Elder Zong Ye's heart faltered. He was a stage-six warrior and could naturally feel the light pillar's aura. Thus, he felt that something was amiss.
When he saw Elder Ye's current look, he became even more worried. But since he had already spoken earlier, he couldn't go back on his words.
Thinking that Situ Xingchen had always done things sensibly, he felt slightly assured and forcefully explained, "We don't need outsiders like you to worry about this!"
Then, he looked at the light pillar.
At this point, Situ Xingchen's aura had already broken through to a stage-four warrior's, and it kept strengthening.
Elder Zong Ye was half-emotional and half-worried. However, he didn't see that shock flashed across Elder Ye's eyes when he saw a crack appear on the strange pattern above the light pillar.
