By all accounts, the entire Dao Sect of the Central Plains consisted of Laozi's disciples and descendants.
Laozi taught Ge Xuan, Ge Xuan founded Shangqing, and Ye Fan ascended Gezao. It was a complete line of inheritance, far more legitimate than Yin Tiande's.
Yin Tiande had merely opened a traveling palace and obtained the inheritance of an extraterrestrial being.
Ye Fan was not only a fellow countryman, but also a legitimately descended member of the Dao Sect. His talent and aptitude might even surpass Yin Tiande's by a little.
Your so-called successor of the Dao lineage was simply not worth mentioning. Why humiliate yourself?
Bound by the rules, Old Green Ox could not say this outright.
"Eastern Saint is merely a fellow countryman from the same ancient land, while I am a crucial inheritor of the Dao lineage. Which of us matters more will be clear to Lord Ox God King at a glance."
Yin Tiande was growing anxious and began to lose his composure.
"If not, then not. In any case, this old ox will not lay a hand on that Sacred Body."
"Enough, the time is about right. I should be going. Farewell."
Old Green Ox had neither the interest nor patience to explain the inheritance lineage of the Central Plains Dao Sect to Yin Tiande. He immediately transformed into a wisp of green smoke and burst apart.
Before leaving, he even gave Ye Fan a kindly smile.
Yin Tiande was furious. He had finally summoned a powerful figure from behind the scenes, only for him to be closer to his enemy. This was damn awkward.
The cultivators of every faction were even more shocked.
The rumors that Eastern Saint came from beyond the domain were actually true.
He and that mysterious expert who had arrived riding an