From Patriarch Tai Yi's perspective:
Although he had spoken like that just a moment ago, he had done so precisely to trick the people of the Fuyang Immortal Sect and the Qianye Immortal Sect into thinking he had a guilty conscience.
After all, as long as Duan Lingtian was unwilling to concoct the Luotian Pill publicly without any stakes on the line, it did not matter what else he said; it wouldn't affect the big picture.
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