"Sect Master, we don't understand. Why make a decision like this?"
As they made their way out of the Yin Ruins, Huolian finally could not hold back any longer.
He was not alone. Everyone had the same question. They could understand refusing an alliance, but they could not understand relinquishing control of the Ancient Realm.
Let alone the decision to move the Divine Temple!
The Divine Temple currently stood at the entrance to the Yin Ruins. Every cultivator who wanted to enter the Yin Ruins had to come to the Divine Temple.
The Divine Temple connected to the Tianli Sword Domain, and everyone entering the Ancient Realm had to come through the planar teleportation link.
Then they had to use the Divine Temple's teleportation arrays to reach the various locations and continents.
This brought enormous profits to the Tianli Sect.
Giving it up now was tantamount to cutting off their own arm. The losses would be enormous, and the decision made no sense from any angle.
Mu Cangming said evenly:
"If you can't figure it out, think it over slowly when you get back. Once we return, every peak is to prepare to withdraw and relocate to the Red Rock Continent. Move whichever safe zones can be moved. For those that cannot, you may retain a small portion and transfer the rest to the Red Rock Continent!"
"Even the safe cities have to be moved?"
True Lord Huolian blurted out in shock.
The Five Peaks had a hundred safe cities. How much effort and resources would moving all of them take? He simply could not understand it. And with the Divine Temple moving too, what would happen to the teleportation arrays?
Mu Cangming glanced at him and said:
"This is the decision the Heavenly Venerate and I reached after discussing