"Sect Master, something terrible has happened!"
In the Flying Crane Sect's main hall, a deacon rushed in from outside, his face pale with alarm.
Bai Hongze frowned and said displeasedly, "What has you so panicked? Where is your composure?"
Even the elders in the hall.
They all looked displeasedly at the deacon who had barged in.
Suddenly finding himself under so many gazes, the deacon felt tremendous pressure. He barely steadied himself at those words, but still spoke rapidly. "Reporting to the Sect Master, someone claiming to be an elder of the Origin Sect is being pursued by a powerful cultivator.
"He's—he's heading toward our sect right now."
"What!"
Hearing this, Bai Hongze rose straight from his seat, astonishment on his face.
The other elders were equally shocked.
An Origin Sect elder!
Being hunted!
That was rather a lot to take in.
But Bai Hongze hesitated only briefly before immediately heading out of the hall.
He did not know why an Origin Sect elder was being hunted.
But one thing was clear to him.
If that man died before the Flying Crane Sect's gates, the sect would never be able to wash its hands of the matter.
At best, they would be guilty of refusing to save someone in mortal danger.
At worst, they would be accessories to murder.
From what Bai Hongze knew of these Top-Tier Great Sects, they all acted with utter tyranny. The slightest involvement could bring disaster upon them at any moment.
Especially given Qin Shujian's reputation.
It was hardly a good one in the Thirteen Prefectures of Great Zhao.
As this Array Dao Grandmaster's fame had spread.
So had the tales of the sects he had destroyed in the past.
Even a minor dispute.
Could lead to a sect's annihilation.
If an elder died before