A female cultivator in the crowd immediately grabbed her companion's hand and exclaimed, "Juan, look! I think that's Lu!"
With her shout, many other cultivators immediately recognized the person on stage. "It really is Lu Zicong! I didn't expect him to show up."
"This is great. I joined the sect too late, so I've never seen Lu perform alchemy in person."
"It really is Lu. We're in for a treat. I'm going to watch and learn carefully."
"I heard Lu was accepted as the Grand Elder's Closed-door Disciple and received his personal guidance. Afterward, he went into seclusion for three straight years and only emerged last winter. I wonder what Realm he's reached now?"
"Is there even a need to ask? I'll bet Lu has already mastered a Tier Four Pill Formula and is halfway to becoming a Tier Four Alchemist."
Listening to the discussions around him, Xiao Chen also curiously sized up the young man on the stage.
