I didn't expect that I was the heartthrob.

Dan Yangzi forced his rotten wood-like body to wield the Haotian Sword, and now he is suffering from the backlash and will soon be dead.

Now Danyangzi was lying in the guest room of the Shenyin Sect. Seeing his fellow disciples surrounding him, he gave them a few instructions and reminded them again about the succession of the Xuantian Sword Sect.

The matter of succession in the Xuantian Sword Sect had actually been planned long ago, but Danyangzi had not revealed it. At this time, Danyangzi had no choice but to briefly talk about it with several elders.

After listening to them, several elders took notes one by one. Dan Yangzi sighed and looked around the room. Seeing Yun Tiannan, although everyone was standing in the corner, his eyes made contact with Yun Tiannan and moved slightly.

Yun Tiannan also met Dan Yangzi's gaze. Seeing him move his lips slightly, he wondered if he had something to say to me.

Yun Tiannan didn't want to stay and was about to walk out the door when he suddenly heard a very weak and old voice in his ears.

"Please stay, my dear nephew. I have something to tell you."

That was Danyangzi's secret message, so Yun Tiannan couldn't leave when the person was about to die, so he stayed put.

Danyangzi asked everyone to leave, leaving only Yun Tiannan. Yun Tiannan walked to the bed and stood still.

"Uncle Master." Yun Tiannan finally called out.

Dan Yangzi pursed his lips, and a hint of moisture seemed to flash in his eyes.

They haven't spoken a word to each other since they parted with their junior brother Ling Yuan Zhenren, even during the sect competition. Now that Yun Tiannan is willing to call him uncle, he feels a little emotional.

"Sit down, sit on the edge of the bed, I want to talk to you."

Yun Tiannan hesitated for a moment and then sat down. Dan Yangzi looked at Yun Tiannan carefully in the candlelight and saw that although he was a young man, his eye sockets were deep and his breathing was not like that of a cultivator. It seemed slow and heavy. He could not help but frowned deeply. He wondered what had happened to him. He looked so decadent. It was not a good sign.

Danyangzi thought carefully for a moment, and seeing that Yun Tiannan just lowered his head, he started talking.

"I heard that you only have five disciples now?"

"Yes."

Dan Yangzi lay on his back, retracted his gaze, and sighed, "I am now a dying man. I have practiced for nearly a thousand years and have always acted uprightly..." At this point, Dan Yangzi stopped, stared at Yun Tiannan, and added, "Don't you mind an old man like me reminiscing about the past?"

Yun Tiannan shook his head. "Please go ahead."

"Thank you."

Danyangzi habitually reached out his hand to touch his sparse beard, but his arm was as heavy as a stone and he couldn't lift it, so he gave up.

"I have always been cautious, never partial, never wrongly accuse anyone, and never do dirty things. It's just that I feel guilty towards my junior brother about the position of the head of the sect. That year, my junior brother and I were both the master's most proud disciples. The master had been hesitating between me and my junior brother. My junior brother and I also agreed that we could choose anyone and would never harbor any resentment because of this.

"Junior brother is very popular among female cultivators because of his beautiful appearance. Junior brother also has a crush on a female cultivator and has repeatedly sought her out to go to the secret realm with him. During one of the explorations in the secret realm, the female cultivator was possessed by a villain. At that time, no one thought that it was she who killed so many fellow disciples. They just thought that there were demons in the secret realm until Junior brother later discovered that it was actually that female cultivator.

"Junior brother is a man of extraordinary talent and a man who cannot tolerate even the slightest grain of sand in his eyes. His style of doing things is more fierce than mine. Seeing that the female cultivator had actually fallen into the devil's way, he wanted to abolish her cultivation and forcibly subdue her and send her to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect to remove the devil's spirit. However, the female cultivator would rather die than surrender, and was finally killed by Junior brother's sword.

"At that time, I was the only one who knew about this in the secret realm. After leaving the secret realm, many sects came to ask for an explanation, asking why there were so many disciples who went with us, but only a dozen returned, and the secret treasure was actually obtained by him. In fact, it is common to die or get injured in the secret realm, but that time everyone was just coveting the secret treasure, and they discussed and made trouble together, just to take the secret treasure.

"Junior brother is a noble man who is unwilling to argue, so those people framed him to get the secret treasure. He even wanted to kill the female cultivators he was close to. It can be seen that he is ruthless. Although Master didn't say anything when he knew about this, he called Junior brother and me in private to confront each other face to face. Junior brother thought I would testify, but... I remained silent.

"My junior brother was very disappointed. He didn't say a word that night. He just came to my window and stood outside. I stood in the house and looked at my junior brother through the window. I shouted, 'Junior brother!'

"But my junior brother only took a glance and left on his sword. The next day, I found the secret treasure in his room. There was a heart carved underneath... When I saw that heart, I knew that my junior brother and I would never be the same again in this life."

Danyangzi sighed again when he said this, and was quite painful.

"When we were young, we thought we could live well forever. Who knew that things are unpredictable? We didn't know when we would be obsessed and do something irreparable. This incident has tormented me for my whole life. When others spread rumors about your master, I didn't stand up bravely to defend him. When your master was injured by the Nether Soul Dragon, I came to heal him in the dark night, but my junior brother didn't forgive me and drove me away...

"My dear nephew, although I have been awarded the title of the head of Xuantian Sword Sect, I am haunted by guilt all day long, like a ghost. After your master passed away, I often thought that I would soon follow him, but I have lived well for hundreds of years. Until not long ago, I had a premonition of today's ending, and I thought that this might be the day of my liberation.

"Before I die, perhaps I can do something for you and your disciples."

Dan Yangzi finally looked at Yun Tiannan and said, "Although my Xuantian Sword Sect has many disciples now, there are sufficient spiritual veins in the mountains, and there are several peaks that have not been allocated. You and your disciples can go there, and you can also take a good rest there. I have discussed this matter with the elders in the sect, and they all agreed. I just don't know what you think, my nephew."

After sitting down and listening to Dan Yangzi talk about his relationship with his master, Yun Tiannan seemed to see his master again.

The Master's character is different from what Danyangzi described. In Danyangzi's eyes, the Master seems to be an unruly and fierce person, but the Master is much more tolerant when facing them. Most of the time, he is not like a Master, but like a father.

Yun Tiannan's mind was wandering, and when he heard Dan Yangzi was going to give up the peaks of the sect to him and his disciples, he was still slightly startled. He didn't expect that the head of Xuantian Sword Sect, Dan Yangzi, would give up several peaks to him and his disciples before his death. But Dan Yangzi said this too late, too late...