The instant Liu Dongqing's words fell.
At the side.
Pure Subtlety Spirit-Bearing Dao Lord indeed followed suit and spoke without the slightest hesitation.
"Mystic Gate sects share the same breath and branch from the same roots!"
"The safety of any sect's dharma lineage inheritance is the foremost matter of the entire Mystic Gate!"
"If such a matter remains unknown, then so be it. But if it has been laid bare in the open, this old man shall not yield the responsibility! My Moral Immortal Sect has, since ancient ages, stood as the leading great sect of the Mystic Gate. We will certainly be the first to refuse!"
At that moment.
It was a promise jointly given to Jin Wangsun by Liu Dongqing, theoretically the strongest combatant of the present age, and Pure Subtlety Spirit-Bearing Dao Lord, the most exalted figure in the Mystic Gate!
In but an instant.
The indignant expression on Jin Wangsun's face vanished like smoke.
Why had he revealed himself before everyone's eyes? Why had he chosen to show himself when the other Demon Cultivators did not dare make the slightest move?
Why had he, the instant he opened his mouth, given Liu Dongqing that subtle hint laden with unspoken meaning?
Only because the pressure the Celestial Phenomena Dao Demon Cultivators had placed upon Jin Wangsun in the shadows had become far too immense.
So immense that he had no choice but to face Liu Dongqing's blazing majesty and gamble everything on one throw!
But now.
He had won his wager!
With the slackened relief of finally getting what he wished for, Jin Wangsun bowed deeply and respectfully toward where the two stood.
"As a Mystic Gate cultivator, and as the current pillar of Purple Spirit Manor."
"Jin offers thanks for the protection of the Mystic Gate