"Let him go. We won't force anyone against their will."
Hou soon put these people out of his mind. They had some friendship, but it was hardly deep. He had sent Fang Yazi overseas to make contact partly to fulfill his promise and partly to plant a piece in advance among these convict cultivators. Their prospects might indeed not be bright, but their numbers were simply too great. Under the right circumstances, they could influence the continent's course, so precautions were necessary.
There were actually very few fellow prisoners from Hell Star he truly cared about. Apart from Yueduo and the others, who had taken another path, only Water Fairy remained. Yet over the past year or two, he had heard nothing about her at all. Now Hongkan's letter confirmed that she was not overseas either, which was rather strange.
"There's one more thing: the strange happenings in Ancient Langzhong on the border. It seems those Ancient Langzhong cultivators have started harboring intentions again? Tower Master Li and I both think that, since every tradition on the Brocade Continent has a source of its inheritance in the Upper Realm, that must also include those traditions swallowed by other powers and lost in the long river of history. The Ancient Langzhong Sect was one of them.
"Do you think it's possible that an inheritor of Ancient Langzhong also entered Jinxiu quietly, then contacted them, causing people's hearts to become unsettled again?
"Of course, this is all conjecture. So far, we haven't found any signs supporting this theory, whether people or events. So, do you think we should retain some of the cultivators training in Ancient Langzhong in Pingliang, just in case?"
Li Shipeng and Li Chuping had both served in Pingliang for long periods and knew the situation there very well.