Rumble...
Amid a tremendous rumbling, the doors of the black hall slowly closed.
Layer upon layer of Daoist law slowly sealed shut as well.
Everyone turned into streaks of light and left the peak one after another.
Elder Suo Lin glanced at He Pingsheng and asked, "Come on. What are you still waiting for?"
"You don't really think Elder Su Nian will take you as his disciple, do you? After all, you're only at the first layer of the Human Immortal Stage!"
He Pingsheng gave an awkward smile. "No!"
"Let's go!"
Su Nian had merely been playing along earlier, deliberately offering to take He Pingsheng as his disciple to intimidate Immortal Zhong Yue into not taking him away, while also showing the other elders his determination to protect his disciples.
"Go on!" Su Nian also came over and patted He Pingsheng on the shoulder. "If you can reach the fifth layer of the Human Immortal Stage within a thousand years, I will naturally take you as my disciple then!"
The moment he said this, an elder jeered at him.
A short, hunched, withered fellow stroked his beard as he said, "What's this? You were swearing just now that you'd take this man as your disciple and keep him safe. So it was all just for show?"
"Martial Nephew Su... we're all our own people here. Why put on such an act?"
"Exactly!" Another man mocked Su Nian. "The rest of us have become villains who sell out the sect's interests and disregard its disciples' lives, while you, Su Nian, get to play the good man all by yourself!"
"So you're only pretending to be a good man!"
"Tch..."
The elders mocked him one after another.
Su Nian's expression turned utterly dark. He abruptly turned around and grabbed He Pingsheng's arm.