Flowers Bloom, Unnoticed by the World; Flowers Fade, Mourned by No One (A Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Chen Zeqing)

Inside Gu Huaixin's great hall, the Heaven Gate Supernatural Power belonging to Ji Shaoqing had reappeared!

If the spectators of the battle at the End of the World Terrace had seen this scene, it would surely have caused a tremendous shock.

But Gu Huaixin was, after all, Gu Huaixin.

He sat there without even lifting an eyelid.

"This isn't the real Heaven Gate," he said calmly.

Zhu Biqiong watched him. "If you treat it as real, then it can be real. You can tell me more details about the Heaven Gate Supernatural Power. Then it can become more real."

"Even if it looks more convincing, it still isn't real. What's the point?" Gu Huaixin asked.

Of course he knew how powerful this was. Of course he knew what it meant.

So this question was still a test.

Zhu Biqiong only asked, "If I become your disciple, will I have to face opponents like you?"

Gu Huaixin smiled.

It was his second smile that day. Unlike the restrained chill of the first, this time he truly smiled.

He couldn't help thinking that, at any rate, Zhu Biqiong really had once belonged to his faction.

But...

He looked at the faint outline of the gate in the void, raised a finger, and pointed downward. "Beneath the Heaven Gate, flight is forbidden."

Then he lifted his finger. "Above the Heaven Gate, I'll hold it up."

Before Zhu Biqiong could breathe a sigh of relief, he added, "Those were the words I once said to Shaoqing."

His voice was gentle, and all the more sorrowful for it.

At this moment, he was no longer the Sea-Pacifying Elder, no longer the Current Era True Lord. He was merely an old man lost in memories, grieving the loss of his beloved disciple.

The atmosphere froze for