After Li Ya left, Gu An quietly placed Elder Chen's Storage Bag inside the Eight Sceneries Grotto-Heaven. That afternoon, he arrived at Third Medicine Valley.
He wandered about, inspecting the gardens, but his brows remained tightly furrowed.
After a long while.
Elder Tian finally took the bait.
He walked over and asked curiously, "Valley Lord, why have you been frowning all this time?"
Gu An glanced at him, shook his head slightly, and said nothing.
Elder Tian stepped forward and said, "Perhaps I cannot help you, but when many things are spoken aloud, the pressure does not feel so great. I can offer you advice from an outsider's perspective."
Upon hearing that, Gu An immediately sighed and recounted what had happened in the Outer Sect. He even mentioned that Li Ya, who was at the first level of the Golden Core Realm, had been injured while protecting him.
The reason he specifically named Li Ya was that he wanted this former sect master to remember Li Ya's contribution.
Gu An always felt that Elder Tian would not truly spend the rest of his life here in peace. Perhaps one day, he would rise again after a comeback.
After Gu An finished speaking, Elder Tian frowned.
Gu An could not help complaining, "The Outer Sect's Demon Extermination Hall spends every day hunting down spies of the Demonic Path, yet after all these years, Demonic Cultivators can still infiltrate the Taixuan Sect. Can the Taixuan Sect truly be considered the foremost sect? Disciples cannot even be guaranteed safety within the Taixuan Sect!"
"It does not matter if I am killed, but I am worried about my disciples."
At that, he sighed again, looking deeply troubled and aggrieved.
Even he gave himself praise for his acting.
If acting could be added to the