The person outside didn't hear a response from Cangming and asked in confusion, "...Sect Leader?"
Cangming's gaze lowered. He hesitated for only a moment before his mind was made up.
'She needs me.'
'This is the first time she's ever needed me.'
"Send word. Everyone is to follow Fa Shan's commands."
"This time... I will not be going."
After a moment of stunned silence, the person outside understood Cangming's meaning and said urgently, "But Sect Leader, if you don't go, I'm afraid you'll suffer backlash from the Power of Contract! You..."
Cangming cut him off before he could finish. "I have something more important to do this time. Just follow my orders. Why are you wasting my time with questions?"
Cangming's subordinate opened his mouth, wanting to say that the backlash from the contract was no laughing matter. But then he had a thought... 'Surely the Sect Leader knows that, right?'
'No, the Sect Leader understands the consequences far better than I do.'
