As they spoke, the old man recalled something and asked in puzzlement, "It has only been a few years. That young man's cultivation should be about the same as yours. Even Xu Dingyang fled at the first whiff of trouble—how could he possibly have had the ability to save you from the depths of fire and water?"
Du Lang's expression turned solemn. "It sounds unbelievable, but Master, Brother Lu is already at the Star Constellation Realm Late Stage!"
"What?" The old man was greatly startled. "Star Constellation Realm Late Stage? You did not see wrong?"
If he had not known his disciple's temperament, the old man would have thought Du Lang was joking with him. How long had it been? For a cultivator to advance from Divine Sea Tier Eight to the Star Constellation Realm Late Stage in so little time was simply horrifying.
Du Lang did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Master, how could I possibly be mistaken about something like this? And afterward, Luo Shenzi gathered over a thousand people and went to Heavenly Dog Star. Even if I saw wrong, Luo Shenzi could not have. During the trial of opportunity on Heavenly Dog Star, Brother Lu held on even longer than Luo Shenzi. He was the last one to emerge!"
"Impossible..." The old man felt as though everything he knew had been completely overturned. Cultivating in the Star Constellation Realm was not so simple. Even with abundant resources, one still needed time to refine them. How could someone's cultivation undergo such immense growth in less than ten years?
But soon, the old man thought of someone else.
That person had brought the Nine Heavens' Lu Yiye to participate in the Divine Sea Conflict. Back then, he had casually taken out a nine-star treasure and tossed