As she watched the direction in which the black smoke drifted, Su Jiu's gaze grew distant.
"If I'm right, Senior Brother and the others are already at the Secret Realm's entrance. The reason they still haven't come in is almost certainly that the Vast Righteousness Sect's disciples stopped them.
"I'll point out a route for you. Go out and ask the Enforcement Hall for help. Tell them I'm trapped inside. Then, however unwilling the Vast Righteousness Sect might be, they won't dare keep blocking the way.
"Unless they really want to see relations between our two sects shatter completely."
The others were no fools. Even the slow-on-the-uptake Yun Huanling saw through Su Jiu's intentions at once.
"Hey, you're not deliberately sending us away so you can go alone, are you?"
Su Jiu smiled. "I know the limits of my own strength. Of course I wouldn't be that rash." She only wanted to approach the seal and investigate the situation there first.
Yun Huanling gave Su Jiu a couple of suspicious looks, then said, "In that case, I'll stay here with you too. Let those three go out for help. With a Personal Disciple of the Heavenly Secret Sect like me here alongside you, the Vast Righteousness Sect will be even less willing to block them. It'll also make it easier for the Enforcement Hall to get in."
Su Jiu looked at Yun Huanling in surprise. After more than a decade apart, this fellow had actually grown a little smarter.
Gu Ningyun added, "I'll stay here as leverage too. Before coming in, I sent a voice transmission to the Heavenly Music Pavilion. They should be stuck at the entrance now as well. To ensure the Heavenly Music Pavilion's disciples can get in, I won't leave just yet either."
Thinking it through,