As soon as Lin Yan spoke, everyone in the room fell silent.
For a Golden Core cultivator to break through to the Nascent Soul stage in just a few years, and with a heavenly tribulation that held almost no power, such an existence would be a subject of intense study for the entire cultivation world.
If they were a major sect of the entire cultivation world, they might be able to protect her. But they all knew clearly that they could not.
It would be best for her to conceal her strength.
"Then if you go but don't compete, won't that arouse suspicion from others?" Xu Lan asked with great concern.
"I'll say I'm injured then, and they shouldn't force me to compete. Besides, with my Nascent Soul cultivation hidden within the team, I can better protect my junior brothers and sisters," Lin Yan replied.
"But there will surely be people who challenge you. Wang Shu, this plan isn't perfect enough. And this artifact that conceals your aura, we cannot see through it, but surely someone can," Sect Leader He worried.
"Then perhaps Wang Shu shouldn't go. Aren't you busy with the matters of the Talisman Peak? Just don't go," another elder said with concern.
They did not want Wang Shu to be exposed and incur a fatal disaster, after all, she was a child they had watched grow up.
"Sect Leader Uncle-Master, I must go." This grand competition has some fortuitous encounters belonging to the male protagonist. Now that the male protagonist has left the Southeast Region, she could try to obtain them.
After all, the merit she possessed was not superficial. The good fortune brought by merit was enough for her to obtain those hidden treasures.
"Wang Shu, you... Forget it. If you want to go, then go. It's good to see more," Sect Leader He, perhaps thinking of something, relented.
"Senior Brother Sect Leader!" Xu Lan didn't understand why the Sect Leader would suddenly agree, but since he had, she could not say anything more to oppose it.
"Very well, it is decided. Tomorrow we will also hold a small competition to select some disciples to participate in the grand competition of the Southeast Region. This matter will be entrusted to Junior Brother Li and Junior Brother Meng."
"Yes, Senior Brother Sect Leader." The two elders agreed.
Returning from the Sect Leader's quarters, Xu Lan looked at her disciple whose cultivation had now caught up to her, unsure of what to say.
She wanted to say she was too willful, but all her actions were well-ordered. Even though her cultivation improved rapidly, her foundation was solid, and her advancements were smooth.
Now that her cultivation was the same as hers, she had nothing more to teach her.
"Wang Shu, the entire Tantai family now rests solely on you. I hope you prioritize yourself above all else and do not betray the plans your parents made for you back then."
What she feared most now was that Lin Yan would disregard consequences to improve her cultivation for revenge. In the end, even if she avenged herself, it would only be by gambling with her own life.
Thinking about it now, bringing back that single-root disciple might be to compensate for the sect's loss after she was gone.
"Master, I have thought it through very clearly. I will absolutely not do that. Those people are not worthy of me sacrificing my life," Lin Yan said with great confidence.
Although that clan was almost comparable to the status of the Lingxiao Sword Sect in the Southeast Region, their hearts were not united, and there were still many ways to help her get revenge.
It was just that what she wanted was not merely to kill the main culprits. She wanted the entire clan to decline, and she wanted no one to dare to offend her again.
The tragedy of Tantai Wang Shu, although she herself had given up pursuing it, Lin Yan would meticulously settle the score for her.