Yaoxuan Heavenly God, Immortal's Reincarnation

[The City Lord of Nine Flood Dragon City saw that, despite your youth, you possessed such cultivation. He drank and made merry with you, and after the banquet, told you that in five years, Azure Billow Immortal Palace—the dominant power of the Azure Billow Domain—would hold its disciple recruitment tournament. The City Lord happened to have a recommendation token and asked whether you were willing to represent Nine Flood Dragon City in the tournament.]

Would you accept the City Lord's recommendation token?

Luo Chen pondered in secret. This was Lu Xun's first time displaying his strength in Nine Flood Dragon City. His origins were unknown, yet the City Lord had entrusted him with such an important task. There had to be something fishy going on.

Given Lu Xun's fate, it was better to be cautious.

He chose to refuse.

[You refused the City Lord's goodwill. The City Lord did not make things difficult for you. You took your leave and returned to your residence in the city.]

[At the age of twenty-nine, the Demon Kingdoms along the border began frequently probing the Azure Billow Domain. Nine Flood Dragon City was consequently hit hard. A Greater Demon emerged ten thousand miles away, slaughtering everything within three hundred li. You learned that Elder Heavenly Sword had fallen at this demon's hands. Sword in hand, you set off, traveling ten thousand miles before slaying the Greater Demon beneath Dragon-Subduing Abyss. You took its Flood Dragon pearl and offered it in sacrifice to Elder Heavenly Sword.]

[Just as you were preparing to leave, over a hundred powerful figures appeared from all directions around Dragon-Subduing Abyss and closed in to besiege you. You paid a grievous price to slaughter them one by one. From the survivors, you learned that it had been the work of