"Deputy Sect Master Wang, I'll leave the sect in your hands for now."
Qu Shentong's voice came from the Spirit Rhinoceros Stone.
Wang Ba's gaze swept over Wu Ape King before him, whose eyes were lively and who stood about three feet tall, yet was gnawing on a spirit fruit two feet across held in his arms. He replied solemnly:
"With the two elders and Garrison Commander Pang here, you needn't worry, Sect Master."
Through the Spirit Rhinoceros Stone, Qu Shentong did not deny this, but brought up another matter:
"Elder Xumi couldn't rest easy, so he'll be accompanying me this time."
"However, Elder Jiying will remain in the sect."
"Also, I've withdrawn most of the Nascent Soul cultivators stationed within the protective sect grand formation. If anything urgent happens, you can promptly switch it over to drawing on the spirit veins. Deputy Sect Master, please be sure to remember that."
Wang Ba pondered for a moment:
"If we switch to drawing on the spirit veins, I'm afraid it will increase their burden... Understood. Please rest easy, Sect Master."
Qu Shentong said no more. Though Wang Ba had not participated in sect affairs over the years, given his experience and steadiness, there likely would not be any major problems.
Besides, they were heading west to the Eightfold Sea to deal with the Yuan Magnetism calamity and would return in a few years at most.
Of course, most importantly, two beings at the Spirit Transformation level still remained to guard the sect.
There were also those Fifth Tier Law Treasure patriarchs who paid no heed to worldly affairs.
Though it was inconvenient for them to act, if something truly happened, they were trump cards that could settle matters with a single hammer blow.
With such sea-steadying pillars in place, even if