Tian Buyi saw Daoxuan True Person looking at him and quickly shook his head. "Only Seventh Senior Brother can stop that brat from doing as he pleases. No one else can keep him in line!"
Daoxuan frowned at that.
"Xiaofan can go with them to the Imperial City. All you have to do is find someone to hold the fort in Sanfu Town, Senior Brother," Tian Buyi suggested.
"Who would be suitable?"
"Our Azure Cloud Sect is such a large sect. Surely finding someone capable of managing things isn't difficult!" Tian Buyi said, glancing at Daoxuan with a peculiar tone.
Hearing Tian Buyi's strange tone, Daoxuan immediately realized who he had in mind.
"You've got some nerve! If Yicai leaves, what will happen to the affairs of Heaven-Reaching Peak?" Daoxuan glared at Tian Buyi, clearly displeased.
"You'd better think it over! I'm giving you an opportunity here!" Tian Buyi said with a smile. He wasn't worried that Daoxuan would refuse to send someone.
Daoxuan knew Tian Buyi was trying to show him something. Sending Xiao Yicai to Sanfu Town would make Big Bamboo Peak's position clear.
At the very least, it would show that the four disciples from Big Bamboo Peak who had gone down the mountain had no intention of leaving the sect or betraying their teachings. Sanfu Town and the Two Mountains weren't organizations they had deliberately set up as their own power base, either.
Daoxuan understood Tian Buyi's intentions. He had also considered sending a disciple to Sanfu Town.
Seeing him lost in thought, Tian Buyi continued drinking his tea with a smile, knowing the matter was all but settled.
Daoxuan didn't reply right away. Instead, he asked Tian Buyi and the others to return first so he could think it over.
Somehow, Zeng Shuchang had gotten