Fishing Elder True Lord had come to see Dawn True Immortal, initially mainly to ask which True Lord Qingji had handed the Divine Lord Statue to in the Golden Crow Sect.
In fact, he could have gotten the answer simply by asking the Golden Crow Sect directly, but the problem was... a True Lord could not lower himself like that.
He had to find out who held the Divine Lord Statue, then go directly to that person and negotiate. That was the proper way for a True Lord to conduct himself.
This was not affectation, but etiquette. True Lords were basically the highest level of combat power Heavenly Zither could put forward, and they had to be shown due respect.
Just as Luan Xiong True Lord was dissatisfied with how You Xuan True Lord treated the Myriad Illusions Sect, yet he could not interfere, or he would appear overbearing.
Once Fishing Elder True Lord heard that the Divine Lord Statue had been given to Luan Xiong, he no longer wanted to negotiate with the Golden Crow Sect. Luan Xiong's talent and pride were famous even among the Seven Sects and Eighteen Paths.
He was not worried that Luan Xiong True Lord would withhold the relevant information. He was worried that Luan Xiong would readily tell him everything—Luan Xiong truly was that proud and unafraid to speak plainly, but Fishing Elder True Lord was a seasoned Spirit Projection Stage cultivator. He still cared about his reputation.
He would rather arrange for someone to seize another Divine Lord Statue than let people think he was taking advantage of Luan Xiong True Lord—as though the Xuanhuang Sect could only get information from the Golden Crow Sect.
After abandoning that idea, Fishing Elder True Lord learned that Dawn True Immortal had encountered a massive