Su Zhan showed no embarrassment whatsoever in saying this.
Though he still had many Su Clan members, they were merely mortals and low-ranking cultivators. Ying Chong claimed he would return to shield them, but how much faith could be placed in those words?
If Su Zhan were gone, who would truly care about the Su Clan members?
Only by preserving himself could he preserve the Su Clan.
As for Ying Chong's disciples, he did not mention a single word about them. Even Ying Chong himself did not care about those disciples, so naturally there was no need for Su Zhan to concern himself with them.
At this moment, those disciples could not make their own voices heard either. Without Ying Chong's magical power to shield them, they naturally could not endure the impact of an Arcane Venerable's vital aura. One after another, they had collapsed onto the ground, unconscious and insensible.
Zhang Yu looked at him and said, "You are a disciple chosen by Ren Yinping?"
Su Zhan hurriedly said, "Yes, I am Su Zhan, indeed a disciple of Master Ren."
Zhang Yu said, "You say you wish to submit to the Origin Capital Sect? But I must tell you that three hundred years ago, Celestial Xia ceased to have any Origin Capital Sect."
Su Zhan immediately changed his words. "Then I am willing to submit to..." But at this point, he suddenly fell silent.
Before coming here, at Ying Chong's demand, he had already sworn a heart oath to serve Upper Firmament Heaven. He could not turn to Celestial Xia, much less fall into Celestial Xia's hands, or else he would collapse and perish on his own.
That was why he had just said he was willing to submit to Origin Capital rather than Celestial Xia. Upper Firmament Heaven