[Before Primordial Heavenly Lord could speak, Zhunti had already seized the opening.
With a look of utter sincerity, he earnestly declared,
"If they didn't make plans now, were they supposed to wait until she was sweet-talked away by some unknown brat in the future, then have you become the villain who broke up a loving pair?
By then, master and disciple would be estranged. Regret would come too late!
Laozi held his fresh tea and leisurely blew at the floating leaves.
Zhunti grew more and more animated.
"Why not choose early from among people like us, who know each other well and are evenly matched in cultivation?
"I think Senior Brother Jieyin and I would be quite suitable?
"Though we count as her martial uncles by seniority, I have in truth already left the Mystic Gate.
"It would not violate propriety.
"In status, we are Saints. We would not disgrace her in the future.
"As for temperament, Senior Brother and I have cherished her since she was young. We would surely dote on her like she was in the palm of our hands.
"If it truly came to pass, Kunlun and The West would become even closer kin. Would that not be a fine tale in the Prehistoric World?"]
That stab was even crueler than the last, leaving the entire Prehistoric World dumbfounded.
Jieyin's closed eyes snapped open atop Spirit Mountain.
He watched the junior brother in the Light Curtain tirelessly recommend himself.
"You used me to make up the numbers."
Zhunti himself guiltily looked away.
"That wasn't making up numbers... Didn't it just make me seem more sincere?"
Jieyin said, "Did you ask me?"
Zhunti said, "Aren't we one and the same?"
Jieyin said, "You have always been like this."
Zhunti said, "No, Senior Brother, look carefully!
That other