These old fellows were all shrewd. This setup clearly aimed to mend fences between him and the Nangong family.
What else could he do but go along with them?
"Now, esteemed elders, may we discuss the main matter?"
More than that, Lin Xiao was curious why all these old men had appeared almost simultaneously, all with him as their target.
Hadn't he simply found that five-clawed golden dragon within the cold jade? And after using it once, he had been utterly drained, clearly a technique beyond his current capabilities.
"Lin Xiao, it's like this," Gu Qianfan finally spoke. "Your ancestors once said that if one day someone could summon the Nine Heavens Dragon's Roar, it would signify the emergence of a new generation of God Realm experts."
"And you summoned it," Zhao Yuanchao patted Lin Xiao's shoulder. "A young hero!"
"Therefore, in the future, you will be the new God Realm expert."
It was impossible for these old men not to feel envious. Hadn't each of them spent decades in diligent research, awaiting a breakthrough? Yet, here they were, only able to witness a junior summon the Nine Heavens Dragon's Roar, and they could only come to investigate.
Especially when this junior was a descendant of the Lin family, they had no other choice.
"Me? A God Realm expert?"
Lin Xiao pointed to his own nose, looking at them all with a touch of confusion. "Are you... not tricking me?"
"Of course. Besides you, no one else has achieved it," Gu Qianfan continued.
"But, wasn't that Gu family's cold jade? Why did I summon it?" Lin Xiao's confusion persisted.
This was Gu family property; why had he summoned it? Even if he did summon it, shouldn't it have happened when he took the item, or perhaps three years ago when they were all struggling on the brink of death, summoned much earlier?
Instead, it only occurred when he encountered this Gu family's cold jade.
"This cold jade... although it is the Gu family's heirloom, it has not been passed down through our Gu family from ancient times," Gu Qianfan then explained. "As far as I know, the ancestor of our Gu family and your Lin family ancestor belonged to the same sect."
"Same sect?"
Lin Xiao felt he was learning a great deal today that he hadn't known before.
"Not just the Gu family; in fact, all families' God Realm experts came from the same sect."
Nangong Wentian spoke at this moment, "It is said to be from a sect called the Misty Immortal Palace."
"Misty Immortal Palace?" Lin Xiao felt increasingly bewildered the more he listened. Everyone originating from the same sect?
"Otherwise, how could our families be mentioned in the same breath as the Celestial Master sect and Wudang?"
Zhao Yuanchao, though reluctant to admit it, recognized this as a fact.
In terms of martial arts heritage, their families were naturally no match for Wudang and the Celestial Master sect, let alone the even more ancient successors of Marquis Wu.
Therefore, it was only because the Misty Immortal Palace offered them an opportunity that they had the possibility of becoming these great families.
"Then you are..."
Lin Xiao looked at Zhao Yuanchao curiously.
He had never heard of the Zhao family producing any God Realm experts.
"Ahem... I, simply received help from Senior Lin back then, so I came," Zhao Yuanchao said, a little embarrassed. "The Zhao family did not enter the Misty Immortal Palace."