Countering every move

Wang Ping's reason for reaching this conclusion was actually quite simple.

Yi Xuangong, the head of this Dao Ground, reacted strangely. After I revealed my identity, he didn't ask a single question. He simply sent me on my way.

Even a fool would know that Luo Chang and his two companions lacked the ability to refine a secret treasure on the level of the [Nine-Nine Profound Art Immortal-Falling Sand] he had produced, yet Yi Xuangong had asked nothing about it. Nor had he asked for details about Wang Ping's claim to have come on the Dao Lord's orders. Everything he said and did smacked of perfunctory indifference.

He had not even asked for Wang Ping's Daoist name.

Why?

He clearly carried the Dao Lord's orders, making him nothing short of a lifeline for the [Nonaction Unchanging Dao Ground] in its current predicament, yet its head had not asked a single question.

Did he not want to cling to a powerful patron's leg?

There's only one answer. He already has another leg to cling to.

But Wang Ping had been personally chosen by a Dao Lord. What patron could rival him, or even surpass him, enough to prompt such behavior?

Another faction within the Immortal Sect.

A clear chain of reasoning formed in Wang Ping's mind. He judged this answer at least seventy percent likely to be true: another faction within the Immortal Sect was involved!

Who?

At this thought, Wang Ping could not help feeling a headache coming on. This faction most likely did not belong to the water-fire dual qi, or his own True Lord would not have left it entirely unmentioned.

*In that case, it can only be some other True Person or True Lord... This involves a Dao Lord, after all. Qi Refiners probably wouldn't dare get