Encountering an Old Friend

A moment later, he said with a smile, "Please wait a moment. I'll inform the clan leader and discuss how to handle this before giving you an answer."

As he spoke, Daoist Three Calamities hurried off toward a cave residence in the heart of Sword Lake Isle.

Inside that cave residence, a white-haired old man was in secluded cultivation. He was the head of the Zhang Clan's immortal lineage. Having attained the Dao over seven thousand years ago, he was a veteran Primordial Spirit Dao Lord at the sixth level of the Primordial Spirit realm.

Seeing Daoist Three Calamities arrive, the Zhang Clan leader asked, "What brings you here?"

"The Jiang Clan's descendants have arrived."

Daoist Three Calamities explained the entire sequence of events to the white-haired elder.

When the Zhang Clan leader finished listening, his expression changed drastically. "Before I entered seclusion, the clan deliberately kept two Primordial Spirit Pills. How could not a single one remain now?"

"How exactly has the Grand Elder been managing the clan?"

It turned out that for nearly a thousand years, the Zhang Clan leader had been in seclusion, attempting to break into the late Primordial Spirit stage, while Daoist Three Calamities had been reincarnating and recultivating. The clan had been managed by the Zhang Clan's Second Ancestor.

Seeing the Zhang Clan leader's anger, Daoist Three Calamities gave a bitter smile and said, "He cannot be blamed for this either."

"Of those two Primordial Spirit Pills, one was used by me, while the other was given to Zhang Xuanmu."

"For three thousand years now, the clan has not produced a newly advanced Primordial Spirit cultivator. To prevent the clan from having a gap in succession, he could only bring out a Primordial Spirit Pill to nurture a clansman."

After hearing this, the Zhang