"Pursuing a traitor..."
Luo Feihu had arrived brimming with aggression, but those words stunned him for a moment, and even his imposing aura weakened.
"Right, this Ye Tianming..."
He could not help frowning.
Only then did Luo Feihu recall that before Ye Tianming had betrayed the Night King, he had indeed been a member of the Azure Cloud Sect!
He belonged to the Ye Lineage near Cang Mountain Academy. That lineage had been a vassal of the Azure Cloud Sect for generations, and all its members had joined the sect.
For an officially registered disciple, betraying the sect and fleeing was an unforgivable crime. Although the Azure Cloud Sect had never made an all-out effort to hunt him down, that did not mean it would relinquish its right to do so.
Whenever and wherever an opportunity arose, they had ample legitimate grounds to intervene in matters concerning him!
That right rested upon the stable order established over ten thousand years, in which the Ten Great Sects jointly ruled the world, controlling the righteous and demonic paths, countless Spirit Tamers, and countless powers.
As one of the Ten Great Sects, the Myriad Phenomena Sect also benefited from these rules and this order. Thus, it could not-and did not wish to-act recklessly, handing others a weapon against it and getting itself excluded from this ruling system.
Thus, even though Luo Feihu privately thought little of this argument, his expression still grew solemn.
"So that is how it is..."
"As members of the Azure Cloud Sect, you do indeed have the right to do this."
He had no choice but to acknowledge that their actions were entirely justified.
But then he changed tack. "However, this territory falls under the jurisdiction of our Myriad Phenomena Sect. How did you sneak in without permission?"
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