This news spread without wings.
It set the hearts of many ancient Longevity monsters ablaze. They all wanted to secure a position as a registered disciple—not merely for the bestowed lifespan, but because they could act more boldly in the Immortal Realm thereafter and truly gain a chance to fathom the intent of a True Immortal.
Ye Clan.
A child with slightly furrowed brows looked at his clansmen, whose minds were often tangled into a mess by news of the True Immortal.
He said calmly, "Father, why trouble yourself? Why must we watch others' faces before we speak or act?"
"Hmm?"
"If your son attains True Immortality, that will be enough. Those old fogies in the clan have long lost the spirit and resolve of the immortal path. An immortal may bury his bones beneath green hills, but he must not live by breathing through another's nostrils. I am not afraid of that man."
The child spoke with a resolute expression, his gaze narrowing slightly. "Your son intends to leave the Ye Clan and venture through the Immortal Realm alone. A Dao ground of immortals who have lost their spirit has no place for me to remain."
Having said that.
He solemnly cupped his hands and placed all manner of storage artifacts where he stood.
Then.
Before everyone's eyes, the child headed for the Ye Clan's teleportation array and left the Ye Clan from that day onward.
He was no peerless prodigy of the Ye Clan. Even the phenomenon accompanying his birth had been utterly ordinary. Whether this child left or stayed made little difference to the Ye Clan. Still, though his ambitions were lofty, he was somewhat ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, causing many old fogies of the Ye Clan to secretly shake their heads.
"Ye