"The specific situation cannot be probed for the time being," Great Wilderness Immortal Venerable said in a deep voice, "but one can imagine that if the Myriad Immortals Palace cannot find the true culprit, they will inevitably assume this matter was my doing. I need to leave first to avoid the limelight."
After a brief pause, he continued, "The affairs within the cult shall be put on hold for now. Do not make Song Zhili's mistakes; he was too eager for results and far too radical, which led to today's predicament."
Xu Changshi, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly spoke up, "Avoid the limelight? Great Wilderness Immortal Venerable, how can our Lingshen Cult fear a mere Myriad Immortals Palace? If they intend to retaliate because of this matter, we should fight back!"
Chapter 498