Chen Changan's words jolted Qi Sect Master. He truly hadn't considered that possibility.
He had wondered whether the Elder Council's emergence might make the two great cave estates feel threatened, but he hadn't thought this far.
"I considered sabotage, but... I overlooked the possibility of planting someone inside."
"If you hadn't warned me, we'd be in serious trouble."
"With a mole in the Elder Council, many of the Heavenly Profound Sect's affairs could be leaked."
"But quite a few people have come this time. How do we tell which ones the two cave estates sent?"
Chen Changan smiled. "It won't be that hard to spot them."
"The two cave estates won't send their own people. They're too familiar—someone would recognize them the moment they appeared."
"So they'll find unfamiliar faces, and those people will have to be rogue cultivators. That's safer."
Qi Sect Master agreed, but Chen Changan still hadn't explained how to find the moles.
"Everyone who's come this time is a rogue cultivator and an unfamiliar face. If we handle this badly, we could accuse the wrong people and hurt recruitment for the Elder Council," Qi Sect Master said worriedly.
"It won't hurt recruitment."
"Since the cave estates chose them, they'll most likely be the ones making the most noise, causing the most trouble, and stirring things up at every turn."
"Kill them all when the time comes, and there won't be a problem."
Kill them all?
"But rogue cultivators choose that path because they're independent and strong-willed. Someone causing trouble isn't necessarily a hidden mole."
"True. But having a strong personality doesn't mean a rogue cultivator lacks brains."
"Mole or not, anyone making too much noise is too headstrong. People like that are hard to manage and could undermine the Elder Council's unity later."
"So they were