Discussion continued unabated among the crowd. Someone rose and asked, "Then what do you think we should do, Senior Brother Lin?"
Lin Ke exchanged a glance with Duan Jihong, then said, "We need to send troops to support the Imperial Clan's eldest princess."
"We absolutely cannot let the cultivators of the Illusionless Gu Sect seize the Spirit Stone Veins."
An objection immediately came from below the platform. "Then what about Golden Autumn Garden's borders?"
"Once we transfer our elite fighters away, we'll leave our rear exposed."
"What should we do if the Jade Great Radiance Church suddenly attacks?"
Lin Ke immediately waved his hand, and the Heaven-Watching Formation he had drawn appeared in his palm.
A scene of the Jade Great Radiance Church's border appeared within the pitch-black space.
Battle cries shook the heavens there as the Jade Great Radiance Church's cultivators fought the Imperial Clan's female cultivators.
Lin Ke waved his hand again. The black space within the formation shifted rapidly, revealing swarms of Mantle Spiders spraying dense strands of silk and poison, trapping a host of cultivators within.
They rendered those cultivators immobile or turned them straight into food for the Mantle Spiders.
"The Jade Great Radiance Church's cultivators have their hands full right now. Not only are the Imperial Clan's female cultivators attacking their borders."
"There are also Mantle Spider nests stretching dozens of kilometers through their territory, and the fighting there is locked in a stalemate."
"Unless they gain several thousand more people, they can't possibly march rashly into our territory."
"Besides, the Cloud Ink Sect has teleportation talismans. Even if we're far away in the Northern Frontier, we can return to Golden Autumn Garden within three days."
"Even if fighting really does break out, the cultivators stationed here will only need to hold out for