"Young—far too young. To act so rashly, to dare venture all the way to the Falling Star Sect on nothing but hot blood. How foolish."
After Jiang Yan and Li Longzi had both left the hall and departed the sect for the Falling Star Sect's territory, the Second Elder approached the Great Elder and lowered his voice, unable to hide his concern:
"The Falling Star Sect is plainly a trap. How reckless to step into it now. If they fall into an ambush and come under attack from our enemies, these two may well meet the same end as Qin Feng—their lives extinguished and their cultivation gone."
"A pity. Such a pity."
"That junior Jiang Yan is, after all, merely an elder from outside. He only joined the sect recently and remains an outsider, without any deep ties to us. Even if something happens to him, it would hardly be unexpected."
"But Li Longzi is different. Whatever else he may be, he was the sect's Saint Son of the previous generation. His roots here run deep. He is a true disciple of the sect."
"If something happens to him, it will be an enormous loss to us."
"Great Elder, do you think we should intervene in secret and send someone to protect them?"
The Second Elder held Li Longzi in considerable esteem.
Li Longzi possessed exceptional talent. Before his expulsion, everyone in the sect had valued him highly and placed great hopes in him.
As the Second Elder saw it now, since Li Longzi had returned, he was naturally one of the sect's future pillars. They could not let him fall in a place like the Falling Star Sect.
As for why none of the elders filling the hall had been willing to step forward and avenge Elder Qin Feng,