The green-robed elder's expression changed instantly at those words. He pointed at them, his white beard trembling with anger.
"You followed me?"
Mainly, that remark of his had been rather presumptuous, and he had never expected them to overhear it.
An elder clad in gray, his long hair somewhat disheveled, sneered at the green-robed elder. "If we hadn't followed you, how would we have known you old scoundrel wanted to take a disciple in secret?"
"Why should you get to take a disciple with such talent?"
The others immediately nodded in agreement. "Exactly, why should you?"
"Shouldn't we convene an Immortal Furnace assembly, then discuss it together, or let this little girl choose for herself?"
The green-robed elder rolled his eyes. "Convene an Immortal Furnace meeting?"
"Aren't you afraid the others will set their sights on this little girl?"
At those words, the others' expressions immediately shifted slightly.
They weren't the only old fellows in the Immortal Furnace. If everyone learned that a seedling of extraordinary talent had appeared here, they would certainly want a piece of the action too.
After all, Alchemy Cultivators faced extremely stringent requirements when it came to talent.
Most of those old things had been searching all along for an exceptionally talented seedling to inherit their Elixir Arts. This little girl's talent could prompt plants and Immortal Herbs to save her of their own accord. She was precisely the seedling of a peerless Heavenly Prodigy of the Dao of Alchemy.
"Then what do we do?" The gray-robed elder immediately felt torn... they absolutely could not convene an Immortal Furnace meeting.
The green-robed elder furtively swept his gaze over them, then his eyes shifted as he said, "How about this? This disciple goes to me, and I'll help you find a few Heavenly Prodigies as disciples..."