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The other Daoists did not have much to say, and if they went on, they would not give face to old man Fan. If they tried to force him in front of him, it would be unjustifiable, so the several Patriarchs politely greeted him. They had yet to observe these two Daoists who had just arrived.

Before they came here, they simply implied that this was a birthday feast, one after the other