A Battle That Made Him Famous, Rapid Progress

"Master, you've truly made a name for yourself in a single battle this time!"

After exchanging his contribution points and meeting his master, Lu Chong returned to his cave dwelling on Hanging Mountain, where Little Ring appeared in excitement and cried out.

"What is it?" Lu Chong sat cross-legged in the cave dwelling, contemplating the Dao, somewhat puzzled.

Dragon Elder said from the side, "The girl just can't keep her cool. Wasn't this only natural for Master?"

"But everyone outside is spreading tales of Master's glorious feats now," Little Ring cut in.

"In just one year away, you repeatedly performed great deeds. You seized Xuanming Dao Treasures from the two great dojos and wiped out the bandits beyond Defense Zone No. 9 in one go."

"You led the many soldiers of the defense zone to earn massive contribution points and captured an Entry Dao Ninth Heaven expert from the Thousand Mechanisms Dojo alive."

"Any one of those would be an unprecedented feat. Of course, what makes them all the more precious is that Master achieved this only a few short years after entering the Dao."

"The outer sect is now saying that Master should be the chief senior brother of all inner disciples in the Azure Edge Dojo."

Little Ring said spiritedly, "All the inner disciples of the entire Azure Edge Dojo!"

Lu Chong smiled calmly. "There's no need to care about that. The contribution points, Chaos Crystals, and treasures we earned are what truly count."

He had not expected to have gained such a great reputation already, but Lu Chong had never cared much for such things. On the contrary, he felt that being famous might not be a good thing.

After all, once he left the dojo in the future, others would likely be wary of him, making