"Well! Better go back into seclusion to breakthrough the Abyss Defiant Body technique. If the chance is as good as rumored, it should allow me to improve more than one technique." He was indeed ambitious, but not without a reason.
Since he had planned to enter seclusion, he informed the old guys, and walked out towards his mountain peak.
Luo Li also left, it was obvious, she had a lot of things she wanted to do too. As long as they where in the sect it didn't matter. The fortune energy would not be affected in the slightest, but the two of them probably didn't know the old guys had not said everything clearly.
The fortune energy was far more than just the benefits of improving strength, rather it would improve the Fate of a Faction.