The Red and Blue Fire sect is also facing this problem. They too are struggling to make the necessary arrangements needed to get away from their region safely.
They are busy talking to some people for negotiating safe passage. This is why they haven't arrived in the Five Veins region yet, even though everyone that matters knows that they want to invade the Purple Flower sect.
If such a powerful sect is also tied down by their neighbors, then the only way out for the Purple Flower sect is to fight the Red and Blue Fire sects and resist them. This is obviously a dead end, as they can never defeat the Red and Blue Fire sect. Since they can't win, they should just give up.
She wanted to give up. But she decided to capitalize on the Blood Skull sect's dislike for the arrival of a rival predator in their territory. This was why she asked a junior elder of her sect to talk to the junior elders of the Blood Skull sect about making an alliance.
