"Hmph..." As Xiao Hua was speaking, another cultivator clad in a black daoist robe snorted coldly. "True Person Xiao's cultivation is profound. Other than Ancestor Hongmeng, he is the half-person I admire most. But True Person Xiao... hehe, now that he is the Immortal Palace's Lightning Master, I do not even admire half a person anymore!"
Then this cultivator said to Ancestor Hongmeng, "Sect Master, this disciple has no objection if you cooperate with any cultivator of our Daoist sect. But if you cooperate with those Daoist sects that hang up a sheep's head while selling dog meat, this disciple... will be the first to refuse!"
Ancestor Hongmeng frowned and rebuked, "An Yezi, True Person Xiao is a Great Vehicle Daoist Sect cultivator. His Creation Sect even defeated the combined forces of the Four Great Families. How could he possibly be..."
"There are plenty of people in this world who lose their principles for beauty!" An Yezi answered without the slightest courtesy. "Who knows what True Person Xiao might do for Gouchen's Ninth Princess..."
"Dark Night Son of Fenli Pool? Third on the Xuanhuang List!" Having heard Ancestor Hongmeng's words, Xiao Hua already understood this cultivator's origins. Looking at An Yezi, Xiao Hua understood that Ancestor Hongmeng and the others had likely discussed these words beforehand. Yet when he looked around, he could not help but feel both amused and exasperated. With Confucian cultivators, the Buddhist Sect, and the Demon Race before them, the Daoist sect—the least promising of all, only just being established, with Chengtian Hall not yet even heard of—was actually boasting so shamelessly here. It truly carried the air of a frog at the bottom of a well looking up at the sky.
"Amitabha..." At this moment, Rāgaratna Tathagata spoke, his face bearing a mournful expression. "Benefactor