The silence was utterly shattered by the appearance of a young man. The Golden Core elders, Manager Miao, and the others wore expressions of slight excitement as they cupped their fists and bowed toward the youth:
"We pay our respects to the Patriarch!"
A Nascent Soul Patriarch of the Daqian Dao Sect!? Or perhaps that Spirit Severing Patriarch?!
The cultivators present shifted instinctively, their eyes carrying a hint of awe as they secretly guessed the youth's identity.
The heavily-fleshed man breathed a sigh of relief. With the Lihuo Dao Sect's Patriarch stepping forward, the outcome was now set in stone.
"Mm."
The youth gave a slight nod, his gaze sweeping toward Fang Chen as if he couldn't care less.
After a long moment, finding Fang Chen's aura completely impenetrable and unable to discern his cultivation realm, his gaze shifted to Elder Huo. Seeing the man's miserable state, he suddenly let out a light chuckle:
"You all have stayed in the Lihuo Dao Sect for too long, always feeling as though there are no capable people left in the world, growing far too arrogant and complacent. Now you've finally learned that there is always someone better, and a mountain beyond every mountain?"
Chapter 247