After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 280 is really good news!
If a direct disciple falls into demonic possession, what will become of the reputation of the Miaofa Sect?
She really had no reason to question Rong Ce's handling of the situation.

She sighed, unsure whether she should leave the seclusion.

That child had been his disciple since childhood, and to treat him like this after his death was indeed a bit disrespectful to the sea creatures.

The reason we put him in solitary confinement was to protect him.

As long as he can sincerely repent, recognize his mistakes, and cultivate diligently in his cave, and then find a reason to reconcile the two of them after I come out of seclusion, he will not lose his life.

She didn't give the sea tribe a definite answer, only saying that her cultivation had made a breakthrough and she needed to go into seclusion again. She had already handed over the sect's affairs to Rong Ce, and she respected Rong Ce's decision.

After replying, she immediately turned off the communication device and pondered how long she should remain in seclusion before going out.

This time, killing Mo Feijue together with Duan Yi came at a considerable cost.

The rumors circulating outside that they went into seclusion to comprehend the workings of nature are all false; in reality, they were simply injured and needed to recuperate in seclusion.

I might as well take this opportunity to relinquish all sect affairs during my seclusion!
With that in mind, she chose a time to gather all the elders of the sect and handed the token of acting sect leader to Rong Ce.

She stated that her cultivation had improved significantly during her seclusion, and she had gained further insights. She needed to go into seclusion again, but she didn't know when she would be able to emerge and thus couldn't fulfill her duties.

While she was in seclusion, Elder Rong Ce took over the management of the sect.

After saying that, without allowing anyone to question it, they immediately disbanded the group and ran away.

The person in charge changed, but everyone else continued doing their jobs as usual, and nothing went wrong because of this.

Miaoyin slipped away so quickly that before anyone could ask her any questions, she had already entered the cave and closed the door.

The massive stone gate slammed down, indicating that the people inside wouldn't emerge for at least a hundred or two hundred years.

Elder Liu said speechlessly to the person beside him, "Do you believe she's in seclusion or do you believe I'm a reincarnation of a true god?"

Trust her.

Elder Liu was even more speechless!

What does this mean? Are you showing off how good their relationship is?
"Should we still go to the Xuantian Sect's territory?"

Although he was injured due to the schemes of Sect Leader Xuan, he has recovered after a few days of seclusion and will be fully healed after a period of more seclusion.

The two originally planned to wait for Miaoyin to come out, then disguise themselves and go to the territory of Xuantian Sect to investigate.

Now that Miaoyin has gone into seclusion again and is moving so fast, they don't even have a chance to discuss the plan with her alone.

"Several elders of our sect are in seclusion. We don't know what other sects will do. Let's wait and see. Maybe we won't need to investigate."

"Alright then." Elder Liu rode away on his crane.

……

After returning to Miaofa Sect with her master, Lin Yan stayed in her cave and did not come out.

No one knew that she had left the sect before, and when she returned with the two Venerables, she did not show herself in public. Instead, she quietly returned to her cave, planning to go out for a stroll after some time so that people would know that she had been in seclusion in her cave during this period.

Upon returning to her cave, she immediately transformed the spirit stone into a bird, which flew out and hid on the eaves of the sect square to eavesdrop on gossip.

She refined pills in her cave to ensure she had enough basic pills to keep her company when she went out to train.

Having just finished refining the elixir, she established contact with the birds and absorbed the information they heard near the square.

The square is where various announcements are posted, and it's also close to the hall where missions are accepted, so many disciples gather here every day.

From the publicly available information, she heard that Venerable Miaoyin had emerged from seclusion. After handing over the token of acting sect leader, she went back into seclusion. She was quite surprised that she hadn't received any punishment, not even being summoned for questioning.

Although he had sufficient reason to kill Wen Gui, the Venerable One, as his master, had to intervene. No one dared to object to him even giving himself a small punishment for his disciple.

She had prepared herself for a little punishment, but now there was no punishment at all, and Venerable Miaoyin had gone into seclusion again.

This is really good news for her!

What followed was mostly gossip that she didn't care about, such as the emergence of a new genius or who had been defeated; none of that concerned her.

After losing contact with the bird, she entered the space and piled up spirit stones in front of the giant spirit stone.

Tens of thousands of spirit stones were spent in one go. Fortunately, the manager handed over the spirit stones mined this month, which slightly replenished the spirit stone reserves that were only going out and not coming in.

Judging by the time, it's almost time for her to set off again for the Cold-level Secret Realm.

That day, after they had prepared everything, they went for a stroll in the square. Some disciples of the Miaofa Sect recognized her and came up to strike up a conversation. She took the opportunity to tell them that she had gained some insights and was now in seclusion again.

Many people gathered around to congratulate her, saying that she was exceptionally talented, her cultivation speed was already fast, and she had new insights to gain during her seclusion. Wouldn't her cultivation level be even higher when she came out?

Many people looked on with envy, but only a minority were jealous.

Just then, someone said regretfully, "We wanted to invite Fellow Daoist Lin to join our team to go to the Cold-level Secret Realm, but unfortunately, Senior Sister has to go into seclusion."

What a coincidence!

She forced an awkward smile: "That's really unfortunate."

After exchanging pleasantries with everyone for a while, she quickly found an excuse to leave.

As soon as she returned, she saw her master waiting for her in the cave, giving her a new array plate and a secret manual.

"This was made by someone I had previously asked. Although it is only of the eighth grade, it is enough. Master needs to go into seclusion for a while. If there is anything you don't understand or know how to do, you can write it down first, or send a message to ask me."

Lin Yan accepted it with both hands, her eyes filled with gratitude.

She respectfully watched her master leave before entering the cave to examine the new array plate her master had given her.

Eighth-grade array plates are impossible to buy in the Chamber of Commerce, and are rarely seen in auction houses.

The craftsman who can forge a magic weapon of this quality must be of a very high level. My master must have used personal connections to get the craftsman to forge it.

Her nose tingled slightly. So this is what it feels like to have your master thinking of you?

By imprinting one's own spiritual mark on the array plate, the originally ownerless array plate becomes one's own.

Magical artifacts of grade seven and above possess some degree of independent consciousness, albeit very weak. After the mark was applied, she could feel the connection between herself and the array plate, and naturally, she could also sense that faint consciousness.

He removed the markings from the original array plate and will use it as an ordinary magic weapon from now on.

After packing her things, she disguised herself and left the Miaofa Sect.

With many disciples coming and going at the mountain gate, no one would notice her unremarkable appearance at this moment.

Upon arriving in the town, she directly purchased a flying boat ticket to the Cold-level Secret Realm as a rogue cultivator.

To maintain her identity as a rogue cultivator, her cultivation level was currently suppressed to the Foundation Establishment stage. When she revealed her destination, the ticket seller gave her a surprised look.

While handing over the pass, he reminded them, "Many independent cultivators from the Merchant Guild will also be heading to the secret realm in groups. If needed, you can check the quest notice board."

She didn't say she didn't need it, but after politely thanking him, she took the pass and headed to the airship docking point to wait.