In a palace deep within the Great Luo Immortal Sect.
Mo Xingzhou "watched" the cheers coming from the sect gates and remained silent for a long time.
Behind him, two figures approached.
One was Lou Guanyu, the Great Luo Immortal Sect's other Pure Yang True Immortal.
The other was Yu Sui, the Dao Integration True Immortal currently on duty for the Supreme Elders Council.
This True Immortal also glanced toward the sect gates. Only after a long while did he speak. "Unwilling as I am to admit it, Li Xian is far stronger than Yi Yuanshi in every respect-from the standpoint of the sect as a whole, doing everything we can to help Li Xian grow is indeed more important than continuing to focus on Yi Yuanshi..."
Mo Xingzhou said nothing.
Lou Guanyu also said, "Our Great Luo Immortal Sect has gone without a Celestial Immortal for over a hundred thousand years. It's time a new one emerged to lead us into renewed prosperity... especially with the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground watching us like a tiger eyeing its prey, and no one knowing how much longer Tianyuan Daoist can remain."
Mo Xingzhou glanced at his two old friends, each of whom he had known for at least several thousand years. "Am I really that stubborn in your eyes?"
"Huh?"
Lou Guanyu and Yu Sui exchanged a glance.
"I know better than either of you that, so long as we protect Li Xian and keep him from dying before his time, he'll at least become a True Immortal standing on equal footing with us. Sulking over someone destined to become our equal would only be asking for trouble."
Mo Xingzhou said.
"It's good that you think that way."
Yu Sui smiled as he spoke.
"The reason I firmly supported Yi Yuanshi