[Others did not know who you were, but Lu Zongyuan understood. He also knew that the Divine Willow Formless Puppet stored in Tianji Pavilion's treasury had now ended up in your possession.]
[Lu Zongyuan actually possessed a puppet of quite exceptional quality as well, named Zhu Yuan. After Lu Zongyuan reforged it many times, the Zhu Yuan Puppet suited him even better than the Formless Puppet. In his hands, the power it could unleash was not necessarily inferior to that of the Formless Puppet.]
[Yet all things beneath heaven had their flaws, and the Zhu Yuan Puppet was no exception. If he were to participate in the Great Void Competition, Immortal King Fourth Realm opponents would appear among those he faced. A single Zhu Yuan Puppet would then be somewhat insufficient.]
[The Divine Willow Formless Puppet had always been renowned for its ever-changing methods. An enemy might prepare in advance a treasure capable of restraining the Zhu Yuan Puppet in order to defeat Lu Zongyuan, but they would have absolutely no chance of finding something that could restrain the Divine Willow Formless Puppet.]
[If he could have another Divine Willow Formless Puppet as a spare, Lu Zongyuan's chances of victory in the Great Void Competition would increase by several degrees.]
[The second echelon had as many as seven slots, and the number of Immortal King Fourth Realm experts among them was nearly the same. As long as Lu Zongyuan could display strength greater than that of several tail-enders, he would stand a very good chance of securing a slot.]
[When renting it, Lu Zongyuan seemed to have completely forgotten that, like him, you were also one of the second echelon and likewise needed to compete with him for a slot.]
[Or perhaps he simply had too much confidence in your