In order to save himself, the prince summoned 100,000 dragon riders at the start.

However, with Gu Feng's interference, Lu Yuan and Gu Sisi could no longer return to their previous ambiguous relationship.

"Lu Yuan, my father did it unintentionally, please don't take it to heart."

Gu Sisi spoke to Lu Yuan somewhat cautiously.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan immediately waved his hand nonchalantly:

"Hey, it's nothing!"

Although Lu Yuan said he was fine, he was actually a little upset inside.

He stayed here instead of going back with Haisedon, intending to have something happen between them, but he was caught red-handed by Haisedon's father!

Now look what's happened! All that romantic atmosphere is gone!

However, Lu Yuan was not discouraged by this.

After all, his relationship with Gu Sisi was already established. As for when they could take it a step further, that would be a natural thing.

Thinking of this, Lu Yuan's mood immediately became cheerful again.

"By the way, how was your seclusion and cultivation this time?"

At this moment, Gu Sisi suddenly looked at Lu Yuan with sparkling eyes and asked a question.

She is now very curious about Lu Yuan's strength.

I also want to see just how big the gap is between myself and Lu Yuan!

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan smiled slightly:

"It's alright! I feel like my strength has improved quite a bit."

"Below the Immortal Lord level, I am invincible!"

Lu Yuan said with great confidence!

This was Lu Yuan's conservative estimate.

You should know that when he was an Immortal Emperor, he was able to kill a powerhouse at the Immortal Venerable level!

Now he has successfully advanced to the Immortal Venerable level. Although he has only just broken through, Lu Yuan believes that he is already able to fight against ordinary Immortal Lord level experts!

"so smart?"

Gu Sisi looked at Lu Yuan with some surprise.

She hadn't expected Lu Yuan's strength to improve so quickly!

You should know that not long ago, Lu Yuan was just a minor cultivator in the Earth Immortal Realm!

In just a few short months, he has already reached the level of a Celestial Lord?

This is absolutely terrifying!

But then she thought about it again and realized it was perfectly reasonable!

After all, Lu Yuan is a peerless genius!

It would be strange if such a being couldn't grow rapidly!

Thinking about this, Gu Sisi's feelings became even more complicated!

On the one hand, she was very happy about Lu Yuan's improved strength.

But as an ordinary female cultivator, there are countless female cultivators in the entire cultivation world who are stronger than me!

Am I really good enough for him?

But no matter what, I have to try my best to achieve it!

After all, one's own happiness can only be earned through one's own efforts!

.......

At this moment, Gu Sisi remembered the instructions her ancestor had given her.

So he tentatively asked:

"By the way, the Heavenly Pride Tournament, held every ten years by the nine ancient powers, is just a few days away!"

"Lu Yuan, you're already this strong. If you participate, you'll definitely win first place!"

"Originally, the ancestors planned for me to represent the Tianxuan Immortal Dynasty in the battle. If you're willing to participate, then we can travel together..."

"Of course, if you don't want to, then forget it!"

Gu Sisi said somewhat embarrassedly.

This Tournament of Prodigies is jointly organized by the nine ancient powers of the Immortal Profound Continent!

Their goal is to attract some rogue cultivators and recruit them into their own forces!

It's also a way to showcase to the outside world the prodigies we've cultivated!

Of course, there are other purposes as well.

For example, to prevent these top powers from fighting to the death over resources and causing the collapse of their own traditions.

So they came up with the idea of ​​having the younger generation represent their faction in battle to compete for resources!

Regardless of the purpose, the reputation and prestige of this Heavenly Pride Competition are undeniable in the Immortal Profound Continent!

.......

The Battle of the Prodigies?

Lu Yuan's eyes flashed, but he didn't feel particularly interested.

Because in his opinion, this was a bit childish.

You should know that even those ancient forces could be wiped out by him in an instant!

Not to mention the so-called "Heavenly Pride Tournament" held by these ancient powers!

Lu Yuan initially wanted to refuse.

After all, any one of his current issues is more important than this!

However, Gu Sisi's next sentence completely piqued Lu Yuan's interest!

"I heard that the reward for first place is that one can receive the life-long immortal power of an elderly immortal lord?"

"This is a Celestial Lord level expert..."

Even if the cultivation gained from the empowerment is greatly reduced, less than one-tenth remains.

"It could also allow a Celestial Emperor cultivator to ascend to the Celestial Venerable realm in one step!"

Gu Sisi said with a sigh.

Cultivation empowerment has many drawbacks. For example, the immortal power consumed during empowerment is severely depleted, and the immortal power is not pure.

However, it must be admitted that the cultivation empowerment has a tremendous effect on a cultivator's improvement!

But the most crucial point is that this opportunity is extremely rare!

First, both parties involved in the initiation must be willing participants.

This step alone has stumped countless people who want to obtain the initiation cultivation level!

Just ask.

Which cultivator would willingly hand over the immortal power they have painstakingly cultivated to someone else?

Even their own son wouldn't be willing to do that!

What's more, the reward for this Heavenly Pride Competition is a blessing from a powerful Immortal Lord!

This shows just how rare it is!

Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in Lu Yuan's eyes!

A celestial master's cultivation level is bestowed upon him!

This should reduce his time spent in arduous practice, right?

"Indeed, this reward is quite tempting."

Lu Yuan nodded to himself, a strong interest finally appearing in his eyes!

Seeing that Lu Yuan was interested, Gu Sisi quickly pressed her advantage:

"Yes, Lu Yuan, with your strength, winning first place is definitely not a problem."

Lu Yuan nodded slightly: "In that case, I will accompany you on this trip."

Gu Sisi was overjoyed: "That's great! With you here, I feel much more at ease."

In fact, Gu Sisi knew very well that with her own strength, she probably wouldn't get a very good ranking in this competition of geniuses.

Her main reason was that she wanted to be with Lu Yuan.

She was very happy just to be with Lu Yuan!

Lu Yuan didn't pay much attention to Gu Sisi's excitement.

He was mainly attracted by the news!

A look of interest appeared in Lu Yuan's eyes.

How exactly did those ancient powers manage to persuade a Celestial Lord to willingly transfer his cultivation to someone else?

"If I knew the method, maybe I could even get a Celestial Lord to empower me!"

"Wouldn't that be awesome? My cultivation level could increase rapidly!"

Lu Yuan thought to himself, somewhat tempted.

It seems I have to make the trip myself this time to find out the reason!

.......