"Hmph! You've gone too far!" Alchemy Spirit Child glared fiercely at Li Xiaoya and snapped, "Fellow Daoist Li, is this how your Heavenly Dao Sect kicks people when they're down?"
"Ah, Fellow Daoist, there may be some misunderstanding here. Let's go outside and see what happened first." Knowing explanations would accomplish nothing, Li Xiaoya spoke hastily, then took the lead out.
"Let's go!" Alchemy Spirit Child waved to the elders of the Spring Returning Church and followed him out. The others hurried after them, their expressions varied.
"Huh? Junior Brother Li, what are you doing here?" As soon as Li Xiaoya and the others left the cabin, they saw Elder Ma and Elder Wang standing in the plaza on the deck with an imposing contingent of more than a dozen Nascent Soul Realm elders, apparently facing off against the Spring Returning Church cultivators. Elder Wang's expression changed when he spotted Li Xiaoya emerging from the passage, and he questioned him in surprise.
"Oh, I just returned from outside. I was asking our fellow daoists here about the details of their situation." Li Xiaoya swept his gaze over the elders. Seeing that everyone present belonged to Elder Ma's and Elder Wang's factions, he understood what was happening, but answered Elder Wang politely.
"Hmph! Instead of attending the Elder Council meeting after returning, what are you doing here meddling?" Elder Ma snorted coldly. Even after so many years, his prejudice against Li Xiaoya had not faded. His cultivation, however, had barely improved over those years; apparently, he had hit a bottleneck.
"Oh? Did the sect announce an Elder Council meeting? Was a Voice Transmission Talisman sent out?" Taken aback, Li Xiaoya directed his question at Qin Xian. Although he seemed to be asking Qin Xian, his words were really a rebuke to