After Li Yan finished getting a grasp of the situation, he asked Zuo Qiudan again, still addressing him as "Fellow Daoist Zuo." That immediately made Zuo Qiudan realize that Li Yan was not considering this from the Pojun Sect's standpoint.
Li Yan was purely asking him, as a friend, what he truly thought. He was afraid that because Zuo Qiudan had only joined the Pojun Sect recently, and if he also took Li Yan's face into account, there would be certain things he would find hard to say to Shangguan Tianque.
Seeing Li Yan's sincerity, Zuo Qiudan's expression did not change much. His state of mind seemed entirely unruffled at that moment, and he quickly gave his answer.
"Actually, what I said earlier was my true thought. I want to enter Chunyang Hall first, then find a chance later to escape on my own. Over these years, I could feel that Elder Shangguan treated me sincerely, allowing me to cultivate and study the Dao of alchemy without worry or care.
"At the same time, I was able to stay with Bu Luo for so long. I am already quite satisfied with that. Now I am already a Void Refinement Realm cultivator. At the very least, after stepping into the level of a mid-tier cultivator, I will no longer be like before, treading on thin ice just to survive.
"The simplest solution is that after leaving Chunyang Hall, I cross realms and go to some other great domain. That way, it will be almost impossible for Chunyang Hall to keep hunting me down. They do not have that kind of ability.
"In fact, given Chunyang Hall's location, this place is the Far West Region. Even if I go deep into the other three directions of the North Pasture Realm, they should