These two were none other than the brothers Golden-Winged Roc and Kong Xuan.
At present, however, Golden-Winged Roc and Kong Xuan were still very young. Their cultivation had only just broken through to the early Great Luo Golden Immortal realm; they were not yet the Quasi-Saints they would become during the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
Thus, although they were rising talents within the Heavenly Court,
they had yet to make much of a name for themselves.
Moreover, they belonged not to the Demon Race but to the Phoenix Clan, and had only come to join Daochen after he became a Sage.
They had no life-and-death bonds forged by fighting shoulder to shoulder with the Heavenly Court's Greater Demons.
Naturally, now that trouble had struck, no one stepped forward to protect them.
So what if they were Origin Phoenix's sons?
She was already dead as dead could be!
Although Daochen knew their potential, he had focused on tempering them and had not paid them much attention.
But now, as Golden-Winged Roc and Kong Xuan waited to be dragged out and beheaded at a single command from Daochen, the eyes of the fellow disciples Jieyin and Zhunti lit up.
These two... have an affinity with our Buddhism!
The feeling was extremely vague, vanishing almost as soon as it appeared. At first, they thought it was an illusion, but after carefully divining the matter, Jieyin's and Zhunti's eyelids twitched wildly.
An affinity?
This was far more than a mere affinity!
Still, neither dared to act as they would during the Investiture of the Gods Calamity-opening with "Fellow Daoist, you have an affinity with our Buddhist Sect," then snatching someone away without another word to convert them first and discuss matters later. After all, their fellow Daoist was still sitting on the Dragon