Luo Chen's mouth twitched. "You've certainly been keeping a close eye on me."

"Hahahaha! Don't take it personally. The Heaven Origin Trade Alliance has connections throughout the Northern Sea, so information tends to reach us before most."

The next moment, his tone abruptly shifted. "You were already that powerful as an Adept. Now that you're a Sage, you must be even stronger. Nine days ago, you overwhelmed Heaven Splitter using only your Nascent Soul Domain. That alone tells me everything I need to know. I can't think of anyone better suited to protect my granddaughter."

Luo Chen fell silent. Indeed, any one of the feats he had accomplished could have become a legend in its own right. An ordinary Adept could have boasted about even one of them for the rest of their life, yet Luo Chen had accomplished many. And Fu Chaosheng did not even know the full extent of what he had done…

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