"Oh? Go on, then."
Seeing him change the subject and make a request, Zhan Chi grew interested.
Li Tianming suddenly looked behind him and said with profound affection, "Senior Zhan Chi, do you know that when I was taking the Divine Tomb Sect's assessment, I was only forced to separate from Zi Zhen? Though there is now a rift between Weisheng Moran and me, the feelings between Zi Zhen and me have never faded. I don't want to give up this fated bond. So, while the lovers at this Heavenly Street Poetry Gathering are finally united, this junior humbly asks Senior to permit me to pursue her once more!"
The moment those words left his mouth, Zhan Chi and the elders behind him exchanged looks, their gazes carrying deep meaning.
Mu Dongyuan had been smiling, but upon hearing Li Tianming's words, her expression immediately turned cold again!
She even wanted to curse.
This brat was far too sly!
"He refused to become a nominal disciple because he now has the Xuanting Empire at his back, and his reputation has only just begun to rise. If word spread now that he had become a nominal disciple of the Divine Tomb Sect, he might lose the foundation he had painstakingly built in the Xuanting Empire and be condemned as a fence-sitter! But this brat also doesn't want to offend Zhan Chi, much less reject his goodwill. So he used this chance to make his old relationship public. That way, even if he isn't a nominal disciple of the Divine Tomb Sect, he'll be the son-in-law of Elder Zhan Chi's only disciple, making his ties to Zhan Chi even closer! And Zi Zhen is his old flame, not some new girl he picked up, so no one in the Xuanting Empire can blame