Tantai Xue sat beneath the courtyard's tea pavilion, pouring herself tea.
"There shouldn't be any problem within the sect. Immortal Gate Great Governance should be able to keep him in check, right?" Tantai Xue asked as she drank.
"Nothing ever happened while he was in the sect, but he hadn't become an Immortal then. Now, it's hard to say," Tantai Xiaotian said. "We'll know after observing for a while. But is anything going to happen soon?" Tantai Xue asked.
After a pause, she added, "Recently, I've received news from various places that some people have disappeared. Even some regions have disappeared.
"It wasn't the Immortal Court's doing.
"Nor was it the Demon Race's doing.
"Some inexplicable changes have simply occurred recently."
Tantai Xiaotian wasn't surprised. She explained, "That's perfectly normal. Three people on the List moved against Zhulong. Heaven and earth were affected long ago. Especially with Zhulong's appearance, the original balance of heaven and earth has probably been broken.
"Naturally, some things hiding in the shadows will start showing themselves."
"What things?" Tantai Xue asked.
"Over three hundred years ago, the Immortal Gate went to war with the Immortal Court. Some people were forced out, while others hid even deeper." Tantai Xiaotian fell silent for a moment before continuing, "These people ordinarily wouldn't emerge, but Zhulong's appearance overturned the Immortal Gate's order.
"It gave them a false impression."
Tantai Xue was somewhat surprised. "What false impression?"
Tantai Xiaotian chuckled. "That the Immortal Gate's era has passed."
Tantai Xue froze at those words.
Because Zhulong had stirred Immortal Gate Great Governance, those originally sealed-off regions mistakenly believed the era had changed.
So they had come out to investigate?
After all, with the arrival of a new era, there might well be a place for them.
Besides, to live better, they