Just then, Guangchengzi suddenly heard a familiar voice ring out beside his ear. "You lot! How utterly foolish. However stupid that junior brother of mine might be, he would never let others slaughter his disciples at will!"
"Won't this little stunt of yours break Yuanshi's heart?"
Guangchengzi fell silent, then quietly replied, "Senior Uncle, it is not that we fail to see the bigger picture. Our master's temperament has changed drastically of late, and his thoughts are truly hard to fathom. We merely wished to find a way to protect ourselves."
The voice transmission had come from Laozi, the Moral Heavenly Venerable.
He had not expected Guangchengzi and the others to do such a thing either.
Under normal circumstances, no one would show such distrust toward their own master.
Of course, their actions could not exactly be called wrong.
After all, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable's recent conduct had indeed gone a little too far.
Laozi had tried to counsel him, but unfortunately, it had been utterly useless.
He would probably need to suffer a tremendous setback before he could return to his former self.
Laozi could only hope that this defeat against the Human Race would make him take notice.
By Laozi's reckoning, the Human Race would certainly not sit idle and await death.
More unexpected trouble would probably arise later.
As for what that might be, even he could not predict it. He could only take things one step at a time.
At that moment, Guangchengzi suddenly spoke. "Senior Uncle, why must Master act against the Human Race? Isn't that defying the Heavenly Dao? Why does he insist on having his own way? I've turned it over and over in my mind, but I still cannot understand his reasoning."
Laozi sighed. "A question that is no question, an answer