"Since you saved my disciple Zi Yan, I gave it some thought and decided to offer you this Heavenly Demon Puppet as thanks. Please don't refuse, Northern Azure Academy President."
The Reception Hall of the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy.
As Xiao Tian Ce's words fell, the Northern Azure Academy President was utterly stunned.
Yes, his mind had gone completely blank. Faced with such an extravagant gift, the Northern Azure Academy President did not know what to say.
On the Northern Heavens Continent, his strength as a Late-Stage Ninth-Grade Sovereign already stood at the very ceiling of combat power. Yet this man's thank-you gift was a powerful puppet comparable to an upper rank Earth Sovereign.
Although the Northern Azure Academy President had never heard the name Heavenly Demon Puppet, that did nothing to diminish his astonishment at the gift.
As for whether Xiao Tian Ce had exaggerated, the Northern Azure Academy President was not worried in the slightest. After all, even now, he could not sense just how powerful the man before him was.
He might very well be a supreme powerhouse such as a Heavenly Sovereign.
"L-Lord Tian Ce, this gift is far too precious. We cannot accept it.
Northern Nether only saved Little Zi Yan with a simple helping hand. He wasn't seeking any reward.
And now, your gift is more than we can bear. Please take it back, Lord Tian Ce. Our Northern Azure Spiritual Academy truly wouldn't dare accept it." After pondering for a moment, the Northern Azure Academy President ultimately refused.
There was no other reason: this Heavenly Demon Puppet, whose strength rivaled an upper rank Earth Sovereign, was simply too precious.
So precious that accepting it would affect his state of mind.
Yet Xiao Tian Ce, sitting opposite him, was not surprised. He had a