Hearing Xie Chen's explanation, Lin Bai gave it some thought and felt that it made sense.
If the Rongzhou Zhao family had clan members serving as high-ranking elders in the Town Sea Sect, then given the enmity between the Zhao and Xie families, Xie Chen joining the Town Sea Sect would truly have been like a lamb entering a tiger's den.
Under those circumstances, Xie Chen had no choice but to become a disciple of this Demon Race member and obtain the protection of the Spirit Lake Dragon King.
But clearly, the Spirit Lake Dragon King had accepted Xie Chen as a disciple solely because he coveted Xie Chen's Water Essence, and had never deliberately helped Xie Chen's family escape its predicament.
Otherwise, with the Spirit Lake Dragon King's cultivation as a Great Sovereign, helping the Xie family would have been as easy as saying a single word.
Fortunately, Xie Chen had indeed relied on the Spirit Lake Dragon King's reputation to make the Rongzhou Zhao family restrain itself and dare not continue attacking the Xie family. That was how the Xie family had managed to limp along until now.
According to Xie Chen... his value had nearly run out.
That was because he had already cultivated to the Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm, and the Water Essence in his body had grown extremely powerful, making it sufficient material for Treasure Refining.
If the Divine Medicine War had not suddenly begun, giving the Spirit Lake Dragon King the opportunity to invite martial artists from the Demon Realm to plot over whatever lay beneath Spirit Lake, the Spirit Lake Dragon King would probably have drained the Water Essence from Xie Chen's body long ago.
Xie Chen was no fool, either.
He knew very well that once he died, his family would