Lu Ren swaggered onto Black Crocodile Island with Yun Qingyao.
The moment they entered Black Crocodile Island, they saw countless cultivators coming and going, their auras mixed and chaotic.
The surrounding clamor immediately reached their ears.
"Have you heard? Mu Aogu led an army to the Exquisite River Region, and something huge happened!"
"I heard that a young man named Lu Ren, only in the Early-Stage Dao-Controlling Realm, single-handedly repelled Prince Mu's Heaven Manor's army of four thousand and even killed several hundred of them!"
"Is that true?"
"Of course it's true! They say even Lord Mu Xue was killed!"
"That's impossible, isn't it? How could someone in the Early-Stage Dao-Controlling Realm be that strong?"
"He killed so many experts from Prince Mu's Heaven Manor. How could Prince Mu's Heaven Manor let him off?"
"I heard Prince Mu's Heaven Manor has remained silent all along. Could it be that Lu Ren is no ordinary man?"
Discussions continuously rose from all around.
Lu Ren, meanwhile, remained calm, as though none of it had anything to do with him.
Yet inwardly, he was still slightly surprised.
The news spread this quickly?
Lu Ren thought to himself.
It seemed that the battle at the Return-to-Ruins River Site had completely spread.
By now, likely the entire Prince Mu River Region knew his name.
"Good thing we disguised ourselves beforehand," Yun Qingyao said softly.
Lu Ren nodded lightly.
The two then continued onward and soon arrived before a massive black pavilion.
Four large characters hung prominently above the pavilion.
"Black Crocodile Merchant Guild!"
The entire merchant guild was constructed from black crystal, faintly emitting a cold aura.
Cultivators constantly entered and exited around it, and quite a few Dao-Controlling Realm experts could even be seen.
"May I ask what the two of you require?"
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