Maybe it was because she had considered the matter from many different angles, or maybe it was simply a matter of pride?
In any case!
In the end, Han Li had, as always, politely declined Mo Caihuan's kind invitation. He had made it clear that he would not be joining the Flame God Cult on Green Screen Mountain, explaining that he was used to cultivating alone and did not want to trouble anyone. So he would continue his cultivation on Little Ring Island, here in the Chaotic Star Sea, in hopes of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible.
Thus, he had not returned with Mo Caihuan to his old Yellow Maple Valley, where he had once spent many years and which, according to her, had changed beyond recognition.
So, after spending half a day on Little Ring Island, Mo Caihuan tried several times to persuade him, but to no avail. In the end, she could only leave dejectedly, using the "Star-Shift" divine ability of her Wuzhuang Sect to cross a thousand miles in an instant and return to her sect.
The day after Mo Caihuan returned,
word spread throughout the Flame God Cult that she had received a mission to the Chaotic Star Sea and had just come back with quite a few "beacon flags" from there. Many people immediately came knocking to ask her for flags, leaving Mo Caihuan exasperated and resentful.
After all, she knew that most of those people who came asking for flags had ulterior motives.
In any case!
As far as she was concerned, there was nothing good about people asking to buy beacon flags. At least, it wasn't good for her!
But...
She couldn't come up with a reasonable, legitimate excuse to refuse them. So in the end, she