"What did you say?"
Not only was the Zhao Lineage head dumbfounded, but the dozen or so elders were baffled too.
Zhao Xuankong had actually told the lineage head to apologize to the man who had killed their young master?
Had he gone mad?
No matter how extraordinary this middle-aged man's identity was, no matter what powerful backer stood behind him, he had no right to demand an apology from their lineage head.
In the South Heaven Divine Domain, the Zhao Lineage was one of the foremost Ancient Aristocratic Families. It even had three God Kings.
Many divine sects were far weaker than the Zhao Lineage.
And the middle-aged man before them was only at the third level of God Venerable. So what if a God King backed him?
Lu Ren frowned slightly. Zhao Xuankong had probably recognized him from the Heaven Burning Eight Trigrams Art he had just used. Others might not know its origins, but Zhao Xuankong certainly did.
He had used the Void of Destiny to change his appearance.
But cultivators in the Heavenly God Realm had many ways to change their looks. The techniques they practiced were much harder to disguise and could easily give them away.
"Zhao Xuankong, what nonsense are you spouting? You want me to apologize?"
The Zhao Lineage head's face darkened.
If anyone but Zhao Xuankong had said that, he would have slapped him dead on the spot.
As head of the Ancient Zhao Lineage, he could count on his fingers the people in the entire South Heaven Divine Domain who could make him apologize.
"Lineage head, apologize, quickly! Otherwise, the Zhao Lineage could fall into ruin!"
Zhao Xuankong spoke urgently.
He feared Lu Ren would tell the Wuxu Divine Emperor what had happened. The Wuxu Divine Emperor was notoriously protective of