Free Web NovelChapter 1858: Chapter 1854: The Duty of a Host
As the original Sect Master of Da Han Sect, Zhu Nian’s position within the sect is very high, and what she says basically gains the trust of her subordinates.
She said the disciples of Da Han Sect are simply unable to ascend, even though Song Mei doubts it, she had no reason to convince Zhu Nian, she just still found it unbelievable. Zhu Nian asked, "Young hero Ye, I wonder if you have any way to help our Da Han Sect. For tens of thousands of years, our sect’s cultivation has achieved nothing. Since you are the most knowledgeable person in the cultivation world, you naturally should know how to help us!"
Ye Fan shook his head and said, "You are the result of accelerated cultivation. The direct effects of this cultivation method, even I don’t know how they are formed. How can I help you when I’m unfamiliar with your situation?"
Disappointed, Zhu Nian said, "It seems young hero Ye is still unwilling to lend a hand. But it doesn’t matter, perhaps it’s our Da Han Sect’s destiny. Thinking we’ve found the best cultivation place here to become immortals, yet not realizing that tens of thousands of years of cultivation were just a deception. At the ascension level, it’s a dead end, with no chance at all. It’s truly disheartening. After I learned about this, I also doubted once, but later I still believed in fate. I once went to Pan Gu’s secret realm and competed with people there in cultivation. A Mahayana Realm expert could easily defeat me. From then on, I knew my cultivation was far from enough to reach ascension level, but I could no longer continue cultivating..."
From Zhu Nian’s tone, Ye Fan could sense her utter despair. A person who has pursued higher cultivation for over a hundred years, only to find when reaching a certain stage she cannot improve or break through the bottleneck, such frustration is intense.
Song Mei clenched her teeth and said, "Master, why didn’t you tell me then? Has this matter become a secret with you?"
"I don’t want to influence you!" Zhu Nian said, "I went to Pan Gu’s secret realm precisely to understand the truth. To keep this secret, I’ve never ascended, just waiting for the right time to return and tell you what I know. Haven’t I been dutiful enough? You disciples often act recklessly, just like being disrespectful to young hero Ye. Do you know he could directly kill you all and completely wipe out Da Han Sect?"
Song Mei said, "But Master always taught us not to submit to force. Now you’re asking us to yield to this demon?"
"This isn’t submission, merely an unavoidable compromise!" Zhu Nian said, "Sadly, I’ve reached old age, or else if I could get young hero Ye’s help, my cultivation could see greater achievements. You should be grateful to meet young hero Ye, maybe he can help you... Besides this method, you might have no chance of reaching the ascension level!"
Ye Fan curiously asked, "Sect Master Zhu, you have only cultivated for one hundred and twenty years, even if you left Da Han Sect forty years ago, you are only one hundred and sixty now. Why does your appearance age so quickly? Can you not restore your body’s functions?" freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
Zhu Nian shook her head helplessly, "It’s a drawback of Da Han Sect’s cultivation. One must ascend within two hundred years; the longest lifespan is only up to two hundred. I originally thought these were the cultivation rules. It was only after reaching Pan Gu’s secret realm that I learned an ordinary Golden Core Stage cultivator can have a five hundred-year lifespan, a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator can live to eight hundred... I’m nearing exhaustion because I entered the cultivation world at over twenty; I’m already close to death. Unless I ascend, there’s only a dead end, no one can help me!"
Ye Fan nodded slightly, suddenly understanding Zhu Nian’s helplessness. At this point of cultivation, it’s no longer about the level, but a stubborn pursuit of cultivation. If she could continue cultivating, she might find opportunity. However, her life only has ten or twenty years left, and despite any effort, it’s mostly futile. From Divinity Transformation Stage to Transcendance Tribulation Stage, following normal cultivation speed, it’s not something that can be resolved within a few years.
Of course, with Ye Fan’s speed of cultivation, he’s the only one in Pan Gu’s secret realm.
Zhu Nian said, "Young hero Ye, from today onwards, Da Han Sect will listen to you and become your servants. I know you have just acquired two young girls of our sect and an elder. These three women are considered fortunate; they can receive your guidance, maybe one day becoming the first in our sect to cultivate into immortals! Song Mei, from now on, I will offer you and all your disciples to Ye Fan, will you accept?"
Song Mei clenched her teeth and said, "Master, please forgive me for not being able to comply with your command!"
"Haha, this woman is truly ungrateful! Do you think your cultivation can reach great heights? Even if you ascend, how can the gap with Ye Fan diminish? Ye Fan’s strength alone can make thousands of immortals in the immortal world succumb. Even if he lost some cultivation, I still can’t handle him; do you think my cultivation is high enough? I alone could easily destroy your Da Han Sect!" Ming Ye said arrogantly. freёweɓnovel.com
Zhu Nian seemed quite disappointed, "Song Mei, when I handed over Da Han Sect to you, I saw your sense of responsibility and commitment, yet now you disregard your disciples’ interests for your ego. Can I still trust you? Fortunately, I’m still here; you met young hero Ye, which is a blessing. Now, I command you to submit to young hero Ye. Recognize him as your master from now on, follow his orders, only then can Da Han Sect be revived. If you don’t do this, I’ll go out and, in front of all Da Han Sect disciples, remove you from the position of Sect Master, do you believe it?"
Ye Fan said, "Sect Master Zhu, many things need not be forced on others. I just happened to come here by chance, not planning to stay long, I will leave soon!"
"Young hero Ye, since you have come, it’s destiny. Our sect’s spiritual energy carries a strange impurity that no one has broken through yet. Since you’re here, while you stay, you could interact with our sect’s female cultivators, cultivate the technique, relax a bit, and let us Da Han Sect people fulfill our host duties. Additionally, you could investigate unusual matters here, getting to know some secrets, wouldn’t that be great?" Zhu Nian suggested opportunistically.
Ye Fan looked at Song Mei, as if saying, whether I stay depends on her performance.
