Shocked,Everyone was shocked except few who knew about this.
Although they knew about the war ,after all that war was very famous and even now because of that war ,a very bitter rivalry exists between The Heavenly Sword Sect and Qingyuan sect but nobody knows there was a promised duel of 'life and death' in the future.
Even now many thinks that the war was stopped because of heavy casualties and the threat of demon sects.so this is a new news to them.
An elder asked " so what is it you want to say Sect Master?? We don't have a holy son ,so how can that duel happen?? "
Sect Master said "When 2 months ago ,Jiang Chen was choosen as Holy Son, I recieved a letter from Qingyuan Sect Sect's Master about the promised duel"
"We've already set the duel in 6 months .Meaning ,we have only 4 months to prepare for the duel"
"..........."
"What are you saying sect master,we have a life and death duel ahead of us,but....but ..we don't even have a holy son" one elder said
"And if we are talking about Qingyuan sect, doesn't they have a holy daughter?"
Another one said
"Yes and that holy daughter has been appointed for more than 200 years and she has enough cultivation to crush Jiang Chen in ten breaths" One elder said solemnly
"Although Jiang Chen was very strong and the highest talent we've seen but even he can't cross the natural barrier created by age,so even if you decided the duel's date,it should have around 50-100 years at least not just 6 months" another elder said.
"Yes Sect Master, only 6 months of preparation, isn't that sending Jiang Chen to his death" another one said.
Zi Xia narrowed her eyes while looking at the sect master.
Sect Master said "Cough cough, our Holy son's position has been vacant for far too long because of this duel but it can't go on like this , so I and supreme elders decided to choose Jiang Chen as Holy Son in regards for his exceptional talent and his so many meritorious deeds as you know because of him,our Sect's reputation has also increased as righteous sect significantly"
"Sect Master ,since you and Supreme elders have decided on this,we can't say anything but how were you so sure of Jiang Chen's victory in the duel as this is a life and death duel,if Jiang Chen loses ,he will definitely die" Zi xia asked coldly
"It was Jiang Chen's honour to fight for our Sect and he took accepted this duel" Sect Master said Righteously.
"So ,you are sayingJiang Chen knew of this 'Life and death duel' right ??" Zi xia asked
Sect Master looked at her calmly and said " Yes ,he accepted the duel ,saying it was his honour to 'represent' his sect"
Shocked,everyone started murmuring among themselves.
"so Jiang Chen knowing ,he'd die accepted the duel,woww" one elder said
"What woww,,may that's why he betrayed the sect,knowing he'd die anyway" one elder snorted
"Yeah, he said it was his honour to fight for the sect but he just ran away ...coward..."
One elder said
Everyone looked at the elder who said coward with disdain ,as if you are willing to sacrifice yourself old fox.
" But if they were selecting a holy son ,why didn't they selected our Sect Master's son,he too is talented ,although not talented as Jiang Chen but he has higher cultivation base than Jiang Chen and he also is in the same age group of Qingyuan sect's holy daughter??" An elder with a calm expression thought aloud.
Which he shouldn't have done it,as cultivators ,their senses have been enhanced and the elder didn't try to minimise his voice resulting a great silence,everyone heard ,but soon the silence got overshadowed by the Sect Master's loud laugh "hahahaha ,Jiang Chen was a good disciple ,he was ready to fight for the sect but I don't know what happened to him after he became the holy son, does a higher position change the person sigh!!". At the last sentence ,he sighed with regret.
A smart elder understanding the motive of sect master chimmed in "yes Sect Master or may be ,he was always like this ,only we didn't know about this"
Soon all elders started supporting the sect Master's words ignoring the elder who asked about the sect master's son.
They were smart to know ,what should be discussed and what shouldn't be.
Only 2 people in the hall had different expression and they were Zi xia and Gu Yan.
Zi xia's expression was more colder than before,as if her expression could freeze even fire.
Gu Yan's expression was calm but her eyes were different story,as she was looking at sect master with a different emotion,not with respect which she always has although minimum but something different.
She is reaching a conclusion which she was trying to avoid desperately....
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Provoking one dragoness is already a gamble, but two? That's courting disaster. A single dragon's fury can scorch the skies, but two dragonesses in tandem might just incinerate the entire world—and anyone foolish enough to stand in their path. A wise man knows when to back away… or when to tread very, very carefully. But it seems our Sect Master is not that intelligent??
Hahaha....