The old horse watched with slight astonishment as the youth boarded the carriage, wondering who this person was and why Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou were bringing him back to the sect.

Is he a promising seedling they just discovered?

But even then, he’ll need to pass the entrance trials before he can join the Dao-Seeking Sect.

Forget it, what does it have to do with me? I’m just responsible for pulling the carriage.

The old horse stopped dwelling on the matter and focused on his duty of pulling the carriage.

“Founding Ancestor, rest assured, we will definitely retrieve the Golden Cicada Shell for you. We just received news that the Luoshui Guard, the official cultivators of Great Xia, have captured the Chess-Observing True Lord.

“So fast?” The Innate Daoist Priest was greatly surprised. How did you two find out?

“However,...