"Lu Ren may represent Ordinary Battle Bodies, but all he did was defeat True Lord Ji's Great Dao Mirror Image. That proves nothing!"
The elder in the dark-gold Daoist robe spoke coldly.
"Even now, you won't admit Lu Ren is more talented than Cang Xuanming?"
The gray-robed elder said, "Set aside his performance in the first nine passes. The talent he showed in the tenth alone was enough to surpass Cang Xuanming!"
"I admit he is more talented than Cang Xuanming."
The elder in the dark-gold Daoist robe spoke slowly.
The gray-robed elder froze slightly. He had not expected such a ready admission.
"Now that Lu Ren has passed the Ten-Origin Heavenly Pass trial, you won't make things difficult for him, will you?"
The gray-robed elder asked.
"Why would I?"
The elder in the dark-gold Daoist robe remained calm. "The Great Dao Sect would never make things difficult for a true prodigy!"
The gray-robed elder's gaze shifted. "I thought you might find a way to have him die in the Ten Thousand Dao Source Ruins!"
"If he died, wouldn't that tell the world the Great Dao Sect had no room for Ordinary Battle Bodies?"
The elder in the dark-gold Daoist robe's gaze was unfathomable.
"So you intend to let him enter the Great Dao Sect?"
The gray-robed elder asked.
"Indeed."
The elder in the dark-gold Daoist robe nodded slowly. "By passing the Ten-Origin Heavenly Pass trial, he proved himself. Naturally, he qualifies to become a Great Dao Sect disciple!"
"Aren't you afraid his presence will threaten Cang Xuanming? Or even... ruin your plans?"
The gray-robed elder asked.
"I believe in Cang Xuanming!"
The elder in the dark-gold Daoist robe said, "A fated struggle between them is inevitable. Let them settle it themselves!"
The gray-robed elder narrowed his eyes. "And if