The seven Lineage ancestors each returned home to prepare for the battle to the death in half a month.
Meanwhile, Wu Ying led Lin Mo to a guest room in a side courtyard, where he would stay for the time being.
"Please sit, Brother Lin."
After entering the guest room, Wu Ying reached back to close the door, then gracefully seated herself across from Lin Mo.
She tucked a strand of black hair behind her ear and said softly, "I come from the Eight Great Households and have met countless talented young men, yet none could measure up to even half of you, Brother Lin."
"But... do you realize that what you did today may have pushed my grandaunt onto a road with no way out?"
Lin Mo knew that the "grandaunt" she mentioned was the Wu Household's ancestor, Wu Liu.
Although cultivation Lineages differed from cultivation sects, strength still generally commanded respect above all else.
Wu Liu was Wu Pingdao's elder sister, but he had reached the great perfection of the Golden Core, whereas she was only at the Tenth Layer of the Golden Core, making her cultivation somewhat weaker than his.
Why was she in charge of the Wu Household rather than Wu Pingdao?
Lin Mo was certainly curious about that.
"When the Longevity Valley rose to prominence, my grandaunt once fought Wan Sicheng."
Speaking of those events, Wu Ying sounded deeply wistful. "At the time, my grandaunt was the only cultivator among the Eight Great Households at the great perfection of Golden Core, the same realm as Wan Sicheng."
"Unfortunately, after they fought for a full day and night, my grandaunt proved a shade weaker in the end. Wan Sicheng damaged her foundation, and she fell to the eighth layer of Golden Core..."
Over the following centuries,