"Zhang Qiao must be using an eye technique from the Abyssal Wave Sect. Their eye techniques are famous. That little girl Jiang Jinyue is going to suffer for it."
"You can tell the girl has cultivated the Taiyin Guanghan Art to an impressive level. Unfortunately, its eye techniques require at least the Spirit Transformation Dharma Image stage."
"With a remnant soul helping him, Zhang Qiao can use his technique ahead of time. The girl probably hasn't learned as much."
Xuanche Immortal Monarch looked toward Jiang Sheng as he spoke. "Lingyuan, this little girl from your family is a bit short on luck."
Jiang Sheng sounded helpless. "Martial Uncle, she just happens to be surnamed Jiang. Please stop calling her family. Everyone in the sect knows I'm an orphan. In three thousand years, I haven't had a single relative. What family could she belong to?"
For a Penglai Pure Yang prospect like Jiang Sheng, the sect had investigated his origins down to the last detail. He was an orphan, found beside a river, with no father or mother. He was neither a mighty being reincarnated nor a vessel harboring a Heavenly Demon's soul. His background was genuinely spotless.
With no clan ties or Karmic Cause and Effect to bind him, and only the debt of being raised by the sect, he was a natural-born heir to its teachings. There were no other factors to consider.
Xuanche Immortal Monarch smiled. "Your surname is Jiang, and so is hers. That makes you family. Besides, she's such a fine prospect. Do you really not want to claim her?"
"If you won't, I will."
Jiang Sheng stared at him. "Your surname is Jiang too?!"
Xuanche Immortal Monarch laughed. "No one told you? I hail from Moonlit County, Linjiang Commandery, in the former Yu dynasty of