Zhang Jie fell silent. Although Lin Tianyan's approach went against the wishes of the sect master and herself, its starting point was to protect the greater good.
In a few years, the sect would recruit a new batch of disciples, which would require opening up new spiritual mountains and immortal caves—who knew how many spirit stones that would cost. The sect had decided not to expand for the next sixty years, nor to launch any seizure campaigns, but rather to take it steady and prioritize consolidating its strength.
The sect had no immediate use for the materials obtained from the secret realm, and keeping them would likely mean selling them off later anyway. Moreover, they had to consider cashing out the rewards for Zhou Chuan and the others; if they didn't sell the materials, the sect would have to shell out its own funds to pay them and exchange for resources. Not only would the sect fail to gain any benefits, but it would also have to advance a massive sum of money.
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