The Azure Crane Valley Master, who had offered this proposal, heard their words.
Yet he did not show any anger. He only said calmly, "Since all you Elders think it inappropriate, then put forward a practical and feasible method. Do not oppose merely for the sake of opposing."
Ah, this...
Several cultivators so old they were practically halfway into the grave looked at one another, and the message they saw in each other's eyes was all, "He's talking about you, right?"
Huh?
These men had contested the position of Sect Master with the Azure Crane Valley Master many times, and in the end had lost by a single move. Their own strength had also reached Half-step Spirit Transformation, but they were simply too old, and had long since lost the potential to continue breaking through.
Faced with a brilliantly talented young junior like the Azure Crane Valley Master, according to the sect's traditions, they had to suppress him a little, so that he would guard against arrogance and impetuosity.
Of course.
That was what they said on the surface. Their true purpose was known only to themselves.
At this moment, the previous Valley Master, Old Man Tianshou, stepped forward and said, "The Out-of-World Thieves concern the life and death of the entire realm. We absolutely cannot be the bird that sticks its head out first. So what if the Sword Sect abandons us? What the disciples of Crane Returning Valley fear least is enduring!
"As long as we can survive the first few difficulties, according to the traits of those Demonic Path thieves, they will fall into internal strife on their own. There is no need for us to worry at all."
The moment his voice fell, someone raised a different view.
"Senior Tianshou, this time is different from before.