"That young man surnamed Luo broke the Array that had sealed the Tianyan Sect away for countless years and brought it back into the world. He deserved the first claim to credit."
“That's why everyone is willing to acknowledge him as the Tianyan Sect Master, at least in public.”
"As long as the young man doesn't cross any fundamental lines from here on..."
"His position as Sect Master will never be taken from him. Even after his lifespan runs out, his descendants can continue to inherit it, down through his entire lineage..."
As Gao Yuliang listened to her old friend speak at length, her delicate brows, relaxed a moment ago, drew sharply together.
Pies did not fall from the sky.
She was a cultivator who had lived through long ages.
She still believed there were good people in the Endless Sea.
But those people could never be these Old Ghosts, whose cultivation had been trapped at Great Vehicle Perfection for so long they were nearly mad.
After all, she too had stood at Great Vehicle Perfection for ages. She knew better than anyone how tempting a Dao-Merging Ground that could take a cultivator one step further would be.
Just as she expected...
Lu Beishen's tone shifted.
"But those old ghosts want to establish a new position within the Tianyan Sect: Grand Supreme Elder."
"The Grand Elder would first merge the Dao-Merging Grounds on the Tiannan Continent with herself, adding another Tribulation-Crossing Pseudo-Immortal to the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea."
"That way, even if the Tianyan Sect suddenly faces a crisis it can't resolve, it won't be left utterly defenseless."
"And with a Tribulation-Crossing Pseudo-Immortal personally stationed at the Tianyan Sect, neither Sect Master Luo nor the other juniors will need to worry about their safety. They can devote more