"No need to thank me. It was nothing!"
Lu Ren smiled faintly.
"What do you plan to do?"
Star Ghost Lord asked.
"I'm going to Heaven-Viewing Valley!"
Lu Ren said.
"Heaven-Viewing Valley?"
Star Ghost Lord's gaze sharpened. "That's not a place just anyone can lay claim to. Even a Six-Star Lord would struggle to seize Heaven-Viewing Valley!"
"It's that difficult?"
Lu Ren was startled.
"First things first, we need to find somewhere to settle down!"
Star Ghost Lord said.
"Right now, everyone on the third layer wants to kill me. Staying with you would only drag you into it!"
Lu Ren raised an eyebrow.
"You saved my life. If you do drag me into it, I'll just give that life back to you!"
Star Ghost Lord laughed.
"Aren't you afraid of dragging your clansmen into it?"
Lu Ren asked.
Star Ghost Lord remained calm. "I'm the only one of my clan in the Ten Thousand Dao Source Ruins. At worst, I'll die here!"
"What's your plan?"
Lu Ren asked.
"What we should do now is seize a Six-Star Territory."
Star Ghost Lord said.
"Seize a Six-Star Territory?"
Lu Ren was taken aback. "Even if we seize one, once my identity gets out, countless experts will come to the territory to kill me!"
"Territories on the third layer are different from those on the second!"
Star Ghost Lord said.
"Different?"
Lu Ren looked surprised.
Star Ghost Lord said, "Every territory on the third layer has a standard Source Ruins Barrier, powered by the Source Ruins Dao Stone within it. As long as you spend Source Crystals, you can activate the barrier. Not even a Nine-Star Lord could break through by force!"
"In other words, once we seize a territory, we can settle down safely for a while!"
"And there's a teleportation