"Leave with . We’re going back to the mountain. Once there, you will marry imdiately, and only after giving birth to a baby can you leave." Zhang Hangkui grabbed Zhang Xue’s hand and began to drag her away, roaring furiously.
Of course, that last sentence was ant for Zhang Bin. It was to tell him to stop his wishful thinking.
"Zhang Hangkui, don’t think you can oppose just because you’re from the Shushan Sect! Haven’t you seen? That mighty Black Bell was quickly reduced to ashes before ," Zhang Bin said fiercely.
"The Black Bell dares to compare with our Shushan Sect? What a joke," Zhang Hangkui said, looking at Zhang Bin with scorn. "Our Shushan Ancestor alone could extinguish the Black Bell with a flick of his finger."
"Your ancestor is powerful? The masters from our Taiqing Sect are stronger," Zhang Bin said proudly. "Dare to take my woman, and your fate is already sealed."
"You..."
Zhang Hangkui was so angry he almost spat blood. Since when has my granddaughter beco his woman?
However, when he thought of Zhang Bin’s overwhelming thods and the powerful figure still hidden in his shadow, his heart began to worry. This bastard is like a Demon King, acting so recklessly. If I force Zhang Xue to marry and have a child, he might truly co after the Shushan Sect—and that could lead to a lot of trouble.
"Zhang Hangkui, your Shushan Sect’s rule is too unreasonable. Why can’t Shushan Sect disciples marry outside?" Master Xueyin suddenly interjected.
The crowd was stunned. Was Master Xueyin actually speaking up for Zhang Bin? Had the sun risen from the west?
"Master Xueyin, you are an Ei Elder. This matter has nothing to do with you. Please return to your mountain," Zhang Hangkui replied, softening his tone so as not to offend the frightening woman.
"Zhang Hangkui, I have long had objections to this rule of your Shushan Sect. Today, I must speak my mind," Master Xueyin said.
"This rule of our Shushan Sect was established by our ancestors. It is the very foundation that has allowed our sect to exist to this day. Therefore, this rule cannot be changed, nor can it be questioned by others," Zhang Hangkui said, his expression turning cold.
"This rule of yours, isn’t it just because you’re afraid your Secret Techniques will be leaked? Afraid that the won who marry out will teach their cultivation techniques to their husbands and children? It’s truly unfair," Master Xueyin said angrily.
"How is it unfair?" Zhang Hangkui could not help but retort.
"Of course it’s unfair. Your Shushan Sect disciples can marry won from other sects and are even encouraged to do so. Yet, your sect’s won are forbidden from marrying outside. Is there any logic in this?" Master Xueyin said angrily. "I rember several of our Ei disciples married into your Shushan Sect. It seems one of your concubines is an Ei disciple. Should I perhaps ask her to return?"
"This..."
Zhang Hangkui was left speechless, his face turning beet red.
Why is Master Xueyin helping Zhang Bin and arguing with about this? What am I supposed to do now? he thought in distress.
"That’s right... Master Xueyin makes sense. The rules of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect are too selfish and very unfair... If every sect was like the Shushan Sect, forbidding their won to marry out, how many more tragedies would the world see?"
The other cultivators began to discuss the matter among themselves.
"Senior Zhang, surely you now understand how absurd this rule of the Shushan Sect is, right?" Zhang Bin took the opportunity to say. "This rule is heinous; its purpose is the extinction of humanity. Just think about it, if we all forbade our daughters from marrying outside, they could only marry within their own clans. That’s incest. It wouldn’t be long before humans turned into monsters, or even regressed to a primitive society. I think the reason your ancestor never ascended to the Immortal Realm is that he was too selfish. He created this rule. If you change it, he might ascend right away."
PFFT...
Everyone almost burst out laughing. What Zhang Bin said was nonsense, but there was a tiny bit of twisted logic to it.
"Hmph..." Zhang Hangkui snorted coldly. "Zhang Bin, if you have the guts, why don’t you go to Shushan and reason with our ancestor? If he agrees to change the rule, then I will acknowledge your union with Zhang Xue."
"Don’t go! Please don’t go!" Zhang Xue yelled out anxiously, fearing Zhang Bin would agree. "Sothing like this happened ten years ago. A senior sister from our Shushan Sect fell in love with a disciple from a minor sect nad Duan Yun. He was a genius. He reached the Nascent Soul Early Stage by the age of thirty and even defeated my grandfather. He fought his way to Shushan to argue with the ancestor, saying the rule was wrong and asking him to make an exception. But the ancestor coldly said, ’So long as you can withstand a single finger from , I will change the rule.’ Duan Yun agreed. Then, from a distance, the ancestor pointed a single finger and made Duan Yun’s head explode. He died a truly tragic death."
All the cultivators fell silent, their heads hanging low. They all knew about this incident, but there was nothing they could do to stop it, nor did they dare to even criticize it.
"What the hell? He’s that kind of old bastard?" Zhang Bin was so angry he almost spat blood, nearly grinding his teeth to dust.
He also felt extre trepidation. To kill a Nascent Soul Early Stage master with just a point from afar, one must be terrifyingly powerful. That’s definitely the Union Realm, possibly even the Ascension Realm. It’s because Shushan has such a terrifying existence that this unreasonable rule remains unshakeable. No one dares to change it or even question it.
"Master Xueyin, what is the Shushan Ancestor’s cultivation level?" Zhang Bin asked via secret transmission.
"Nobody knows his current realm, but he reached Union Realm Great Perfection a thousand years ago," Master Xueyin responded in kind. "You’d better not provoke that stubborn old man; he will not hesitate to kill you. Over the years, anyone who has challenged his rules and authority has either backed down or been annihilated. Of course, if your Taiqing Sect has a master at the sa level, perhaps you could try discussing it."
Discuss my ass, Zhang Bin fud internally. I am the top master in the Taiqing Sect. Where would I find an equal-level master? The Shushan Sect is terrifying, to think they have such a fearso ancestor.
"Xue Er, it’s not that I’m being unreasonable, but these are the rules of our Shushan Sect. You shouldn’t bring harm to yourself or others," Zhang Hangkui said to the still-stubborn Zhang Xue, lowering his voice.
"Zhang Bin, I will never marry anyone else. If I’m forced, I’ll kill myself. And if they succeed by force, I’ll kill myself afterward. I will never compromise," Zhang Xue said, her resolve unshaken as she looked at Zhang Bin with deep affection. "I will wait for you. I’ll wait one hundred years, two hundred years, a thousand years. I will keep waiting until you bring the strongest elder of the Taiqing Sect to the mountain and make the ancestor change this rule."
She firmly believed that the Taiqing Sect was just as powerful as the Shushan Sect and certainly had masters of the sa caliber. It was just that the current Zhang Bin was still too weak, having only reached the Initial Stage of Golden Core, so he couldn’t speak before such a titan. But Zhang Bin was exceptionally talented. One day, he would surely reach the Nascent Soul Realm, perhaps even the Union Realm. At that ti, his words would carry weight, allowing him to invite the titans of the Taiqing Sect. When such a figure visited Shushan, the ancestor would have to show them respect. Then, she and Zhang Bin could finally be together.
"I will! I will personally go to the Shushan Sect to make you my wife, and no one will be able to stop !" Zhang Bin shouted with a look of pure determination.
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