Chapter 700: They Are Really Two Good Children

The old domain name has been compromised. Please remember the new one.

Upon hearing the youth announce his name, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou simultaneously froze, instinctively taking two steps back, feeling an ominous sense of impending disaster.

The Innate Daoist?

The founding patriarch?

Lu Yang was the first to regain his composure. The whip in his hand cracked loudly, sparks flying from its tip, making the youth shiver with fear.

He sneered, "How dare you! You have the audacity to impersonate the elder I admire most! Tell me, what is the Innate Daoist’s true name?"

"Qi Tongtian."

"How did the Seeking Dao Sect get its name?"

"I spent a hundred thousand spirit stones to ask the Sky Strategy Sect to find a good location with auspicious geomancy for my sect. After they calculated it, I set out according to their findings, but got lost halfway. I had to ask an old farmer by the roadside for directions. To commemorate this experience and thank the old farmer, I named the sect Seeking Dao Sect."

"How many wives did the Innate Daoist have?"

"When did I ever get married?"

"So, this is his unwavering Dao heart, his undisturbed composure, and his single-minded devotion to the Dao, Meng Jingzhou?"

With these two, the future of my Seeking Dao Sect is boundless; it will surely have a place in the coming Great World War.

When I established the Seeking Dao Sect, I was only at the Void Refinement stage. I only advanced to the Body Integration stage after the sect was built. It wasn't a particularly special first-grade sect. Who could have imagined that a first-grade sect could last for 170,000 years, and even prosper more and more?

The Innate Daoist said dejectedly, "Even if I hadn't done anything, I'd still have to run! I'm not a cultivator of this era. If cultivators from the Great Xia imperial court see me, they'll surely try to capture me. I think the Seeking Dao Sect is safer."

"Let me massage your legs."

There was a tomb for the Innate Daoist within the sect, but everyone knew it was a false death, and his true body was elsewhere.

"Patriarch, you must be tired hanging from that tree. Let me massage your shoulders."

"They must have discovered I possessed the Meng Jingzhou artifact, but it wasn't convenient for them to directly seize it, as that would violate the rules of the Great Yu Alliance. So, they secretly informed the Great Qian cultivators, letting them snatch my Tan Lunquan. Then, they would snatch it back from the Great Qian cultivators, making their acquisition legitimate."

Meng Jingzhou was even more enraged: "How dare they treat the Patriarch like that! If I ever encounter him, I'd rather sacrifice this wretched life of mine to fight him to the death!"

He continued, "After I escaped, I only recently heard that the Seeking Dao Sect still exists and has even become one of the Four Great Immortal Sects. I wanted to return to the Seeking Dao Sect, but it's too far from here, so I had to earn enough for the journey."

The youth's feet were bound, and he was hanging from a tree. A slight breeze would make him spin.

"They probably didn't expect the Great Xia cultivators to arrive so quickly. They didn't dare to engage directly, so they had no choice but to give up."

"What did you do that made you run when you saw Great Xia cultivators?" Lu Yang asked, even more diligently massaging the Innate Daoist's shoulders.

"I'm poor, no spirit stones. All my spirit stones were used to build the sect."

As they massaged the Patriarch, the two chatted, "Patriarch, didn't you found the Seeking Dao Sect? Why weren't you sleeping within the sect?"

"I hadn't even finished earning the money when the official cultivators from Great Xia came after me. I was just about to escape when you two cornered me and strung me up here."

Meng Jingzhou cleverly found a chair from somewhere and invited the Patriarch to sit.

"Then why did you disperse your cultivation and start anew?"

"Aren't you Lu Yang, the one who challenged and defeated cultivators at the Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Soul Transformation stages while still in the Foundation Establishment stage?"

The Innate Daoist said thank you, rested in the chair for a moment, and then suddenly realized they were calling him 'Patriarch'.

"Oh, right, Patriarch, our mission outside didn't succeed this time, so we're heading back to the sect anyway. Would you like to return?"

"How did the three Great Qian cultivators led by True Monarch Guanqi know you had the Meng Jingzhou artifact?" Meng Jingzhou asked curiously.

"The Great Yu Alliance?" Lu Yang recalled that Wu Youdao seemed to have mentioned that organization.

Meng Jingzhou said indignantly, "That's outrageous! That True Monarch Guanqi truly has no regard for law or heaven; he completely disregards our Seeking Dao Sect!"

"It's an alliance formed by a group of Great Yu cultivators. After I awakened, they immediately found me, hoping I would join them. I didn't think they were very reliable, so I refused."

The Innate Daoist thought, 'These two are truly filial, and their talent is high. Just as described in the storytelling, they are indeed rare good sprouts.'

The two bowed deeply, showing extreme reverence: "My name is Lu Yang, you can just call me Lu."

"And I'm Meng Jingzhou, you can just call me Little Meng."

Lu Yang understood. The Patriarch had only recently awakened and didn't know much about Great Xia, perceiving it based on the Great Yu's official knowledge.

"Wait, are you two from the Seeking Dao Sect?"

The Innate Daoist felt even more wronged: "Do you think I wanted to? I woke up and hadn't even fully recovered when eight Great Qian cultivators rushed in to seize my Tan Lunquan. The leader was apparently called True Monarch Guanqi. Good heavens, those three were merciless! If I hadn't taken a gamble, dispersed my cultivation, and started anew to escape, I would have lost my life there."

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou exchanged a glance. Alright, he had answered everything. It seemed the youth really was the Innate Daoist.

The Innate Daoist was on the verge of tears: "I never imagined the sect I founded back then would last until now."

Lu Yang was speechless.