"If you want to catch him, catch him yourself. I only wanted to make his acquaintance. Do you really think the Xuanmiao Sect wouldn't give such an expert good things?
"Secret techniques, trump cards—if he truly used them, you and I might not necessarily withstand them." Xu Chengtiao rolled his eyes at the woman.
He had become a Dao Seed nearly a hundred years ago and had been stuck at the Complete Purity Fifth Step for a long time. His next step was to find a way to break through the qualitative transformation.
Beyond the Fifth Step lay an entirely different world.
"Forget it. Since he's already left, we should head back as well. Returnless Island could be swallowed by gale belts at any time. We can't stay long."
"Let's go." The woman nodded and glanced toward where Wei He had dug out the Dragon Lock Wood. All that remained there was an enormous pit.
"Only a small piece of heartwood in the middle of the Dragon Lock Wood is useful. Why did that man dig up the entire tree? Wasn't it heavy?" The woman was speechless.
"Perhaps he wanted to take it back and transplant it?" Xu Chengtiao hesitated after thinking it over.
As a star array master, he had seen all kinds of fine materials. Naturally, he had used Dragon Lock Wood before as well.
That thing was deadweight. A tree like the one just now weighed at least a hundred thousand jin altogether.
Elsewhere.
Wei He panted as he struggled along, carrying the trunk. If not for gravity sharing the burden, he would already have been leaving a footprint with every step, sunk deep into the ground and unable to move forward.
"Only I could manage this. My force and physical strength both far surpass those of