Overwhelming Metal Spirit Qi
The patriarch of the West Ocean Sect had been feeling strange since the moment the chaos had started. As soon as he found out that the formation arrays had stopped working, he had assumed the worst.
But the worst in his mind was that his lord Gu Yao had come and did what he had told him before. As his lord, he didn't need his permission and could enter the mines whenever he wanted.
That was also why he had not acted personally and gone to the mine, merely sending others to check up on it. Though that was still doubtful for him, since his lord would at least notify him, even if it was at the very last second.
He knew what was happening outside the sect and that his master had mounted an offense against the Noon Grass sect openly this time. He had been informed of it and had been told to prepare for a retaliation from the other sects as well.