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"Heh heh, Yitian, you've had it good. You've been running all over the Nine Provinces, and we can hear news of you everywhere. But we've had a rough time fending for ourselves. Thankfully, Grandma kept quietly sending companions to support those of us in Central Province who were working hard at cultivation. Otherwise, many of us would still be drinking the northwest wind." Yuan Ci suddenly appeared beside me, holding a golden lotus in his palm, and tossed it into the sky.
"Grandma sent word?!" I hurriedly asked. I hadn't received any news of Grandma's whereabouts for a year. I never imagined she had remained in contact with Central Province all this time!
Yuan Ci stared at me blankly for a moment before saying, "You really didn't know? Well, one of you went west, while another went east. You were traveling in opposite directions, after all. If I remember correctly, after she left, she wandered everywhere in search of Senior Ren. In the end, I don't know whether she found him, but it seemed she settled in Lan Province. Later, she sent Uncle Shan Long and the others to contact Central Province, and they frequently brought over astonishing quantities and quality of immortal crystals, demonic crystals, treasures, and the like to support our cultivation. To be honest, without her, we would have been rather desperate. Quite a few people were still worrying over immortal crystals!"
"That's right. But the treasures Master brought back had already far surpassed the ones Grandma sent. Everyone was stunned when they received them. According to what they said, about a third of the treasures had been lost along the way. How much would the total be if we added everything together?" Song Wanyi told me happily. When I checked her cultivation, I saw that