There had indeed been rumors that Lin Tian had preached the Dao for ten years, and the Six-Eared Macaque had become a Golden Immortal in a single day.
To be honest, Luo Xuan had been utterly astounded at the time.
But after turning it over carefully in his mind, he found it unrealistic. Perhaps Lin Tian had bestowed some peerless treasure to help the Six-Eared Macaque break through, and the story had merely grown miraculous in the telling.
"Without several hundred kalpas of insight into the Dao, what Quasi-Saint would dare set up a platform and preach to all living beings? Wouldn't people laugh their teeth out?"
A moment later, Luo Xuan raised his cup, tossed out those words, and drained his wine.
"Quite right!"
The Martial Virtue Star Lord drank with him, smiling without another word.
The Flat Peach Orchard.
"Advancing the Dao?"
After hearing Marshal Tianpeng's report, the Queen Mother of the West and the Nine-Heavenly Maiden both froze in surprise. Shouldn't a newly appointed official first familiarize himself with his subordinates? Yet he had actually begun preaching the Dao.
Still astonished, the Queen Mother of the West slightly knitted her dark brows. "Could he be trying to win over the Star Lords this way?"
The Nine-Heavenly Maiden said, "Your Majesty, I keep feeling that Lin Tian's ambitions are enormous. If we ally with him, I'm afraid that one day he'll devour us without leaving so much as a bone."
"What do you mean?"
The Queen Mother of the West turned to look at the Nine-Heavenly Maiden.
The Nine-Heavenly Maiden transmitted through her divine sense, "Your Majesty, haven't you noticed? The way Lin Tian looks at you, he practically wants to eat you alive."
The Queen Mother of the West's expression shifted slightly when she heard that. Understanding