Not every sect would necessarily accept news like this.
Even with a friendly sect like the Azure Tide Sect, it was not something they could mention casually.
If you bluntly told someone their sect harbored a traitor, you would be lucky if they did not hit you. It amounted to undermining a sect's internal harmony and stability, and could easily make people suspect you of harboring ulterior motives.
Even Ning Hai dared not gamble with his own reputation or that of the Azure Tide Sect.
"Do you have any better ideas about this?"
Chu Mojin stroked the wine gourd at his waist, seemingly struggling to resist temptation. "I think those old fellows might have noticed something through this incident. Let's wait."
Ning Hai glanced at Chu Mojin, seeming to understand what he had in mind.
Once some of the sect leaders sensed something amiss, even if they said nothing, others would drop hints to them.
It was better to leave such an offensive task to them to handle among themselves.
"We do nothing?"
Chu Mojin finally pulled the stopper from his gourd and took a drink. His expression immediately relaxed considerably. "Why would we do nothing? Once they're seventy or eighty percent certain, I'll tell them what I found out. By then, they'll only feel grateful, not angry."
Ning Hai nodded and breathed a sigh of relief. "You always have a way. Then... about Sect Master Li."
"He really is dead."
Although Ning Hai had long known the outcome, he still could not help feeling somewhat surprised. "He really died?"
"He died. I just don't know exactly how. All I can confirm is that he wasn't killed by demonic cultivators, nor did he kill himself."
"Did you see his body?"
Chu Mojin shook his head. "I heard those demonic cultivators