Chapter 935: Two Branches!
Edited by RED
âLeader, what about the Old Servant?â asked Dao Cheng Zi cautiously after everybody else was asked to leave. Only the three Supreme Elders were left in the room; Lin Feng was on the main seat.
Lin Feng didnât know much about the Old Servant. He knew even less about the three Supreme Elders. He knew nothing about Tian Dao Yuan, either. But he still didnât intend to let anyone try and use him.
Therefore, when Dao Cheng Zi asked that, Lin Feng remained wary. He had known the Old Servant for two weeks, but he had known the Supreme Elders for only a few hours. He couldnât trust them instantly.
Lin Feng didnât intend to make decisions hastily. The Old Servant wasnât a person of small importance; he had the strength of the fifth Great Supreme God layer, he could kill Lin Feng in the blink of an eye if he desired.
Lin Feng didnât know what the three Supreme Eldersâ motivations were, either.
âLetâs forget about him for the time being. You can leave now, Supreme Elders; I am a bit tired, and I need a rest,â Lin Feng replied smoothly.
The three old men bowed and nodded, and slowly walked away. Dao Cheng Zi was a bit disappointed.
The three Supreme Elders left Lin Feng alone. Lin Feng was already lost in thought.
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At that moment, outsideâŠ
âDao Cheng Zi, are you sure you want Lin Feng to punish me?â the Old Servant said to Dao Cheng Zi icily.
Dao Cheng Zi looked at him coldly. âYou know exactly what we think, so why wait here?â
âHehe, I am just telling you that you are very naive. Lin Feng is more complex than you think.
âI want to use him, and Iâm sure you want to use him, too. Hehe, we all underestimated him. This Master is complex. If he wasnât, he wouldnât have hesitated; he would have told you he wanted me punished,â the Old Servant grinned confidently. Then he shook his head and sighed.
The three old men remained silent. They understood what the Old Servant meant.
âHaha, whatâs wrong? Youâve finally found someone you really canât control?â the Old Servant laughed loudly.
Dao Cheng Zi frowned and said, âMind your own business, will you? You have already offended him. At least we havenât! Youâll die atrociously at some point!â Dao Cheng Zi waved him off. He and the two other old men walked away and quickly disappeared.
The Old Servant looked glum. They were right. If he continued, he was going to bring about his own destruction. He had already offended Lin Feng. The three old men were both wise and smart. They couldnât control Lin Feng, and in any case, it wasnât a problem for them at all.
For the Tian branch, it was a huge problem. The Old Servant couldnât just watch without doing anything. Long ago, the Tian branch wasnât oppressed.
The Old Servant took a deep breath. He had no choice, for the sake of the Tian branch. He had to apologize to Lin Feng!
If the three Supreme Elders hadnât shown up, he would have pushed things to the limit. In the worst case, he would have killed Lin Feng and taken control over Tian Dao Yuan again.
Unfortunately, the three old men were back, so everything was differentâŠ
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The Old Servant walked into the great hall. Lin Feng was seated on the throne and had his eyes closed. Lin Feng suddenly opened his eyes and mocked him, âYou came back sooner than I thought! I thought youâd come back in the middle of the night!â The old manâs injury was already healed. There was just some blood left on his robe.
The Old Servant was surprised. Lin Feng had guessed he would come back?
The Old Servant regretted that he had offended Lin Feng. He should have gained Lin Fengâs trust first, and then he could have tried to control himâŠ
âMaster, I was wrong,â the Old Servant bowed.
Lin Feng just grinned. Everything was going as expected. Apologizing was one thing; accepting his apology was quite another!
âOld Servant, youâre apologizing, which is good, but Iâm sure you have ulterior motives,â Lin Feng said. As the leader of Tian Dao Yuan, he needed to understand everything to control the sect better. A leader who didnât understand their group was doomed to fail!
âMaster, I donât know what you mean,â said the Old Servant, shaking his head.
Lin Feng only smiled thinly. âSince itâs that way, you can leave.â
âIâŠâ the Old Servant was apprehensive again. He didnât want to tell Lin Feng his biggest secret, or he would definitely fail. But if he didnât tell Lin Feng the truth, Lin Feng wouldnât accept his apology and in the future, the Old Servantâs branch would be in an even more difficult situationâŠ
The Old Servant recalled their fight, looking both thoughtful and unhappy.
Lin Feng wasnât in a rush, and just waited for the Old Servant to make up his mind. He was sure the old man was going to talk. He had started, so he couldnât stop anymore. Just having the strength of the fifth Great Supreme God layer was useless in such a situation.
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Time passed slowly. It was getting dark outside. The sun was already setting on the horizon.
Lin Feng looked at the sky. He knew the old man was going to speak.
As expected, the Old Servant finally said cautiously, âTian Dao Yuan is divided into two branches. A million years ago, they were one. They all inherited the Ancestorâs knowledge.
âBut after the Ancestorâs death, I wanted to perpetuate the Ancestorâs will, but there was a division. Tian Dao Yuan was divided into two branches, the Tian Branch and the Dao Branch. I supported the only son of the Ancestor, while Dao Cheng Zi, Dao Xuan Zi, and Dao Fu Zi supported a young talent the Ancestor had found back then.
âIn the end, the Tian Branch was more powerful, so the Ancestorâs son, the Young Master, became the leader.
âBecause of that, the Dao Branch lost influence. In the end, the three Supreme Elders, who werenât Supreme Elders back then, didnât feel like helping anymore.
âI was in charge of everything back then. I helped the Young Leader for three hundred thousand years, but in the end he lost his mind while cultivating. He died before breaking through to the third Great Supreme God layer.
âThe Dao branch saw an opportunity. Dao Cheng Zi asked many people to support the young genius the Ancestor had chosen and because many disciples liked him, he became the new leader.
âAfter then, people started calling me Old Servant. Hehe! I used to manage everything, and then someday, all of a sudden I became the Old ServantâŠ
âWhen you made fun of me these days and called me an old servant, it reminded me of that dark period of my life. I really wanted to kill you,â said the Old Servant honestly.
When Lin Feng heard that, he was surprised. So thatâs where the title of Old Servant came fromâŠ
But it also meant that the Dao branch was really powerful! Lin Feng understood that the three Supreme Elders probably wanted to control him too; they had chosen a different method, but their goal was the same.