Only Lu Ren and Zhang Meng remained in the palace.
"Lu Ren, Wu Jin seems rather hostile toward you. Did you offend him?" Zhang Meng asked.
"They wanted to pocket some Immortal Merit," Lu Ren replied.
"You should have given them a little. It would have saved you plenty of trouble later," Zhang Meng said mildly.
There was no shortage of open and covert strife in the immortal camp. Zhang Meng had his rivalry with the other four Legion Commanders, and the ten Battalion Commanders under him competed among themselves.
Wu Jin outranked Lu Ren by one level, yet Lu Ren had given him no face at all.
"I don't take him seriously. Besides, I'm not an immortal soldier under his command. He has no authority over me!" Lu Ren gave it little thought.
Zhang Meng shook his head. "Do you know He Xiong?"
Lu Ren nodded. "Yes. He's a Legion Commander like you, and he currently ranks first on the Immortal Merit Ranking!"
Zhang Meng smiled. "This time, He Xiong destroyed a branch of the Ghost Path Cultivators, and the Immortal Dao Palace awarded him ten million Immortal Merit. But you not only destroyed a branch, you wiped out every Ghost Path Cultivator there. My ranking may surpass his!"
"Won't He Xiong set his sights on me when he hears about it?"
Lu Ren was startled.
"You're only at Three Tribulation Transcendence, and your attempt to anchor your origin failed. He won't take you seriously at all. Xu Tianji, on the other hand, is a threat in his eyes," Zhang Meng said.
"Why is that?" Lu Ren asked, puzzled.
"Xu Tianji has shown extraordinary talent. By past practice, that makes him someone to groom as a commander. Xu Tianji is the one in the most danger," Zhang Meng said