"Source Master, please choose."
Eight Colors had changed how he addressed it. He no longer called it Azure, because the Azure Divine Power Line would no longer belong to Da Mao.
"Hehe, Eight Colors, you shouldn't ask whom it chooses. You should ask who wants it," Hehe Old Guy said. Even Lu Yin was annoyed by the remark, let alone Da Mao.
But, surprisingly, Da Mao didn't curse him out.
Toad Sixth Brother chimed in, "How about you both follow Lu Yin?"
It wasn't joking. It genuinely meant it. Da Mao didn't know, but Toad Sixth Brother did: Lu Yin had gotten along fairly well with Da Mao while posing as Chen, and he had even relied on Da Mao's power when he fought Butterfly Ancestor.
Da Mao might not have been qualified for a seat, but it wasn't weak. It simply couldn't keep up with the Unknown's progress anymore.
However, to everyone else, those words sounded just as mocking as Hehe Old Guy's.
Everyone knew that Da Mao would never join Lu Yin, even if it died.
In the end, Da Mao chose Hehe Old Guy.
The result caught everyone off guard, including Hehe Old Guy himself.
Toad Sixth Brother was stunned. That actually worked?
Choosing to follow someone who constantly mocked it—wasn't that practically groveling? And groveling so completely, too. It wasn't like Da Mao.
"Hehe, Da Mao, are you sure you want to choose me?"
Da Mao had calmed down. "As long as you're willing to accept me."
Hehe Old Guy chuckled. "I'm curious. Why?"
Da Mao answered evenly, "Because following you is the only way I can survive."
Lu Yin's gaze flickered. Da Mao really was... clever.
Among the Unknown, Hehe Old Guy was one of the members with the longest history. It had always held