Faced with everyone's gazes, Li Dai remained calm. She softly said: "You all don't need to be nervous. Shi Yuan of the Buddha Sect and I have crossed paths a few times. Let me go alone this time; I believe they harbor no malicious intent!" Li Dai knew that at this point, her refusal or turning them down would only put these senior figures from the sects in a difficult position. Besides, Ancestor Hongfeng was right—even if they wanted to protect her, there were still so many people branded with the Soul-Capture Slave Seal lurking around with hostile intentions. Rather than remaining in a deadlock that made everyone look bad, what harm was there in her making a trip to the Buddha Sect?
Of course, these were not the primary reasons. She was not so noble as to disregard her own life and selflessly make things convenient for others. The main reason was that she had a feeling this trip to the Buddha Sect would genuinely be free of danger. Such a premonition was extremely mystical, but Li Dai trusted her intuition implicitly.
However, since she had become the crucial figure enabling the high monks of the Buddha Sect to save people, she wasn't going to be a pushover either. If a precedent was set like this, wouldn't anyone be able to order her around to do whatever they pleased in the future? Therefore, before anyone could react, Li Dai abruptly changed her tune: "However, going to the Buddha Sect this time—although the probability of encountering danger is small, it's not entirely…
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