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Chapter 277 Confrontation with the Sect Master
"where did you go?!"
Mu Qingyan hesitated for a moment, then turned around and stared at Duan Zhengchun's back, loudly asking him the question.
“Go see your sect leader and tell him my choice.”
"wait for me!"
Duan Zhengchun said in a deep voice and left without looking back.
Mu Qingyan stood there, stunned, watching Duan Zhengchun's figure gradually disappear into the distance, her heart filled with mixed emotions.
This is the first time someone has ever gone to such lengths for her.
...
In the main hall.
"It seems you've already made up your mind."
The Tianmen Sect Master looked at the expressionless Duan Zhengchun and slowly asked a question, a hint of expectation flashing in his eyes.
“I can join Tianmen.”
Duan Zhengchun raised his voice and gave his answer.
Upon hearing this, the Tianmen Sect Master's eyes lit up and he instantly smiled broadly. However, Duan Zhengchun's next words made his face turn extremely gloomy.
"But I want to be with Mu Qingyan!"
Upon hearing this, Elders Qinglong and Xuanwu, as well as Bai Mufei standing to the side, widened their eyes and stood frozen in place.
"You drank too much!"
"Master, I will bring him to pay his respects to you after he sobers up."
Bai Mufei quickly approached, explaining as he pulled Duan Zhengchun outside.
However, Duan Zhengchun stood still, his eyes fixed on the Tianmen Sect Master without blinking.
"Do you know that if I hadn't considered you a once-in-a-millennium cultivation prodigy, you would already be dead based on just that one sentence you uttered?!"
The Tianmen Sect Master waved his hand to stop Bai Mufei, looked coldly at Duan Zhengchun, and said with a gloomy face.
As he spoke, an invisible pressure surged towards Duan Zhengchun. Even Bai Mufei, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but change his expression and immediately lowered his head respectfully, bowing his waist.
The two elders, Qinglong and Xuanwu, also looked grim, bowing and neither daring to speak.
"I know, because she is the Holy Maiden of Tianmen, bearing a sacred mission. She cannot have feelings, cannot have desires, and will not allow anyone to desecrate her!"
Duan Zhengchun nodded and spoke with a straight face, without the slightest fear, his body ramrod straight, desperately resisting the endless invisible pressure.
"Then how dare you make such a request?!"
"Do you think that my Thousand-Year Heavenly Gate is indispensable to you?!"
The Heavenly Gate Master coldly pressed on with the question.
"Because I care about her!"
"It's not fair to burden her with so much in her life just because of a single word, 'fate'!"
"Everyone has their own choices. Becoming a saint was not her own choice! Why should her entire life be sacrificed for her?!"
"Who says that a saintess who falls in love or has a sweetheart is no longer holy?! I never imagined that you self-proclaimed high and mighty people of the Heavenly Realm could be so pedantic!"
"As long as her heart belongs to Tianmen, she is a member of Tianmen! What you care about are nothing but the idle gossip of outsiders!"
Duan Zhengchun stared straight at the Tianmen Sect Master, remaining neither humble nor arrogant, without the slightest hint of backing down.
"Brother Duan, stop talking!"
"enough!"
Bai Mufei's forehead was covered in cold sweat as he whispered a reminder to Duan Zhengchun.
No one has ever dared to be so disrespectful to the sect leader!
"Let him say it!"
The Heavenly Gate Master, with a stern face, raised his voice and shouted.
"The rule that forbids developing feelings is utter nonsense! If she really can't develop feelings, then what about her camaraderie with the disciples of Tianmen?! What about her reverence for the elders of Tianmen?!"
"What does the master-disciple relationship mean to the sect leader?!"
"Does the so-called inability to feel emotions only refer to romantic love?! She is a human being, and humans have emotions and desires! She is not a stone, nor is she a cloud; how can she be without feelings?!"
"Is a heartless saintess what you want?!"
Duan Zhengchun looked at the people present, his voice loud and clear, like a series of loud slaps to their faces.
For a moment, the hall fell into a deathly silence, and everyone was speechless.
"If it's because of her so-called mission as a saintess, then it makes even less sense. Why should the life and death of a sect be borne by a woman?!"
"In Lingze City, if I hadn't arrived in time, she might already be dead! If there truly is a destiny, and if she really died, does that mean the fate of Tianmen also ends in the same way?!"
"If someone is destined to bear this mission, then let it be me! I can guard the Heavenly Gate for her!"
"Seal the sect's lifeline within my body! Give the sect's token to Bai Mufei! As long as the two of us live, Heavenly Gate will be safe!"
Duan Zhengchun looked coldly at the Tianmen Sect Master and spoke again with unwavering resolve.
Upon hearing this, Bai Mufeng, who had been extremely nervous, was momentarily stunned, not expecting that he would be involved in this matter.
Although he is the successor to the next sect leader, the sect's token has always been kept by the Holy Maiden. This has always been the rule of the Heavenly Gate, in order to prevent the successor to the sect leader from doing anything improper with the sect's token.
The leader of Tianmen stared at Duan Zhengchun for a long time, then suddenly smiled.
The two elders, Azure Dragon and Black Tortoise, exchanged a furtive glance and couldn't help but smile.
Duan Zhengchun and Bai Mufei were both stunned when they saw the sudden smile on the face of the Tianmen Sect Master, their faces full of confusion and doubt.
"You said it yourself, but no one forced you."
The Tianmen Sect Master looked at Duan Zhengchun and said calmly.
"I said it!"
Duan Zhengchun nodded vigorously and answered loudly.
For some reason, he regretted it as soon as he finished speaking, because he felt like he had been tricked.
"Okay! I promise you!"
"But you must understand that once the sect's lifeline is sealed within your body, whether you like it or not, you are destined to be a member of the Heavenly Gate for the rest of your life! Regardless of life or death!"
"If you harbor any disloyalty, you will surely suffer a retaliatory attack from the guardian beast, leaving no trace of your body, and your three souls and seven spirits utterly destroyed!"
The Heavenly Gate Master slowly stood up and said with a serious expression.
“Once a word is spoken, it’s hard to chase it back!”
Duan Zhengchun replied without hesitation.
He knew that he had indeed been tricked; it was a trap that had been set up long ago!
He initially thought he was the one scheming against others, but in the end, he walked into a trap that they had prepared long ago.
From the very beginning, it seems that the leader of Tianmen had already foreseen this outcome!
The sect leader of the largest sect in the Heavenly Domain is indeed brilliant! He can even be compared to Master Tianzhi!
"Meeting you during that ambush in Lingze City was destiny; you belong to her, and you belong to me too!"
"Now that I think about it, I think I understand. Although Master Tianzhi did not see through your destiny, he did foresee that you would join the Heavenly Gate."
"After the sect's lifeblood is sealed into your body, you will be able to restore your cultivation aptitude and transform from a martial artist into a cultivator."
"In this light, Master Tianzhi is far more insightful than I am."
The Heavenly Gate Master smiled and said meaningfully.
After hearing this, Duan Zhengchun finally understood everything. It turned out that when Bai Mufei appeared at Tianming Mountain, Master Tianzhi had already foreseen everything.
"I have one more condition."
Duan Zhengchun hesitated for a moment before speaking again.
"Say!"
The Heavenly Gate Master raised his hand in a gesture, seemingly in a very good mood.
"If I join the Heavenly Gate, I hope that those who came with me can also cultivate, including those who entered the Heavenly Domain with me but did not come to Tianyun Mountain with me."
Duan Zhengchun said earnestly.
"Good! From this day forward, they are also members of Tianmen!"
"As long as they have enough aptitude, they can cultivate all the techniques in the Heavenly Gate!"
The Heavenly Gate Master agreed without hesitation, then stroked his beard and grinned from ear to ear.
Duan Zhengchun stood there blankly, his brows furrowing slightly.
He hadn't expected it to be done so easily. He had thought it would take some effort, but it turned out that the Heavenly Gate Master had also been waiting for this day.
After a long while, Duan Zhengchun and Bai Mufei slowly walked out of the main hall.
"Brother Duan, you really scared me!"
Bai Mufei wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with a wry smile.
Duan Zhengchun didn't respond, because he saw that Mu Qingyan had been waiting on the stone steps not far from the palace for some time.
Bai Mufei glanced at them, smiled slightly, said nothing more, slowly turned and left, leaving the time to Duan Zhengchun and Mu Qingyan.
"how?"
"Are you OK?"
Seeing Duan Zhengchun slowly approach, Mu Qingyan looked him up and down with concern and asked softly.
"The sect leader will personally preside over the initiation ceremony early tomorrow morning."
"you're free."
Duan Zhengchun looked at Mu Qingyan and said calmly, a warm smile appearing on his lips.
Upon hearing this, Mu Qingyan's eyes reddened, instantly filling with an indescribable depth of emotion...