After hearing Di Zixuan's conjecture.
The man who held the position of [Wenying Tower Master] could only cover his forehead with one hand, looking somewhat pained, and say:
"All right."
"This really does look rather serious."
His tone carried both irritation and helplessness.
He was irritated because the [Northern Domain] was clearly about to have a whole host of disputes spring up out of nowhere.
He was helpless because he had no way to resolve those disputes perfectly.
After all, progress was one of life's most fundamental and most powerful pursuits.
Even immensely powerful cultivators were not immune to that desire!
In fact, having already tasted the sweetness of power, they often harbored even stronger desires in that regard!!
Thus, with [heavenly star gold stone] appearing again after so many years, unrest could almost certainly be deemed inevitable.
If things went badly.
Even within a neutral faction like [Wenying Tower], some people would want to violate their sect's rules and stance to actively involve themselves in the affair!!
The [Wenying Tower Master] understood this perfectly well.
To put it bluntly, if the benefits were great enough, even their own people might not be reliable. Faced with tangible gains, those who could remain true to themselves were ultimately a minority—
The world had always been like this...
Therefore.
To guard against the unexpected.
He would have to find ways to rein in his own people.
At the very least.
He could not let them continue flying [Wenying Tower]'s banner while causing trouble.
If something like that really happened.
It would undoubtedly deal an enormous blow to [Wenying Tower]'s good reputation!!
As the [Tower Master] of [Wenying Tower], he absolutely could not accept that!!
For a moment.
He instinctively began considering whether to share the relevant intelligence with several other intelligence organizations,