I Only Marry Widows-Chapter 122 - 108: I Severed You With a Single Sword
But undoubtedly, all they did was in vain. The high-ranking members of the Celestial Patrol Department didn’t even meet them, only sending other marshals to deal with them.
Whether it was Du Mengyan, Du Xiaoyue, or Tan Xiong, they were all deeply exhausted and in despair.
Du Mengyan knew very well that the sect wanted them to join the Celestial Patrol Department as individuals, leaving a seed for the sect to pass down martial arts when the opportunity arose.
But how could she be willing to watch the sect perish and join the Celestial Patrol Department with peace of mind?
As time passed day by day, she had to seriously consider her teacher’s instructions.
"If we don’t join the Celestial Patrol Department, after the sect perishes, it will be even more costly and restrictive to try to join them, and we might even be directly sold to the You State."
"Once the sect truly perishes, if the seed isn’t passed down, everything will be over."
"If we are to join the Celestial Patrol Department, we must make a decision quickly and establish ourselves before anything happens to the sect."
Du Mengyan knew that she bore the burden of the sect’s inheritance, as Profound Sun Taoist had entrusted her with a secret vault containing the sect’s martial arts and various resources.
She couldn’t just consider her own wishes; she also had to think about the sect’s survival.
After days of running around to no avail, she finally chose to give up.
"Xiaoyue, go call Tan Xiong and Lu Chengfeng. I have something to say to you all."
Du Xiaoyue said with some dissatisfaction, "Ever since Lu Chengfeng came to the sect’s base, he’s been holed up inside, diligently cultivating."
"We’re all as anxious as ants on a hot pan, yet he behaves as if nothing’s happening, which is really off-putting."
"I heard he married his own master’s widow and even took another elder’s widow as a concubine. His character is quite questionable."
"As it turns out, the rumors were true."
"Alright," Du Mengyan interrupted her, "those are Lu’s personal affairs and none of our business."
"Moreover, we have been running around these past days and haven’t achieved anything either, so why blame others?"
Du Xiaoyue said with dissatisfaction: "It’s still better than him locking himself in a room, ignoring everything. I think he doesn’t care about the sect’s fate, only about himself."
"Stop talking now and go call them!" Du Mengyan interrupted Du Xiaoyue’s complaints with some headache.
She knew very well that, at such a critical moment, not everyone would be loyal to the sect. When disaster strikes, it’s common for everyone to fend for themselves.
Even if Lu Chengfeng had other thoughts, it wouldn’t be surprising.
However, many sect secrets weren’t suitable for someone like him to know.
Du Mengyan had her own gauge. She bore a heavy responsibility from the sect, keeping many things to herself and not even mentioning them to Du Xiaoyue and Tan Xiong.
Du Xiaoyue pouted unhappily, but she nonetheless went to call Tan Xiong and Lu Chengfeng.
...
At that moment, Lu Chengfeng was circulating his divine skill in his room. After days and nights of hard cultivation, coupled with the various accumulated pills, his progress was terrifyingly fast.
Thanks to the gifted talent of a Half-Step Celestial Human, the re-cultivation was unbelievably smooth and easy.
To this day, he had cultivated the Red Dragon True Intent to the twentieth layer, a speed that was astonishingly remarkable.
The gifted talent’s marvelous effect gave him a shortcut in martial arts far beyond everyone’s imagination.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Just then, urgent knocking sounded outside the room. The rhythm and intensity of the knock made the anxiety palpable.
Lu Chengfeng frowned slightly, calming down before saying, "Who’s outside?"
"It’s me." Du Xiaoyue said with dissatisfaction, "Senior Sister has called everyone to see her. You should come quickly."
She was naturally straightforward and candid, and her dissatisfaction with Lu Chengfeng was evident, without even bothering with pleasantries. After these words, she turned and left.
Lu Chengfeng naturally understood why Du Xiaoyue felt this way about him, but he had his own plans. He had been intensely cultivating and hadn’t explained to the others.
"Never mind, let’s see what Du Mengyan has to say, and maybe reveal some things to them."
He slowly got up and headed towards the door.
...
A moment later, in Du Mengyan’s room, the four true inheritance disciples gathered together.
"Everyone, I summoned you all today to discuss something." Du Mengyan, sitting in the primary seat, spoke with a somewhat heavy tone.
"You should all know that on July 15th, the Lord of Youdu will personally arrive at Yun Cang, and there might be a great battle in the sect."
"We shoulder an important responsibility to the sect, seeking an alliance with the Celestial Patrol Department to alleviate the pressure on the sect."
"But since we’ve come down the mountain until today, for several months, there’s been no progress. The Celestial Patrol Department’s higher-ups do not wish to confront Youdu directly now, so they’ve been evasive about our alliance proposition."
"With July 15th approaching, and us having achieved nothing, I must reveal another responsibility entrusted to me by my teacher to all of you."
At this point, she paused slightly, looking each of the other three in the eye before continuing in a somewhat oppressive tone: "Before we came down the mountain, my teacher instructed me."
"He and all the sect’s first seats and elders unanimously decided that if our alliance plan with the Celestial Patrol Department fails, we are to leave the Yuncang Sword Sect and join the Celestial Patrol Department."
"What?" Du Mengyan hadn’t finished speaking before Du Xiaoyue slammed the table, stood up abruptly, her brows furrowed, "Senior Sister, what nonsense are you talking about? How could I join the Celestial Patrol Department?"
"Even if I were to die in Yun Cang, I, Du Xiaoyue, would never join another sect."
"If you all want to stay here, I have nothing to say. I’m returning to Yun Cang now, to live and die with the sect."
"You shut up!" Du Mengyan snapped coldly, "Do you think you’re the only one loyal to the sect? Do you think you’re the only one willing to protect the sect?"
"Let me tell you, I, Du Mengyan, am deeply indebted to the sect, and even death wouldn’t repay it, and you’re not the only Du Xiaoyue!"
Du Xiaoyue was still furious, gripping her sword tightly, "Then why did you say such things?"
Du Mengyan stood up as well, "Because living is harder than dying, because the teacher has placed the heavy burden of the sect’s inheritance on my shoulders, because I cannot let the sect’s inheritance be cut off."
"Do you think I don’t want to be as carefree and simple as you, throwing everything aside?"
"Are you satisfied then? What about the sect’s heritage?"
"Once the inheritance is cut off, who will remember the Yuncang Sword Sect in a few hundred years? Is the Yuncang’s thousand-year legacy, countless predecessors’ efforts and accumulation, just lost like this?"
"You tell me, which is more important?!"
Du Xiaoyue held her sword, "I can’t be bothered with all that. With you, the sect’s martial arts can be passed on. I make my decision: I’m going back to the sect now."
"If the Celestial Patrol won’t ally with us, so be it, live and die with the sect, simple as that."
"Farewell!"
Du Xiaoyue’s character was indeed fiery, and at this moment, even with the senior sister whom she revered and admired immensely, she was ready to turn her back just like that.
She said these words and was already turning to leave.
Du Mengyan knew her junior sister’s fiery nature but didn’t anticipate such decisiveness, being deaf to any other discussions.
Her body trembled slightly, and she involuntarily clenched her teeth, filled with suppression and anger.
If possible, how she wished to be like Du Xiaoyue, to live life with passion and abandon.
But she couldn’t!
Tan Xiong sighed from the side, stood up, and said to Du Mengyan, "Senior Sister, I’m sorry!"
Then he picked up his weapon and chased after Du Xiaoyue, "Junior Sister, let’s return to the mountain."
But just then, Lu Chengfeng quickly moved, blocking Du Xiaoyue.
"Senior Sister, please wait!"
Du Xiaoyue said with dissatisfaction, "Senior Sister is calling all of us to her, you should go there quickly."
She was naturally a straightforward person with clear likes and dislikes, making no attempt to hide her dissatisfaction with Lu Chengfeng, and couldn’t be bothered to exchange pleasantries. She walked away right after speaking.
Lu Chengfeng naturally knew why Du Xiaoyue had this attitude towards him, but he had his own plans and hadn’t explained them while he was focused on his intense training before.
"Forget it, let’s see what Du Mengyan has to say, it’s time to reveal some things to them."
He slowly stood up and walked towards the door.
...
A moment later, inside Du Mengyan’s room, the four true inheritance disciples gathered together.
Du Xiaoyue pressed her sword, "I can’t be bothered with all that. With you, the sect’s martial arts inheritance will live. If you want to join the Celestial Patrol Department, I won’t stop you!"
"But if you dare to block my way, I’ll cut you with one sword."
"Get out of my way!"
Du Xiaoyue’s character was indeed extremely strong-willed, and even at odds, she remained ready to walk away alone, not listening to her normally revered and admired senior sister.
Just many sect secrets were not suitable to be revealed to someone like him.
Du Mengyan knew in her heart, she carried the important trust of the sect, many things were buried within her, and she hadn’t even mentioned them to Du Xiaoyue and Tan Xiong.
Du Xiaoyue pursed her lips discontentedly, but still went to call Tan Xiong and Lu Chengfeng.
...
Lu Chengfeng was practicing his divine skill in the room at this moment. After days and nights of hard cultivation, coupled with various pill accumulations from before, his retraining progress was frighteningly quick.
After all, with the gifted talent of the Half-Step Celestial Human, re-cultivation was incredibly smooth and easy.
By today, he had already trained the Red Dragon True Intent to the twentieth layer, a speed that was nothing short of phenomenal.
The gifted talent’s wonderful effect indeed gave him a shortcut on the path of martial arts, far beyond anyone’s imagination.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
At that moment, there was a sudden hurried knocking on the door. Just by the rhythm and force of the knocks, you could feel the person’s urgency.
Lu Chengfeng slightly furrowed his brow, slowly stopped his cultivation, and then said, "Who is it outside?"
"It’s me." Du Xiaoyue said displeasedly, "Senior Sister has called us all over to her place, so you should go there quickly."
She was naturally a straightforward person with clear likes and dislikes. Her dissatisfaction towards Lu Chengfeng was not concealed at all, and she didn’t even bother with any polite talk. After saying this, she turned and left.
Lu Chengfeng understood why Du Xiaoyue had such an attitude towards him, but he had other plans. He had been focusing on hard cultivation and hadn’t communicated with the others.
"Alright, let’s see what Du Mengyan has to say. It’s time to reveal some things to them."
He slowly got up and walked towards the door.
...
Shortly after, in Du Mengyan’s room, the four True Inheritance disciples were gathered together.
"Everyone, the reason I’m calling you all here today is to discuss something important," Du Mengyan said, sitting at the first seat with a somewhat heavy tone. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
"You all should know that on July 15th, the Lord of Youdu will personally arrive at Yun Cang. At that time, our sect may face an earth-shattering battle."
"We are shouldering the heavy responsibility of the sect, and we seek an alliance with the Celestial Patrol Department to relieve pressure from the sect."
"But since we left the mountain until today, for several months, we have achieved nothing. The higher-ups in the Celestial Patrol Department are unwilling to directly confront Youdu right now, so they have been repeatedly evading our request for an alliance."
"As July 15th approaches and we have achieved nothing, I have no choice but to reveal to you all another task that my master entrusted to me."
At this point, she paused slightly, exchanged glances with the other three, and then continued with a somewhat suppressed tone, "Before going down the mountain, my master gave me instructions."
"He and all the First Seats and Elders of the sect have unanimously decided that if our plan to form an alliance with the Celestial Patrol Department fails, we must leave the Yuncang Sword Sect and join the Celestial Patrol Department."
"What?" Du Xiaoyue slammed the table before Du Mengyan could finish speaking and stood up directly, her eyebrows raised, "Senior Sister, what kind of nonsense are you saying? How can I join the Celestial Patrol Department?"
"Even if I, Du Xiaoyue, were to die in Yuncang, I would never join another sect."
"If you want to stay here, I will say no more. I am returning to Yuncang now, and I will not abandon the sect."
"Enough!" Du Mengyan interrupted coldly, "Do you think you are the only one loyal to the sect? Do you think you’re the only one who cares?"
Du Xiaoyue remained furious, pressing her sword and holding it tightly, not backing down even from her senior sister whom she both feared and respected immensely.
Du Mengyan’s body trembled slightly, but she bit her lip, feeling both suppressed and angry in her heart.
If possible, she would definitely want to be like Du Xiaoyue and live and die with the sect with such unrestrained heroism.
But she knew she couldn’t. Elderly Profound Sun Taoist and the sect’s First Seats and other Elders had entrusted her with the sect’s future, and she must not let the sect’s inheritance be lost.
The burden of the sect was heavy on her shoulders, with many responsibilities kept to herself, and she hadn’t mentioned them even to Du Xiaoyue or Tan Xiong.
At this point, Profound Sun Taoist’s voice echoed in her mind, "If you viciously desire survival, that’s our only choice as martial artists."
A long time later.
Du Mengyan waved her hand and said, "Xiaoyue, you all go. Go back to Yun Cang. I will try one last time. If I still can’t succeed, I will follow what the elders said and keep the fire of the sect burning by myself."
"If I die, Lu Chenfeng can still accomplish much more."
Lu Chengfeng, who had been blocking the way, was somewhat shaken when he heard his name, but he only said, "I will see you guys off, maybe this is the last time we can meet."
"Chengfeng, you’re such a coward," Du Xiaoyue, still fuming, said sharply. "If you don’t treasure your loyalties, don’t think that surviving alone will bring you any joy."
"If we don’t make it back, it’s not your fault!"
With these words, she pushed Lu Chengfeng aside and left.
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