"Senior Brother, Senior Brother..."
Ye Fan had barely sat down when an old face, wrinkled into a chrysanthemum-like smile, leaned close.
"You are... the current head of the reclusive Source King Lineage?"
A trace of recognition appeared on Ye Fan's face as he recognized the man, but then he asked in surprise, "But where does this 'Senior Brother' business come from?"
This old fellow was at least a thousand years old—old enough to be his ancestor.
Having been absent from the entire Flat Peach Grand Assembly, who knew where he had popped out from now.
"Thanks to the guidance of the Fifth Patriarch, this old man's source arts advanced greatly."
"Honored by the Patriarch's favor, I was accepted as a nominal disciple."
"You entered the Patriarch's school before me, Holy Son. Would that not make you my Senior Brother?"
The head of the Source King Lineage lightly traced the air with his finger, sketching several mysterious patterns. They were the unique Source Heavenly patterns of the Source Celestial Master lineage, serving as proof.
After suppressing Ouyang Ye earlier, he had caught the eye of the Fifth Generation Source Celestial Master and received a heaven-defying opportunity. He had thus pierced through that final veil, made the ultimate leap, and steadily entered the realm of a Source Earth Master.
The reclusive Source King Lineage now had another present-day Source King standing guard over it.
The four major source arts sects, which possessed only several peak source arts grandmasters like Ouyang Ye, had once ambitiously joined forces to challenge the supreme standing of the Source King Lineage. Now, however, they would likely have to obediently endure suppression by the Source King Lineage, which had produced another present-day Source King, for another thousand years.
Taking a Source Earth Master as a nominal disciple did