The elders were instantly taken aback by Wei Wuyin's order. Was he trying to give these two the death sentence? This was their Grand Prince, and while the holder of it held little importance in their hearts, the title and what it represented did. After all, Long Chen was the only living survivor of the Grand Monarch Lineage.
They can't just let him go, have him fall to a horrific crushing death by the Auric Sea's unique gravitational properties. They hesitated, especially the three former Grand Imperial Sages. They deeply understood the grudge between Wei Wuyin and Long Chen, so they were even more hesitant.
But an elder amongst them, the female elder that had supported the first, just stopped. Her astral force receded and she stood off to the side obediently. She was Bei Ming, a Captain-class Knight of Enforcement. She was the very same woman that had shattered the execution blade on Qing Qiumu's neck at the last second after hearing there was a chance that she might be his wife.
