Li Yuanzong's Betrayal!
The Old Daoist's words stirred Li Yuanzong's heart.
But when he carefully considered his situation, he couldn't help pounding his fist and sighing. "The sect is incompetent, and my master is blind. I'm clearly several times stronger than Lin Bai, yet the sect still favors him, and my master even wants me to give up the position of Tianshui Sect's Holy Son... Alas..."
"That truly is a pity." The Old Daoist waved his horsetail whisk and said meaningfully, "I had intended to take you as my disciple and bring you to the Heaven and Earth Gate. But then I remembered that you're the Grand Elder of Tianshui Sect's disciple and that you have deep feelings for Tianshui Sect. I knew there was no hope of persuading you to come to the Heaven and Earth Gate."
"Every time I think of this, seeing a pearl covered in dust, my heart aches!"
"Alas, what a pity, what a pity... Such a fine talent, yet he doesn't belong to my Heaven and Earth Gate!"
The Old Daoist put on an expression of utter disappointment and raised his head to gaze at the sky, as if lamenting the injustice of Heaven and Earth.
Joy blossomed across Li Yuanzong's brow. He immediately knelt on the ground and said to the Old Daoist, "If Senior does not reject me, this junior is willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, become Senior's disciple, and join the Heaven and Earth Gate!"
"Are you serious?" The Old Daoist's face lit up. "Could it be that I truly have such a destiny, and that even at the end of my life I can receive an inheritor of my legacy?"
"Tianshui Sect has treated me like a pig or dog. I've long been dissatisfied with