"Your father and elder brother died because of Ghost Path Cultivators. We knew each other, after all. It was the least I could do!"
Lu Ren smiled faintly.
The elders around them knew that this small favor would be enough to keep the Heavenly Ruins Immortal Sect prosperous for over a hundred thousand years.
"Arrange a place for me to stay," Lu Ren said.
Chu Hongjiao immediately saw to his lodgings herself. She did not disturb his rest afterward, but returned to the hall and instructed the elders to spread word that Lu Ren would hold a victory banquet.
The news sent the entire Jade Clarity Immortal Realm into an uproar, one far greater than the stir Chu Zhaoming's Enlightenment Ceremony had caused.
That ceremony had merely been held in hopes that Chu Zhaoming would claim a place in the top hundred. Lu Ren, on the other hand, had actually taken first place on the Third Heaven Heavenly Talent Ranking.
The news soon spread throughout the Jade Clarity Immortal Realm and even reached several neighboring immortal realms.
Lu Ren had won first place on behalf of the Jade Clarity Immortal Realm, so its location in the Third Heaven was now common knowledge. Many Shattered Realm cultivators had already set out for it, drawn by his reputation.
"Lu Ren barely has any connection to the Heavenly Ruins Immortal Sect, yet he's having them hold his victory banquet!"
"Not necessarily. Perhaps Chu Hongjiao is already his woman!"
The leaders of the major powers discussed it among themselves.
Sky Witch Immortal Realm!
Inside an ancient hall as black as pitch!
Xuan Hou stood bowed before an old man in black robes, his expression grim.
The old man glared at Xuan Hou. "Hmph! I spent hundreds of thousands of years gathering Ancient True Dragon