"Brother, Master sent word. He wants us to return..." Li Ke said to Jiang Yuan, clutching a jade pendant.
Jiang Yuan looked at the jade pendant and nodded without saying anything.
This jade pendant was a communication artifact. Once one's cultivation reached the level of the White Snake Patriarch, one came into contact with realms inaccessible to mortals, and the things one encountered instead resembled all manner of wondrous objects from an immortal cultivation world.
Jiang Yuan said no more. Half his purpose in coming to Thousand Cloud City had already been accomplished, and after studying that symbol, he had more or less deciphered seven or eight parts out of ten.
Now that the White Snake Patriarch had returned, the timing was perfect. Jiang Yuan lacked neither combat experience nor worldly knowledge; what he lacked now was cultivation.
Under the White Snake Patriarch's protection, Jiang Yuan's cultivation could undoubtedly advance by leaps and bounds.
Jiang Yuan quickly brought Li Ke to White Snake Lake. A vortex automatically emerged at the center of the lake, and without hesitation, the siblings stepped into it.
Upon entering White Snake Cave, they found a white figure that seemed to have been waiting for them for quite some time.
The White Snake Patriarch did not blame them for going to Thousand Cloud City—or perhaps he simply did not care.
How could members of the White Snake lineage possibly be left in such a sorry state by martial artists from a mere Thousand Cloud City?
The White Snake Patriarch looked at Jiang Yuan and said calmly, "In three months, break open the Hua Jin Heavenly Gate. I will take you to Nanzhao..."
Jiang Yuan cupped his hands, indicating that he understood.
He knew that this was the moment the White Snake Patriarch had been nurturing him