"That's wonderful! With your help, Junior Brother, our Twelve Golden Immortals can finally uphold the prestige of our Explanation Sect."
Guangchengzi spoke with delight.
Master Lingbao was none other than Ji Hao, who had taken his place. He smiled calmly. "Naturally."
Guangchengzi looked around and sighed.
"Counting Yunzhongzi, who passed away long ago, and the vast majority of our third-generation disciples, who either perished in the battle of the Heavenly Court or exhausted their lifespans without attaining Legend, only the few of us remain to represent the Yuxu Lineage. Time is always merciless, and the years cannot help but be indifferent..."
"Half our old acquaintances have withered away!"
On Meng Qi's account, he had phrased things in somewhat greater detail.
As for Qi Xiaobai of Jiang Ziya's lineage, the remnants of the Yuxu tradition in the Investiture of the Gods World, and their newly accepted disciples, those could only be considered their foundations, not their upper ranks.
Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, Real Person Yuding, Daoxing Xianzun, Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun, Nezha, Yang Jian, and me... Meng Qi nodded inwardly, gaining a deeper understanding of the Yuxu Lineage.
"And Master Lingbao-that title..." Meng Qi looked conflicted. Something about using Lingbao as a name always felt wrong to him.
Guangchengzi put away his sighs, looked at Meng Qi, and smiled faintly.
"Junior Brother Su, although you received our teacher's inheritance some time ago, only today have you properly met your fellow disciples. There's one thing you must remember. Heh, we of Yuxu Palace have always sided with our own, not with reason."
His tone was teasing. He cracked a joke, having already suppressed his various negative emotions.
Who would've thought Heavenly Venerable Guangcheng enjoyed poking fun at himself and telling deadpan jokes... Meng Qi glanced up at the beams and pillars of the Jade Clarity