"Your visit brings luster to our humble Wanfa Sect, young friend Chu."
The Wanfa Sect Master spoke with a faint smile.
"As long as you don't find my visit a bother, Senior."
"Heh, not at all. This isn't a convenient place to talk. Please come with me, young friend." The Wanfa Sect Master led Chu Kuangren out of the Stele Forest.
Outside the Stele Forest, the Wanfa Sect disciples whose confidence had been battered beyond recognition all looked at Chu Kuangren with complicated gazes.
There was shock, reluctance, jealousy, and admiration...
Comprehending all Eight Thousand Laws in the Stele Forest in half a day!
To them, such a feat was the stuff of myth and legend.
And what was Chu Kuangren, who had accomplished it?
A deity?
Whatever he was, he was an existence far beyond their reach.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, you really kept me in the dark." Su Tianyi looked at Chu Kuangren and spoke with a wry smile.
He had thought he had found a peerless genius for the Wanfa Sect. He had never expected things to develop this way.
"I failed to tell you beforehand. My apologies," Chu Kuangren said with a faint smile. He had indeed concealed his identity because he wanted to take a look at the Stele Forest.
"Come to think of it, I was slow on the uptake. How could someone with your bearing be an ordinary person, Fellow Daoist Chu? Had I thought it through, I could have more or less guessed."
Su Tianyi shook his head as he spoke, without complaining further.
They arrived at the Wanfa Sect's palace.
Chu Kuangren dispensed with excessive pleasantries and stated his purpose directly: he wanted to exchange insights and debate the Dao with the Wanfa Sect, testing what he had learned.
"I heard that