Some of the secret routes within the Spirit Wood Dao were truly quite well hidden. Perhaps no one besides the faction that had initiated them even knew they existed.
In any case, they were passages that could only be used to leave, not enter, and would not cause any real damage to the Spirit Wood Dao. They were simply there for convenience.
However, precisely because these passages led outward rather than inward, using them would not necessarily be silent.
And once there was any noise, it would be easy for the patrolling Spirit Wood disciples to notice.
A few patrolling disciples might turn a blind eye and let their fellow disciples escape—they only had to pretend they had seen nothing.
But most disciples understood perfectly well that if they failed to stop their fellow disciples from fleeing, they and their masters would have to bear the blame later. The Spirit Plant Path had come this time with great momentum; it was clearly determined to settle accounts thoroughly.
If the Spirit Wood Dao had already decided to fight the Spirit Plant Path to mutual destruction, then no one would have had any choice but to risk their lives.
However, although no final conclusion had yet been reached, the situation was already obvious—the Spirit Wood Dao was inclined to accept the other side's terms!
After all, the two sides had originally been one family. Though things had deteriorated beyond reconciliation, at the root, they shared the same founding ancestor!
Since the outcome could already be anticipated, those patrolling disciples had to do their duty properly.
This had nothing to do with what most disciples truly wanted. Everyone could sense the attitude of the sect's upper ranks.
In the end, it was still a matter of authority. Although two Great Venerables of the