Therefore, after he became an Immortal, he reciprocated generosity, holding a considerable favoritism towards the Nine Provinces.
But these biases were all within controllable limits.
He did not betray the interests of his sect or disclose its core secrets to the Nine Provinces; he simply fostered good relations with the cultivators there, along with the disciples who depended on him.
And these actions were openly supported or tacitly allowed by the previous two School Leaders.
In short, Yang Xiuan had not acted inappropriately.
Even if the sect were to investigate his actions, at most they would give a verbal reprimand after looking into it; they couldn't really do anything to him.
Now that the sect does not allow disciples to have too obvious an external bias or to form cliques that cause actual divisions within the sect,
then he would just stop showing such preferences.