When Tang Yi returned, the gathered disciples seemed to have already dispersed. Luo Yuangong, Su Po, and Tang Susu were still waiting where they were.
Seeing her return from the mountains carrying a jar of wine, Tang Susu's face darkened at once, and she flared up on the spot. "Did he give that to you?"
Tang Yi met her gaze, more serious than ever before. It instead forced Tang Susu to calm down considerably.
"This jar of wine may have been buried in the mountains by Father," Tang Yi said flatly.
"..." Tang Susu hesitated, wanting to tell Tang Yi to throw away anything that man had given her. But upon hearing that it might be Tang Mu's relic, she could not bring herself to say it.
Su Po glanced in the direction Tang Yi had come from and tentatively asked, "Sect Master, where is he?"
Tang Yi sighed softly. "He refused to stay. He's gone!"
Tang Susu snorted. "A disgrace to the Shangqing Sect! And he still had the nerve to set foot within Shangqing Sect territory! If Sect Master Senior Brother hadn't shielded him back then, would he even still be alive?"
"Enough with that useless angry talk." Luo Yuangong, as her senior brother, rebuked her, then turned back to Tang Yi. "Sect Master, with him stepping forward to intimidate them, I doubt anyone will dare cause trouble for the Shangqing Sect in the short term. What we need to do now is clean house. Men have already been sent after those several dozen disciples who defected earlier, but finding them in these vast mountains will likely be difficult for the time being. I ask the Sect Master to issue an order notifying our informants outside to keep watch. The moment they are discovered, they must report it