Given the relationship between the Green Mountain Sect and the Center Sect, and the usual plot of a story, Tong Yan should be called back by Zhao Layue and other Green Mountain disciples before he got far, and some exciting events would then ensue. Yet, nobody made a sound in the meditation room until Tong Yan disappeared into the pagoda forest, followed by the green bird.
Zhao Layue thought that the matter was plainly simple and that Tong Yan would tell them if he needed their help.
Zhuo Rusui thought it was simply the fact that the Center Sect's affair had nothing to do with the Green Mountain Sect.
Liu Shisui's thought was the simplest, because he didn't believe it in the least.
He said to Zhao Layue, "I think this is a scheme."
Tong Yan was the personal disciple of the Immortal Bai and had a promising future; he was the best candidate for the next sect master of the Center Sect after the death of Luo Huainan.