The calm-looking man had not yet spoken when another person beside him replied, "Return? Of course, we must return. My junior disciple is still in the sect, along with Senior Brother's Dao companion and child. We naturally need to return to bring all the senior and junior brothers closest to us, and take our families away."
"But after we return, it's not certain we'll be able to leave the Great Teaching." Among the group, the only female disciple spoke worriedly, "The higher-ups in the Heaven Prayers Sect will surely realize the problem. If, by then, the Praying Heaven Sect shuts its gates and forbids disciples from leaving, what will we do?"
"That shouldn't be the case, right? If they recklessly shut the gates, how many disciples inside do you think would want to leave? Don't they fear we'd directly stir up chaos from within?"
"Besides, by then, if everyone wants to leave, they wouldn't be able to control the situation. They might not even have the means to close the gates."
