From their conversation, Li had always assumed Li Butong was the leader of the group. But now, it seemed these people had long prepared to act separately, while Li Butong showed no intention of stopping them. Only after all four had left did Li ask, "There are so many people in Heaven. Is it really okay for you to split up?"
Li Butong merely smiled. "Which of our sects doesn't want to outdo the others? This time, everyone we sent is an expert, far superior in quality to Heaven's people. If we run into Heaven's main force, we might not be able to beat them, but we can still escape. Once we get away, we can call for reinforcements and go back to deal with them. Besides, the sect said that even if we can't obtain the item, we must wipe out Heaven—but they never said we couldn't bring anything back. If we take something back to the sect, it counts as merit. Even if we keep it for ourselves, it would still benefit us!"
As he spoke, Li Butong smiled again. "Who here doesn't have their own little scheme? What good would killing all of Heaven's disciples do? Avenging Mount Shu? Winning glory for the Central Plains? Who would be that foolish? They all just want to use this chance to come to the island and gain something for themselves."
Li asked curiously, "There are benefits to be found on this island?"
To be honest, Li had not sensed anything particularly beneficial about this island. First of all, it was filled with ferocious beasts, so there was no shortage of demon cores and the like. But with so many people here, taking demon cores alone would probably not even cover the costs.
Could there be rare flowers and exotic