Deep within the Sea Barrier.
Not only had Shao Yangzi immediately noticed something amiss, but the expressions of the other three figures at the forefront also changed abruptly.
"The True Membrane Eye has actually grown again?!"
"What is going on? Why would this happen?"
"It shrank for no reason just now, but now it has suddenly grown again. Can anyone explain why?"
Behind the four of them, the other Spirit Transformation cultivators could not help frowning as well.
Their gazes fell upon the vortex.
To their astonishment, compared with its slight contraction earlier, the True Membrane Eye before them had now expanded noticeably outward.
That expansion alone had directly wiped out seven or eight years of painstaking effort by the more than twenty Spirit Transformation cultivators present.
The vortex was even somewhat larger than before.
"Does... doesn't this mean all our work over all this time was for nothing?"
One cultivator could not help saying.
Shao Yangzi's expression darkened. Frowning, he looked at the Daoist beside him.
"Brother Su, do you have any thoughts?"
That figure was also frowning, but he scarcely hesitated.
"The True Membrane Eye already threatens Great Jin's safety. Our Longevity Sect naturally cannot let it continue expanding..."
"It isn't necessarily going to keep expanding, but..."
Shao Yangzi turned toward Qin Dengyuan on his other side, an unusually tall, burly man with a full beard.
"Brother Qin, what do you think?"
Qin Dengyuan merely shook his head slightly. "Brothers Su and Shao can discuss it. Whatever you decide, our Qin Clan will lend its full support."
His words left not a single opening.
Old fox, Shao Yangzi cursed inwardly.
Then he looked toward the Daoist beside them who had said little, his expression amiable.
"Brother Tai'e, what about you? What does your temple think?"
The Daoist whom