"Emperor Zun's precious blood is no more valuable than the blood of a Great Accomplished Saint Physique!"
Lin Xian spoke with righteous conviction. Not only had he not broken his oath, he had compensated them twice over. As the saying went, repay a drop of kindness with a gushing spring; for a gentleman, even revenge could wait until the next morning.
Zhao Gongyi's expression was impossibly complicated. He wanted to speak, but stopped himself, finally letting out a sigh. "Forget it. You Sacred Bodies can settle your own affairs."
The world was too complicated. Since the Yang Lineage's sacred blood acknowledged Lin Xian, and he was also a Sacred Body, the duty of Zhao Gongyi's lineage could be considered fulfilled. After all, the Yang Lineage's Great Accomplished Saint Physique had never specified who should inherit it.
"Come with me."
Zhao Gongyi brought the current patriarch of the Yang Lineage, Yang Yunteng, along with Lin Xian to a secret treasury. From its innermost chamber, he retrieved a stone casket and solemnly handed it to Yang Yunteng.
"Even a Great Saint cannot open it," said the Guide, Zhao Gongyi. "Only someone of the Human Sacred Body lineage can open it by pouring golden sacred blood over it. If a peerless figure whose cultivation fathoms the mysteries of creation tries to force it open, it will shatter, leaving nothing behind."
"My lord, please." Yang Yunteng passed the precious casket to Lin Xian.
Watching this, the Guide, Zhao Gongyi, let out a long breath of relief. A responsibility spanning more than a hundred thousand years was no light burden. Over the generations, Great Saints had coveted this object, but the patriarchs of his lineage had turned them all away.
"The Great Accomplished Saint Physique held the universe in his heart, and your lineage values