When Xuan Zi discovered that Huo Yuhao had returned, Huo Yuhao had already been standing beneath the Golden Ancient Tree for quite some time.
"Yuhao, what are you...?"
Xuan Zi looked at Huo Yuhao as he spoke hesitantly.
Huo Yuhao brushed his palm over the Golden Ancient Tree's trunk, feeling the sense of time contained within its rough texture. An inexplicable feeling stirred within him.
"Of course I came to visit that Plant-type Soul Beast senior, and to see my teacher while I'm at it."
Huo Yuhao could not help feeling ashamed. After all this time, he still had not prepared a satisfactory body for Mu En. He truly was an unqualified disciple.
"You mean the Golden Ancient Tree, or...?"
Xuan Zi froze, speaking somewhat incoherently.
"Of course I mean the one below."
Huo Yuhao pointed beneath his feet, toward the Golden Ancient Tree's roots, then looked up at Xuan Zi. "Elder Xuan, how is Xiao Ya Jie doing?"
"Xiao Ya's condition has stabilized."
A smile appeared on Xuan Zi's face. "Thanks to your Engraving Knife, which replenished the life force Xiao Ya lost. But this is not a long-term solution."
Huo Yuhao nodded. "That is precisely why I came. It is time to remove the unstable factor hidden beneath the Golden Ancient Tree."
"Besides, it might even be able to cure Xiao Ya Jie's Martial Soul problem once and for all."
As he spoke, a chill flashed through Huo Yuhao's eyes. The cannibalistic farce of the Sea God Pavilion needed to come to an end.
Even the name Sea God Pavilion should be erased along with it.
"But that is... that is..."
Xuan Zi felt his throat go dry. That was a God-level existence.
Mu En had told him many things before he departed, but precisely because of that,