Li Shenhai sighed helplessly and made a decision he had no choice but to make.

"What about the resources from those sects? There are still quite a few spirit stones and magic treasures inside," Zhang Mo said with some regret.

“Let’s just give up on them and leave them to them. These alliances of sects seem strong, but in reality they are just a disorganized mess.”

"Many sects don't really want to destroy our Yellow Maple Valley, but rather for resources such as spirit stones and magic weapons."

“If we leave these resources to them, it will easily lead to uneven distribution among them, which will greatly reduce our pressure.”

Li Shenhai did not hide anything and revealed his premeditated plan.

"Then let's do as Elder Li says and have all the disciples retreat back to the Hehuan Sect." Zhang Mo nodded helplessly in agreement.

No one in the main hall objected; those who had cultivated to this level were generally not fools.

They all believed that Li Shenhai's countermeasures were the best possible solution at present.

If it were them, they might not be able to come up with such a good solution.

With the loss of their patriarch, Huangfeng Valley has lost its backbone.

Not to mention the disciples, even the elders themselves were at a loss.

In the past, all major decisions in the sect were made by the patriarch alone, and the others only needed to follow his instructions.

Furthermore, Huangfeng Valley's advancement to such a level is entirely due to the patriarch alone.

The core of the entire Yellow Maple Valley lies with the Ancestor. If something happens to the Ancestor, it's normal for the sect to fall into such a state.

Elders like Li Shenhai were doing their utmost to conceal Han Feng's injuries, precisely because they feared such a thing might happen.

At the same time, they learned from Hu Meiyu that cultivating the Dao could very likely cause a person to go astray and lose all their cultivation.

Even if the ancestor could emerge from the path of cultivation, it would take at least a few years; ten or twenty years wouldn't be too long.

This is not surprising, as they know it is difficult for someone to advance from the Nascent Soul stage to the Divine Transformation stage. Enlightenment is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Enlightenment is the ultimate test of a person's character and talent. Some people spend hundreds of years trying to achieve enlightenment, while others never realize their own path even when their lifespan ends.

The number of Nascent Soul stage cultivators in the entire Tiannan region is extremely small, which is why it cannot compare to Lingzhou. One reason is the scarcity of resources in Tiannan, and the other is the lack of a good lineage.