Afterward, they activated several extremely secret ancient rituals, sending inquiries toward the future hidden in the unseen; or they sought out extraordinary individuals gifted in divination, capable of glimpsing heaven's secrets, and questioned them one by one as to whether this matter might harm their disciples' future potential.
After exhausting every possible means of investigation, they all reached the same conclusion—there was nothing abnormal.
Only then did they lower their guard slightly and reluctantly agree to let their disciples accept the mysterious black-robed man's gift.
Still, every time their disciples returned from there, they inevitably had to undergo a thorough inspection.
Yet even after dozens of such occasions, they still detected nothing unusual.
Even after their disciples' strength increased, there was barely any sense of instability.
By this point, quite a number of people had begun to believe that the so-called president of the Salvation Society might be some sign of self-preservation when this world faced a great calamity—a thread of life amidst the unseen.
But some still stubbornly refused to let down their guard, insisting on examining their disciples whenever they returned.
Without question, Cloud Marsh Heavenly Palace belonged to the latter group.
Yet after a round of investigation revealed no harm whatsoever, Shui Yun and the others' elders could only wave them off and let them leave.
However, just as Hua Qianyu was brimming with delight and preparing to slip away, her master, Xie Rongyin, an elder of the Hall Among the Clouds, suddenly thought of something and called the two of them to a halt.
"Wait. In two days, come with me to pay a visit to our fellow cultivators of the Divine Firmament Sect."
The moment those words fell, Hua Qianyu immediately became somewhat unhappy. "Why should we visit them instead of having them come here?