"Is it because of his identity as a spirit artifact?" I hurriedly asked. That would also explain why Daoist Xichen hadn't left the vicinity of the Heavenly Sword Immortal Sect all these years.
Xuan Xichen nodded, as expected, then said, "Heavenly City is indeed the only existence capable of contending with Sect Master Li, but we're simply too far from Heavenly City. Distant water cannot put out a nearby fire. I'm afraid even Heavenly City would be powerless, wouldn't it? So I feel it would be better to conceal our identities and muddle through."
For a moment, I couldn't come up with a plan either. Send people to protect them? Could the forces I deployed possibly be stronger than the power currently possessed by the Xichen Immortal Sect? Mobilizing such a huge sect force just to protect someone who might not even have been discovered yet—besides, what kind of force could stop Li Tianjian from capturing people? The people I sent might instead suffer because of it. And if nothing was discovered, that would be fine, but if Li Tianjian noticed something strange because of this and we exposed ourselves, that would truly be an injustice.
But after thinking it over, I still felt uneasy about leaving them unprotected, so I said, "How about this? Request that Heavenly City secretly protect you. If Li Tianjian comes, enter the formation we've prepared for the time being. That will buy us time and force Li Tianjian back. We can also establish a large-scale teleportation passage at the Xichen Immortal Sect, connecting it to the border region of the Heavenly Realm Gate. Once activated, Heavenly City's army will be able to provide immediate reinforcements!"
"Will that really work?" Daoist Xichen had never imagined that I possessed such great authority. Establishing a large-scale teleportation