"Fortuitous opportunities belong to the virtuous. Since Suirenshi has already become my disciple, he has a destined connection with the Demon Court. That being so, please leave!"
Daochen sat cross-legged upon his lotus throne, paying no heed to Laozi's and Yuanshi's expressions as he spoke calmly.
Want a share of the spoils?
You people aren't qualified!
At Daochen's words, Jieyin, Zhunti, Tongtian, Nüwa, and even Laozi and the Primordial Heavenly Venerable felt their eyelids twitch wildly.
None of them had expected Daochen to have already taken Suirenshi as his disciple!
What deep scheming!
Tongtian and Nüwa were already considering withdrawing, but Jieyin, Zhunti, Laozi, and Yuanshi looked toward the seemingly frail Human Race behind Daochen.
Especially at the merit clear light that flickered around Suirenshi.
Covetousness flashed in their eyes. When they thought of the Human Race's future potential, even though all four had already entered the Saint Realm,
Greed still filled their eyes.
How vast a share of the world's fortune would a race beloved by the Heavenly Dao, blessed with boundless potential, command once it grew into the inevitable overlord of heaven and earth?
How much incense worship and karmic power could they harvest?
Especially now that they had entered the Saint Realm, every further step was fraught with countless difficulties. If they could use Suirenshi to seize control of the Human Race,
Then, blessed with endless fortune from heaven and earth, their comprehension of the Sage Dao would surely advance by leaps and bounds.
It would be far, far faster than cultivating on their own.
Jieyin and Zhunti, in particular, still bore debts.
Without the world's fortune and vast quantities of merit to repay the Heavenly Dao,
Who knew what calamities the Heavenly Dao would send down upon them in the future?
At this thought, Jieyin and