Beyond the Azure Firmament, the kindly old woman softly exhaled a breath, boundless and inexhaustible, vast and shoreless, like a great fog blanketing north and south.
"Fellow Daoist Fan Miao, what sort of person do you take me for!"
The gray-robed Daoist looked displeased.
"Would I ever spy on the doings of juniors?"
The kindly old woman smiled without answering.
The Dao Lords of the Southern Continent had always enjoyed a universal reputation in this regard.
She still remembered how, when Xiao Yu had been courting those female True Lords among flowers beneath the moon, this Daoist Brother Mingxuan had secretly watched.
As a result, many tender words of love spoken by the first [Lesser Yang] had spread, causing no small disturbance.
Xiao Yu's first Dao body had been destroyed precisely because Nong True Lord of the Great Talisman Sect had heard these frivolous rumors, become blinded by a tribulation of love, and angrily drawn a sword against him.
The kindly old woman said mildly:
"Daoist Brother Mingxuan ought to learn from Ning Hechu's lesson."
The gray-robed Daoist's brows lowered slightly. [Earth Virtue] had been jointly suppressed by several Dao Lineages outside the Southern Continent. Despite Ning Hechu's strenuous efforts to forge alliances, Divine Abilities had still proved no match for heaven's decree, and he had turned to ashes while ascending to the Metal Position.
The gray-robed Daoist, whose presence flickered in and out, suddenly smiled.
"Fellow Daoist Fan Miao, you seem rather protective of our sect's Dao Child."
The kindly old woman sighed softly.
"That child Xiao Yu should have been a great talent of the Demonic Dao. If he hadn't been so stubborn and unwilling to yield, there would surely have been a Dao Lord among the Eight Sects willing to stand up for him and back him."