Li Mei stood at the edge of the sect's protective barrier, looking conflicted.
She pressed her palm against the barrier, thinking to herself that she couldn't stay here. Those people from the central continent were coming here. She now understood what was happening, her grandfather had never intended for Li Yao to return at all. His request for her to bring Li Yao back had been nothing more than a ruse to get Li Mei away from the main branch.
But what did he expect her to do? Hide away forever in this place? The very thought made her clench her fists in frustration. Those people who had done that to her grandfather were coming to the eastern continent, and she refused to cower in fear and hide from them.
She knew she was being irrational, that her emotions were clouding her judgment. Her cultivation was still weak compared to the people she was up against, and charging into danger would likely accomplish nothing but her own destruction.
