"What! You actually want Tongtian to come back? What virtue or ability does he have to stand alongside us Sages and share the name of the Three Pure Ones!"
The moment Tongtian was mentioned, Yuanshi's voice rose several notches.
Tongtian had been all right in the past, always standing at the forefront whenever anything happened among the Three Pure Ones.
But for some unknown reason, Tongtian had suddenly changed.
Not only had he stopped taking the blame for Yuanshi, but he even talked back from time to time. How could Yuanshi, who had always prized his dignity, stomach that?
Besides, they had already become Sages, while Tongtian still had not. What gave him the right to talk back?
Had it been anyone else, Yuanshi would have struck long ago. If the Jade Ruyi failed to crack that person's skull, it could only mean their head was made of iron.
But Tongtian bore the name of the Three Pure Ones. Afraid of giving others grounds for gossip, Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi had never been able to act.
Now that they had finally kicked Tongtian out of the Three Pure Ones, Laozi was telling him they had to invite him back.
Are you deliberately toying with me?
Seeing Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi so agitated, Laozi waved a hand, signaling for him to calm down.
"Second Brother, don't get worked up yet. Hear me out."
"Elder Brother, what is there to discuss? If Tongtian were a Sage, I would put up with him. But he isn't even a Sage now. Though we were all born from Great God Pangu's primordial spirit, what makes Tongtian worthy of standing alongside us?"
In the past, keeping Tongtian among the Three Pure Ones had at least meant he could occasionally take the blame for them and charge to the