As he spoke, Sea Suppressing Venerable cupped his hands and bowed to Ninth Abyss Venerable.
Ninth Abyss Venerable glanced back at him, then said, "You are the future Palace Master. You can decide this matter yourself, so why go through the needless motions of coming to me?"
There was not the slightest attempt in his words to conceal the resentment and hostility in his heart.
Sea Suppressing Venerable had already prepared himself before coming, so hearing this now did not surprise him.
As the Palace Master's personal disciple, he knew very well just how excessively his master had favored him over Ninth Abyss Venerable.
If his master had devoted even twenty percent of the attention he had given Sea Suppressing Venerable to Ninth Abyss Venerable, this ancestor of the East Sea dragon lineage would not have remained trapped at a bottleneck for so many years, his realm stagnant for so long.
After a brief moment of contemplation, Sea Suppressing Venerable straightened up and said solemnly, "Each generation handles its own affairs. I am not qualified to judge whether Master was right or wrong, but he will eventually ascend to the heavens. The affairs of the palace from now on will rest upon my shoulders."
Hearing this, Ninth Abyss Venerable was somewhat surprised. He seemed to have noticed the change in Sea Suppressing Venerable's state of mind as well.
"Even if they rest upon your shoulders, what does that have to do with me?"
"Though Sea Suppressing has some talent in cultivation, I do not have much experience or many methods when it comes to governing a sect."
Sea Suppressing Venerable walked before Ninth Abyss Venerable, then respectfully bowed to him. "When I cultivated the Dao as a child, Master was often absent from the East Sea. You were the one