After leaving the Medicine Valley, Chen Sanshi lay low in an uninhabited place. Only after confirming that all of Dusk Valley was safe did he return to his cave dwelling.
Before he even arrived, he saw a figure waiting at the entrance.
"Patriarch Bai."
After greeting him, Chen Sanshi went straight to the point. "I already know about what happened today. If Xiao has implicated the Bai family, I need not return again."
"Fellow Daoist Xiao, you jest."
Bai Liangbi gently shook his head. "The search was merely a pretext. Even without you, they would have found another excuse to force their way in. This matter cannot be blamed on you.
"That said, Fellow Daoist, you actually have ties to the Slay Immortal Sect and people from the Eastern Continent?"
A few days earlier.
The commotion caused by that group had truly been no small matter. They had killed more than a hundred righteous cultivators of Beiyang Dao, practically the greatest case in a century.
In the past, even when rogue cultivators caused trouble, it had basically been a game of cat and mouse. They hid here and there all day long—when had they ever dared to openly come out and confront their enemies?
"To deal with the Li family, I naturally cannot do it alone."
Chen Sanshi said frankly, "The Slay Immortal Sect and the Eastern Continent are forces that cannot be ignored. In truth, I would advise Patriarch Bai that if one day the situation spirals out of control and there is no path left to retreat, perhaps you could also consider withdrawing to Great Han."
"Fellow Daoist Xiao need not recruit for them. Cooperation is possible, but seeking refuge with them? There is absolutely no such possibility."
Bai Liangbi said calmly, "First, the Eastern Continent's spiritual energy