Of the remaining two hundred-plus people, some exchanged flickering glances and looked at the others with hesitation on their faces, not joining them in bowing to Li Yan.
Quite a few others lowered their heads one after another, as though they had not heard Sikong Lai speak.
"Patriarch Sikong, besides the token, does the Great Ancestor's successor have any other..."
After Liu Xuan swiftly exchanged glances with the other man, he gritted his teeth and stepped forward, then performed a deep bow toward Sikong Lai.
He wanted to say that the Great Ancestor's direct disciple should have had an oral decree or an image left behind by the Great Ancestor. They wanted Li Yan to produce more evidence proving that he was the orthodox direct disciple of the Great Ancestor.
Otherwise, their branch would suddenly fall under the control of an outsider, while they, the legitimate inheritors, would instantly become as insignificant as dust.
Especially people like him. He was one of the strongest who could lead this clan in the future, yet the resources within his sight had suddenly become another man's appendages. How could he possibly accept that willingly?
However, if Li Yan were given some other status within the Soul Prison Clan, he would have had no objections.
Liu Xuan and the other two female disciples were, in fact, descendants of the Great Ancestor's eldest disciple, while Dai Yun and the man beside Liu Xuan were descendants of his second disciple.
As for the Great Ancestor's descendants, collateral branches, and the descendants of his other disciples, some were present here as well. However, the strongest among them had only reached Foundation Establishment, so naturally they had no right to speak.
No matter how glorious one's ancestors had once been, the cultivation world revered strength above all. Ancestral