Dang Jin Tian froze. Looking at Hua Yunfei's earnest expression, he felt his long-dormant heart stir for a moment at those words.
He shook his head with a smile. "I've been in seclusion for so long that my thinking has grown dull. I've actually been taught a lesson by a junior like you."
"Indeed. The outcome is important, of course, but the process of facing it is even more important."
Hua Yunfei said, "Senior, if we win in the end, will you end your seclusion and join us?"
Dang Jin Tian smiled faintly. "What, you want me to join you?"
Hua Yunfei nodded lightly and smiled. "People like you, Senior, are always welcome in greater numbers."
He was beginning to understand why some Ancestor Masters had such sharp tongues. They clearly cared about how their disciples were doing, yet never spared them a harsh word.
He suspected Dang Jin Tian was part of the reason.
He wasn't the kind of person to say what he truly felt, either—a classic case of a sharp tongue and a soft heart.
People like that looked fierce on the outside, but deep down they were definitely gentle.
If possible, Hua Yunfei truly hoped Dang Jin Tian would join Kaoshan Sect and become an Ancestor Master of one of its lineages.
Of course, he meant in the future, not now.
He understood Dang Jin Tian's predicament. Caught between two sides, choosing to help neither was already commendable. He couldn't ask him to join Kaoshan Sect's side now; that wouldn't be something Kaoshan Sect would do.
Hearing Hua Yunfei's words, Dang Jin Tian smiled too.
In truth, Hua Yunfei wasn't the first to invite him. Many Kaoshan Sect Ancestor Masters had once wanted him to join the sect and establish a lineage of his own.
But