"Without the status of a Holy Son, Brother Ma, you'd better keep your mouth shut!"
Ma Leiyu stood frozen in place, suddenly at a loss for how to answer.
Lin Bai's eyes shifted as he pondered this. Then he asked in return, "Brother Ma, the Ma Family seems quite influential within the Pure Yang Sect's territory, doesn't it?"
Hearing Lin Bai abruptly change the subject, Ma Leiyu realized that Lin Bai had no way to answer his previous proposal. The conversation would probably turn into idle chatter from here on.
Ma Leiyu replied, "Yes. Thanks to the painstaking efforts of our ancestors through the generations, my family has earned a modest reputation within the Pure Yang Sect's territory."
"At present, we stand alongside the Shen Family, the Liu Family, and the Wu Family as the Four Great Clans of the Pure Yang Sect's territory."
Lin Bai nodded in realization. He had no interest in the Liu Family or the Wu Family, but his eyes suddenly lit up when he heard about the Shen Family. "The Shen Family—the family Shen Haoyue belongs to?"
Ma Leiyu nodded. "Yes."
Lin Bai studied Ma Leiyu carefully a few times. "Brother Ma, your cultivation and strength seem quite formidable. You've already reached the Grand Luo Dao Fruit realm. With your talent, why didn't you become the Pure Yang Sect's Holy Son?"
Ma Leiyu's expression shifted slightly, but he still answered with a smile. "Senior Brother Shen Haoyue is exceptionally gifted. I'm inferior to him, so naturally, I wasn't qualified to become the Holy Son."
Staring at Ma Leiyu, Brother Ma said seriously, "Among the seven top talents of the Seven Great Clans and One Sect of the Kingdom of Chu, Zhen Ning, Lin Bai, and the Zhao Family's Holy Son were previously defeated by you.