The situation had developed to this point entirely beyond Cloud Hidden Sect's expectations, and naturally, it had plunged into an enormous crisis.
It was not that they feared the Fat and Thin Venerables. The key was that Lin Xuan simply was not at the main headquarters.
And yet Cloud Hidden Sect could not say that, or it would be seen as showing weakness.
You say the Supreme Elder is not at the main headquarters and has gone out traveling?
Fine, no problem.
Then we can postpone the duel for a while.
We can decide victory and defeat after he returns.
Such a reply from the other side seemed fair and reasonable, yet Cloud Hidden Sect had bitterness it could not voice.
They had no idea where Lin Xuan had gone.
Ordinary disciples did not even know that the Supreme Elder had already left.
The Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long certainly knew, but Lin Xuan had only said he was going somewhere extremely far away.
As for exactly where, he had not stated it clearly. He had only said that the place he was going this time was extremely distant and that it might take a very long time.
The Three Realms were vast, and the Spirit World alone had several hundred smaller planes. Lin Xuan had not left behind any means of contact either, so where was Cloud Hidden Sect supposed to go looking for him?
But the difficulties in this were something the other side did not care about at all.
Even if they told him, he would only take it as fear of battle and cowardice.
As the saying went, lose the man but not the formation. Cloud Hidden Sect was no longer what it once was; it was now the number-one ranked power in the