Chapter 384: Breaking Up! (2/2)

“Brother Huang,” Kong Hong said, looking displeased. “If you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won’t taste sweet. (see note 1) I think it’s time that you went back to the Heaven Palace Sect yourself.”

Liu Ling's bright eyes were also filled with a fierce look as she said, “Brother Huang, if you need our assistance in any other matter, we’ll surely exert all our power to help you. But if you want to force Nie Tian to go back to the Heaven Palace Sect with you, we regret that we cannot comply with your wish!”

“I demand to speak to your sectmasters!” Huang Fan sounded furious.

“I’m here.” Li Muyang from the Yang Sect seemed to have heard Huang Fan’s words and thus instantly appeared in front of him. He smiled in an unrestrained way as he said, “I’ve heard your conversation. I can tell you right now that Kong Hong’s attitude on this coincides with mine.”

Shock could be seen on Huang Fan’s face.

Apparently, he didn’t dare to adopt an imposing manner in Li Muyang’s presence, and thus seemed somewhat overshadowed.

His cultivation base was only at the late Profound realm, while Li Muyang, who was standing in front of him, was an expert at the middle Soul realm, one of the few experts in the entire Domain of the Falling Stars to reach such a realm.

He knew perfectly well that Li Muyang was even more powerful than Ling Dong, the grand elder of the Heaven Palace Sect.

Zhao Luofeng was the only person throughout the Heaven Palace Sect whose strength matched Li Muyang’s.

Perhaps the old man who practiced secluded cultivation year-round, and exhausted all means to gather enough unique materials to break through into the Void domain, was the only one in the Heaven Palace Sect who could overtake Li Muyang.

“It’s our sectmaster’s will that Nie Tian joins the Heaven Palace Sect!” Huang Fan made his stance clear.

Li Muyang’s expression didn’t change a bit as he said with narrowed eyes, “I won’t stand in the way if Nie Tian is willing to go with you. However, if he isn’t, I won’t allow you to take him to the Heaven Palace Sect by force.”

Huang Fan was going to say something when Li Muyang stopped him with a wave of his hand and continued, “I’m not after the legacies Nie Tian obtained from the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace, and I don’t intend to force him to stay in the Realm of a Thousand Devastations. If he wants to leave, he can go whenever he wants. I won’t try to stop him. Of course, I also don’t want you or anyone else to stop him from going where he wants to go!

“You can go back and tell Zhao Luofeng that this is my stance on this matter!”

After making sure that Anguz had disappeared into the spatial rift, Xing Huanyue, the sectmaster of the Yin Sect, put away her Moon Wheel and said from afar, “My stance is the same!”

Huang Fan’s expression flickered dramatically.

As every powerful expert in the Domain of the Falling Stars knew, Li Muyang and Xing Huanyue didn’t get along.

Their cultivation bases were equally matched, and as the heads of the Yin Sect and the Yang Sect, they had been struggling in secret for years.

Almost every ten years, the two of them would find a secluded place to start a fierce battle, where killing would be allowed, under the name of learning from each other by exchanging moves.

Sometimes, their battles would last months.

Conflicts also often broke out between disciples of the Yin Sect and the Yang Sect. People would be wounded or killed all the time.

The two of them could almost never reach a mutual understanding on any matter. There were very few cases where they didn’t have any friction.

However, their opinions were surprisingly unified on this matter.

Considering the Heaven Palace Sect’s strength, either the Yin Sect or the Yang Sect would be at an overwhelming disadvantage if they were to face the Heaven Palace Sect alone.

However, if the Yin Sect and the Yang Sect teamed up, as powerful as the Heaven Palace Sect was, they would have to pay a significant price to gain a final victory.

Huang Fan weighed over his choice of words before he dropped his imposing manner and said, “Alright. I’ll go back to the Heaven Palace Sect and relay your stance on this matter.”

“I’ll take you to the teleportation portal, Brother Huang,” Liu Ling said without any hesitation.

“There’s no need!” Huang Fan waved his hand, declining her good intention of giving him a ride on the Silver Chariot. Instead, since he had reached the Profound realm, he exploded into the air and shot into the distance.

Right before he disappeared into the distant sky, he jerked his head back and shot a cold look at Nie Tian.

Under his ice-cold gaze, Nie Tian’s body stiffened as a surge of coldness ran through him.

At that moment, he realized that his refusal might have provoked Huang Fan’s killing intent.

The fragile friendship between them, which had been built since they had met in the Realm of Flame Heaven, had officially come to an end.

From now on, in the eyes of Huang Fan and the Heaven Palace Sect, he might no longer be the promising seed they would cultivate with their heart and soul, but rather an insult they would exert all means to erase.

“Kid, I’m very curious why you would turn down the Heaven Palace Sect’s handsome offer,” Li Muyang said, intrigued.

The others also had confused expressions on their faces, as if they all found it hard to understand.

Even Xing Huanyue, the sectmaster of the Yin Sect, quietly descended and examined him with a strange look in her eyes.

Note:

1. The literal translation of the saying is: a forcibly picked melon is not sweet. So it basically means if something is not meant to be, there’s no use forcing it. This saying is also very commonly-used.