"Our Longyang Sect obtained this Heart-Remnant Stone by chance."
"We are taking the opening of the Sea Tide Grotto-Heaven as an opportunity to offer it as an incentive for the many prodigies of Canghai Province."
Xu Ruoshan smiled faintly, looking down over the many prodigies below who were already struggling to contain themselves.
A supreme treasure like the Heart-Remnant Stone should have been placed in his hands in the first place, were it not for the terms negotiated between his ancestor and the Lanhai Sect's Saint Lords.
But to his mind, putting the Heart-Remnant Stone up as a stake this time was merely going through the motions.
Of Canghai Province's current generation, only Lan Weihai was worth even half a glance from him. The chief disciples of the other great sects were all mediocre.
As for Lan Weihai, Xu Ruoshan's Dao of Mountains and Jade gave him every advantage against someone at the same cultivation realm.
Moreover, he had now taken another step along his Great Dao.
No matter how extraordinary Lan Weihai was, he could only leave this place utterly defeated.
"The Longyang Sect truly deserves its standing as the most powerful and prestigious great sect in Canghai Province."
"To think you would even offer us a supreme treasure like the Heart-Remnant Stone."
Ke Bufan took the opportunity to offer a few words of flattery, then looked straight at Lan Weihai atop the drifting cloud and spoke again.
"Everyone, the Pinghuang Gathering is Canghai Province's once-in-a-century gathering of prodigies. I am sure you all know the rules already."
"For this gathering, our Xinyuan Sect is offering this volume of the Wind Forest Cloud True Diagram!"
As Ke Bufan finished speaking, an ancient illustrated volume in which wind and clouds converged, wreathed in a faint aura of the Great Dao,