"Did the Fifth Patriarch ever say that everything above was made up?"
Ye Fan immediately burst into laughter.
Well then, he had run into another great inventor who excelled at fabricating famous quotes.
"Holy Son, you are confused. How can a scholar's affairs be called fabrication?!"
Ouyang Ye showed not the slightest shame at being exposed and retorted with a straight face.
"What are the people of the four ancient families gathered here for?"
Just as this old immortal's act was about to fall apart, thunderous laughter rang out. A group of fierce-auraed cultivators strode over.
At their head was a dignified old man with a burly build and half-white hair.
Eight strange-looking figures followed closely behind him. There were youths and middle-aged men among them, each with bulging temples and gleaming eyes, exuding an imposing presence.
"Patriarch, they are from the reclusive Source King Lineage."
Tuoba Chang, the richly dressed man, changed expression and spoke to his family's source arts grandmaster.
The dignified elder was the patriarch of the Source King Lineage, a peak source arts grandmaster only a step away from the Source Grandmaster, or Source King, realm. His attainments in source arts were comparable to those of the four sects' patriarchs.
The eight strange figures behind him were the Source King Lineage's eight outstanding source masters. Every one of them stood at the source arts master rank and had gained considerable renown.
The moment the reclusive Source King Lineage appeared—a lineage that had steadily suppressed the four sects for over a hundred thousand years, forcing the four families to join hands against them—the many cultivators present immediately grew highly vigilant.
"So it is Brother Wu. Long time no see."
Unlike the nervousness of the others, Ouyang Ye appeared utterly composed.
The direct descendants of the Source King