"That's how it seems for now!"
The Second Elder stroked his beard and frowned. "Unless Ye Chen possesses the Time Great Dao Seal, it's hard to explain how an early-stage Earth Immortal managed to escape pursuit time and again."
"Second Senior Brother, your analysis makes sense!"
The Seventh Elder nodded in agreement. "Escaping pursuit once or twice could be put down to luck, but escaping three or four times definitely wasn't luck. Ye Chen really must have that kind of strength."
"However..."
The Second Elder changed tack. "My instincts tell me something's off, but I can't quite put my finger on what."
"What could possibly be off?"
The Seventh Elder didn't seem to think much of it. "It's not like Qin Feng's making things up about Ye Chen again, is it?!"
"Impossible!"
The Second Elder shook his head firmly. "Qin Feng has already arrived at the Immortal Alliance headquarters. He and Ye Chen are now worlds apart. Even if he wanted to make things up, he couldn't!"
"Exactly!"
The Seventh Elder continued, "Though Qin Feng is hypocritical, cruel, cunning, and deceitful, at the end of the day he's still a child under thirty. Unless he can peer into the secrets of heaven and started laying plans against Ye Chen back in the Lower Realm, there's no way he could be making things up about Ye Chen in the Immortal Realm."
"Let's put Qin Feng aside for now!"
The Second Elder's expression suddenly turned serious. "All the various factions are watching Ye Chen. They're rushing to the Eastern Domain Border to seize the Time Great Dao Seal. It would be bad enough if another faction got it, but if Long Aotian did, our Immortal Alliance would be in an even more precarious position."
"Second Senior Brother is right!"
The Seventh Elder