The Southern Spirit Sect.
Elder Fang, Elder Bai, and the others who had remained at the sect gathered to discuss matters.
"The emergence of these ruins is a rare opportunity, but is it really all right to just let Lan Yue go out like this?"
"She carries an Immortal Artifact and has the Elder Spirit Sword following her. She already stands out from everyone else. If the other sects find out, I'm afraid there'll be trouble."
Elder Bai was deeply worried.
More importantly, Lan Yue's inner thoughts echoed within a certain range. Since people from the North Ridge Sacred Ground had gone too, they would surely hear what was going through her head.
If Lan Yue let slip some other earth-shattering secret, he feared none of those youngsters would make it back.
And that was not all. There was also Yun Xi's background...
"Lan Yue carrying an Immortal Artifact is extraordinary, but we can't keep her trapped in the Southern Spirit Sect forever, can we?" Elder Fang sighed as well.
As the person whose private affairs had become juicy gossip, he naturally felt this keenly. Still, he could hardly play the villain and urge the sect to lock Lan Yue up over it.
"As her cultivation grows, more and more people will fall within that range. Even if we do everything we can to hide it, it'll be useless, unless we reduce her to a mortal and prevent her from ever advancing again. But then how would the Southern Spirit Sect be any different from those demonic evils?"
"We cultivation sects act openly and honorably. Naturally, we would never do something so sinister." Elder Bai immediately shook his head.
"Then let her go out and gain experience like anyone else. It was going to happen sooner or later anyway." Elder