"Little Junior Brother, don't remain stubbornly deluded. Come back to the mountain with me and cultivate in seclusion."
Mu Huaqing knocked Li Yuanzong's sword aside with a single finger and earnestly urged him to reconsider.
Their master, the Grand Elder of the Tianshui Sect, had long since seen that Li Yuanzong was flawed by nature—arrogant and conceited, convinced that the position of Saint was already within his grasp.
Thus, the Grand Elder had judged that if Li Yuanzong continued like this, he would sooner or later be slain by someone else.
That was why the Grand Elder had agreed to let Li Yuanzong come to the Ancient Wasteland Secret Realm to gather medicine and wash away the stains on his reputation. After that, he would arrange for Li Yuanzong to relinquish his status as a candidate for Saint and return to the mountain to cultivate in seclusion, no longer involving himself in worldly affairs.
Although relinquishing his status as a candidate for Saint meant that he would no longer enjoy the Tianshui Sect's supreme status and the reverence of others, at least it would allow Li Yuanzong to preserve his life.
Yet it seemed... Li Yuanzong did not think that way at all!
"Becoming the Tianshui Sect's Saint is what Heaven has decreed!"
"No one can stand in my way!"
"Third Senior Brother, get out of my way! Let me kill Lin Bai and take back everything I lost from him!"
Li Yuanzong was furious from shame and humiliation. In his heart, he had always believed that his current ruin within the Tianshui Sect was entirely because of Lin Bai's appearance.
If Lin Bai had never appeared in the Tianshui Sect, he would still be at the top of the Tianshui Dao God Rankings.
Without Lin Bai, he would still