Jiang Bufan could not take it anymore. "Holy Mother, could you please pay some attention to your dignity as a Primordial Dao Lord?"
The Unborn Venerable Mother thought nothing of it. "Dignity? What dignity? That is merely a fantasy the weak cobble together. The strong need only be strong enough; they never need anything else to set them off. What? Are you really the same inside and out in private?"
Jiang Bufan could not refute her.
His greatest private wish was to have a battle at the peak with Bone-Scraping Blade. Unfortunately, that was not a wish the Dao Court Lord ought to have.
People still had to wear a few masks to get by.
By comparison, the Unborn Venerable Mother was far more free and easy than he was. Even in the Primordial Era, she had been among the most senior. She had seen heaven and earth, seen all living beings, and seen herself. She had long since tempered herself through experience.
"You misunderstand, Holy Mother. I took Zimo as my disciple only because of his extraordinary talent. It had nothing to do with anything else," Jiang Bufan argued stubbornly. The Unborn Venerable Mother nodded repeatedly. "Of course. A Dao Embryo incarnation specially cultivated by a Land Immortal would naturally have extraordinary talent. You even deliberately announced that he was an Acquired Dao Embryo. Such painstaking care."
Jiang Bufan said, "...Lady, how do you know so much?"
The Unborn Venerable Mother laughed. "Do you think I have lived all these years for nothing? Few people in this world merit my attention, but you and your senior brother delight me most. In you two, I see the shadows of old acquaintances, stirring memories I thought dead."
Jiang Bufan guessed which old acquaintances she meant, but he did not want to