Cinnabar Cloud Heaven was indeed a branch of the Daoist Order with a lineage, but its influence was truly too small.
Though Azure Mountain was also a branch of the Daoist Order, its Ancestral Tablet sat there, and if some official came by, they might inspect it but could never take it away. Yet Guan Shanyue herself worried that anything valuable her sect possessed might be "borrowed" by powerful figures.
In any case, the people of Cinnabar Cloud Heaven refused to say where their host was, nor would they admit that any cultural relics had been unearthed.
However, the two people from the Treasure Appraisal Bureau had done some preliminary investigation. Since Cinnabar Cloud Heaven would not admit it, they said they would take a look at the back mountain.
A small path had recently been built on the back mountain. The news was not particularly secret, since such work could not possibly be done by Daoists alone; local laborers had to be hired.
The two did not need anyone to guide them. After looking around, they found the path and tried to head inside.
Seeing this, the people of Cinnabar Cloud Heaven hurried forward to stop them, saying it was merely a path for strolling.
It would have been better if they had not stopped them. Their obstruction only made the matter seem more suspicious, and the two from the Treasure Appraisal Bureau insisted on going in.
The disciples of Cinnabar Cloud Heaven were in a difficult position. They genuinely wanted to stop them, but... what reason could they give?
After arguing for a long time, the Treasure Appraisal Bureau visitors grew angry. "Believe it or not, I'll make a call and have people force their way in?"
Those outside the secular world generally did not wish to provoke