When Lin Tian was building Spirit Vine City, the Grand Supreme Elder Lord had been the first to respond. He had gone straight there to open a shop, drawing a flood of visitors, and Lin Tian had not even charged him.
What did that mean?
This time, when everyone in the Three Realms suspected that Lin Tian was Laozi's illegitimate son, Laozi had not clarified anything at all. He had remained silent. Why was that?
Of course, Laozi could not possibly descend to the lower realm. Doing so would inevitably bring heavenly punishment upon him, and he could not possibly have had an illicit affair with Minghe's daughter. Laozi practiced nonaction; that was not his Dao, either.
But that was not the main point. Sending a drop of his essence blood down to the lower realm, or passing through reincarnation into Princess Iron Fan's womb, would be easy.
If a Saint wanted to lay plans and have an illegitimate son, he did not need to rely on procreation. There were plenty of ways.
Thus, Minghe believed that Lin Tian was Laozi's child through Womb-Borrowed Birth.
Only a Saint's bloodline could enable an Asura to bear a child.
Then there was the matter of the Growth Pill. Xuandu had said that it was refined from Laozi's own essence blood. Did that mean Laozi knew the flaws in Lin Tian's constitution?
If Lin Tian was not Laozi's illegitimate son, that would be impossible.
Once Laozi came to mind, everything could be explained. Minghe had carefully weighed it all, too, and then understood with utter certainty: Lin Tian had to be Laozi's son.
After all, Lin Tian had come out of his daughter's belly. No matter how one looked at it, he was Minghe's grandson.
In a certain sense, then, Laozi was his