Apotheosis

Zen still felt the chances were slim.

The famous doctor, Zaine Xue, had already examined Letitia and proclaimed that she was not injured, nor did she harbor any kind of disease. Her life energy was just depleted and left her in a vegetative state, like a wilted flower.

There was no way one could bring a wilted flower back to life. However, Zen was not going to give up.

Letitia was also struggling with her life, and he had no right to give up on her.

Many disciples of Cloud Hall had already returned to Cloudy City through the transmission array. Since Letitia's condition made her unable to take charge of the sect's affairs, the elders agreed to have Zen become the interim leader for the time being.

It was a very suitable arrangement. After his victory against Eddie, Zen was now the number one warrior in Central Region. It would be to Cloud Hall's advantage to have such a strong person in charge of its affairs.

Zen, however, refused.

He had no intention of taking charge and, after the defeat of the Heavenly Evil Sect, he was sure that both the Cloud Hall and the World Commercial Alliance would now reign supreme in the Central Region with or without him as the leader. Besides, he had other important matters to attend to.

Still, there was a need to appoint a leader for Cloud Hall.

In the end, Zen chose Saint Morphens.

The battle with Eddie left Saint Morphens with a few injuries after he had taken a punch from him. It had taken him a few days to recuperate, but he was now as good as new. It made sense to appoint someone like him since Saint Morphens had served as Letitia's close confidant. Zen was at ease with him taking charge of Cloud Hall.

Zen remained by Letitia's side.

She was like a sleeping beauty that showed no signs of ever waking up.

He would sit beside her most of the time to cultivate. When he wasn't cultivating, he'd comfort himself by quietly staring at her sleeping face all day long.

During this time, the World Commercial Alliance had already spread the news throughout the entire Central Region.

Their influence reached even the remotest areas of the Central Region. This was thanks to their monopoly of life vitality crystal trade and circulation in the entire Central Region.

The population of the entire Central Region was abuzz with discussion.

"I heard the bounty was a low-grade sacred weapon plus a thousand supreme life vitality crystals."

"Isn't that too high? Most ordinary third-grade sects don't even pos

"Treasure? You? What a joke!" a guard said coldly. "Take him away!"

Realizing that they would never believe him, the beggar took out a tattered sack of cloth and held out a piece of ancient jade. "This ancient jade was left behind by an immortal and has the ability to restore a person's life energy. I heard that Master Ning's life energy has been exhausted. This ancient jade of mine is definitely useful!"

"Fuck off!" the guard spat. How could he ever listen to the ramblings of a beggar? There were just too many swindlers in Oracle City nowadays. The guards had naturally gotten tired of listening to these kinds of gimmicks.

Most of these supposed swindlers only dared to wander around the Heavenly Stellar Palace, but none had the gall to actually break inside.

At first, Zen had no plans of interfering in this matter. However, the ancient jade the beggar had shown to the guards changed his mind.

The beggar wasn't lying. Zen could indeed feel the life energy from the ancient jade. Using his perception to scan it, he discovered that it was similar to a living thing.

"Take him away! Make sure to put him behind bars. That'll teach him!" A few guards had already grabbed the beggar by the shoulder, preparing to escort him out of the palace.

It was then that Zen decided to make his appearance. "Hold on!"

The leader of the guards immediately bowed down in shame once he realized that Zen had actually been alerted. "Master Luo, we..."

"Silence," Zen said dismissively. He then turned to the beggar. "Come with me!"

A look of ecstasy appeared on the beggar's face at Zen's words. As for the guards, they immediately let him go.