Pan Yun said, "But I don't want to invite that kind of trouble. Besides, my Master is quite good. Though he has rather a lot of karmic debts, he dotes on me. He's also a mountain god, and there's Senior Brother too. If I left, how heartbroken would he be? Sigh~~ There isn't a single reliable person in the sect. My Senior Martial Nephew earns money all by himself while the entire sect spends it. If I also left the sect, he'd truly become a beast of burden, spending his whole life earning money for the mountain gate."
Zhang Zijin asked, "Isn't he already doing that now?"
"Of course he isn't," Pan Yun said. "He does it now because he likes it."
"What's the difference? Isn't he still earning money for your Mount Sanqing?"
"Of course there's a difference. In the former case, he has to earn money, with the burden of an entire mountain weighing on his shoulders. In the latter, whatever. He only needs to support himself. Even if he can't, it doesn't matter. He can come back, and I can be his backing."
That was the difference!
Zhang Zijin glanced at her and knew there was no use trying to persuade her further.
If she had remained at Mount Sanqing for profit, then he could have lured her away with greater benefits.
But she remained at Mount Sanqing because of responsibility.
In this world, only responsibility could not be taken by force.
A person's responsibility toward their country was loyalty; responsibility toward their parents was filial piety; responsibility inherent in being human was benevolence; responsibility toward friends was righteousness.
How could loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and righteousness be stolen away with profit?
Pan Yun pushed the formation diagram before him, her eyes brimming with temptation. "Senior, shall