Venerable Luo's Guidance, Merchant Tower Cooperation, and a Deeper Understanding of the Star Ruins Realm's Inner Area

The geniuses of the Inner Area forces had their own pride. In their eyes, ordinary geniuses who could only reach the Third Layer were utterly unworthy of spending time to befriend.

Only those who could step into the Fourth Layer had a chance of entering the Eleventh Order Venerable Realm in the years to come.

Besides the Inner Area geniuses, some geniuses from the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance also turned their attention to Jiang Shu. They too guessed that Jiang Shu had spent five years clearing the Third Layer. In terms of speed, he lagged far behind the other Peerless Geniuses.

Yet during their exchanges aboard the Starry Sky Colossus Ship, Jiang Shu had left them with an exceptionally good impression. Thus, no one revealed the same dismissive expression as the Inner Area geniuses. Not to mention that even at the Third Layer, Jiang Shu was far stronger than them.

Jiang Shu paid no attention to those gazes. His mind was still replaying, over and over, every scene of his battle against the Replica on the Fifth Layer.

Clearing the Fifth Layer was far more difficult than he had imagined.

No wonder that even among the Inner Area geniuses, according to the Merchant Tower's records, the highest achievement by a Ninth Order Cultivator was merely clearing the Sixth Layer.

"Jiang Shu, come up here."

Just as Jiang Shu was preparing to head to the Merchant Tower and rent a secret chamber to heal his injuries, a voice rang out in his mind. It was an extremely familiar voice—the Merchant Alliance Venerable who had brought them into the Inner Area of the Star Ruins Realm, Venerable Luo!

Without hesitation, Jiang Shu walked directly toward a relatively secluded palace within the base.

"This one, Jiang Shu, pays respects to Venerable Luo."

Jiang