Ban Lan's way of handling the matter was very simple: since disciples like Yu Xueshan did not wish to be constrained, they would be placed under his personal supervision.
With a Profound Venerable like him watching over them, even if all ten thousand-plus disciples here were of that kind, he could still keep an eye on them all.
He was not trying to prove which side was right or wrong. He was simply giving those disciples a choice.
Once he did this, those who believed that steadfast adherence was the true Chaos Dao Method said nothing further. What they cared about was the larger picture—whether it would endanger Celestial Xia. Since he, the mountain master, could personally guarantee that no problems would arise, they could naturally accept it.
Moreover, this would eliminate the various effects on the students. To those students wholly devoted to cultivation, people like Yu Xueshan were deeply displeasing, and they believed such people were liable to cause trouble. Now that they had been separated and would no longer appear at their side, there was no longer any target for their criticism.
As for disciples like Yu Xueshan, they too were willing to be separated from those students who knew only how to bury their heads in cultivation. In truth, cultivators like them were few in number, yet Ban Lan believed that among this tiny minority might be those most likely to achieve greatness.
Before their conversation had ended, Fan Lan had asked him: since only great powers of the upper realm could resolve this matter, why not ask the Profound Court to invite one? This matter now involved the Great Chaos; surely even great powers of the upper realm could not ignore it?
But he believed they could not do that. Matters of the world ultimately