It wasn't just Lin Fan and Ye Qing Huan that wandered off like this.
There were many that formed smaller groups to explore.
These were the groups that they had been in previously, but they had moved away from those groups when the elders arrived. Now that the elders showed that they wouldn't interfere in what they did, it was only natural that they drifted back into those groups.
However, they also knew which group belonged to which sect now.
When the elders appeared, the different sects had grouped up together and they had been identified.
Since there were four righteous sects and one demonic sect, it only made sense that the demonic sect would be targeted by the righteous sect. They wouldn't let a demonic sect take away the inheritance of a righteous sect like the Dao Sect that easily.
Lin Fan and Ye Qing Huan also had a few followers, though they weren't worried about these righteous sect disciples following them.
