"Actually, my master did not pass away in meditation back then. Feeling that she had little lifespan left, she relinquished her position as sect master ahead of time and entered the 'Longevity Coffin.'"
Su Qingwan looked at Li Zizai and explained patiently, her tone tinged with helplessness. "She had me announce to the outside world that she was dead. First, to prolong her life discreetly; second, to use this to test us—if any Devil Dao Sect took the opportunity to attack, she would break out of the coffin, slaughter the petty villains, and protect the foundations of the Red Luan Immortal Sect."
"So that's how it is."
Li Zizai nodded in sudden understanding, finally grasping the reason behind it.
Zhou Zhiling was a genuine powerhouse at the Tenth Layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm. With such a great cultivator secretly holding the fort, the Red Luan Immortal Sect's position in the Eastern Jin cultivation world was naturally as steady as Mount Tai.
"Your master was supposed to be resting in the Longevity Coffin. Why did she suddenly come out?"
Li Zizai frowned as he looked at the black-robed old woman outside the cave abode, her face dark and gloomy.
"She was able to find Listening Luan Cave. I'm afraid she is displeased about us."
Su Qingwan sighed softly, a trace of worry flashing through her eyes.
Her relationship with Li Zizai had always been concealed from the entire sect. Now that her master had noticed, a reprimand was inevitable.
A thought stirred in Li Zizai's heart, and he asked, "Does she know that you broke through to the ninth level of the Red Luan Immortal Art?"
"The Longevity Coffin cuts off the heavens and earth within from those without. Unless Longevity Incense is burned, it is simply impossible to communicate