"How many favors do you owe me now?"
The middle-aged man curled his lip in complaint, then took out a black lotus. "Fine. Consider it my contribution to Lu Aoxian, the one who blazed the trail!"
Jiang Huanyu smiled and accepted the lotus. "By the time Lu Ren wakes, I probably won't be here. Once he reaches the Master Realm, I'll likely take him to that place to train!"
"You're not taking him there, are you?"
The middle-aged man's expression shifted.
"Only that place will let a prodigy like him grow stronger quickly while sharpening his Sword Dao!"
Jiang Huanyu spoke with certainty.
"You nearly died there yourself. Aren't you afraid he'll die there?"
The middle-aged man pressed him.
"You underestimate him. Someone who cultivated the Divine Dao, switched to the Immortal Dao, and made it this far won't die so easily. He may have many secrets!"
Jiang Huanyu shook his head with a smile.
"Contact me if you need anything. I'll come whenever you call!"
With that, the middle-aged man left.
Jiang Huanyu stood guard outside the wooden hut. He took out the Ghost Fox Demon Jade, memories of his wife playing over and over in his mind.
Only when he heard movement inside the hut did he come back to himself.
Jiang Huanyu entered and saw that Lu Ren was awake. "Lu Ren, you're finally up. How do you feel?"
"Nothing too serious, but my sword body took a heavy blow. I'll need time to recover!"
Lu Ren answered.
His sword body was only at the Immortal King level, while the power he had unleashed had reached the level of a Third Tribulation Master. The gap was too great for his sword body to bear.
"Take your time healing. Once you've recovered, I'll take you somewhere to train