled with delight, because the Lu Family Ancestor had returned.
In the past, the Lu Clan had merely been a small family in the Chu Kingdom, with a Purple Mansion cultivator as its strongest member. Among the countless cultivator families, it had been an utterly insignificant force. Yet with the appearance of the Lu Family Ancestor, the Lu Clan had risen rapidly, its power expanding at an astonishing pace and its population growing wildly.
The Lu Clan's rise could be said to have been supported entirely by Lu Xuanji alone.
Later, even after many powerful figures had been born, including seven or eight Void Refining cultivators, things still remained unstable, and they still lacked a sense of security.
In particular, when the Flying Feather World invaded and countless races, great clans, and powerful cultivators fought to the death, everyone in the Lu Clan had hidden directly inside the Grotto-Heaven. Their panic had only grown, and their unease had continued to intensify.
Although the Grotto-Heaven stored some spirit medicines, Spirit Stones, and reserve energy, life was much harder and more impoverished compared with their original territory.
To deal with