They stopped, and so did the followers from various sects, either landing or hovering in the air, still watching them closely.
Shi Chun and the Shudao Mountain group had gotten used to being followed, and there was really nothing they could do about the Artifact Refining Sect group—if they chased, the others would run; if they walked, the others would follow.
Their purpose here was to shake off those annoying people.
They had found that invisible safety boundary, and after Gu Lianne and a few leading figures huddled and whispered for a while, they once again spread out their formation and made a temporary breakthrough of the dangerous boundary, continuing forward.