Lin Bai immediately pulled himself together and looked at the Fisherman seriously.
The Fisherman slowly rose from the ground. With a wave of his hand, the surrounding heavens and earth vanished without a trace, and in an instant, the world around them became a vast, mist-shrouded mountain range.
Lin Bai stared in shock at the Fisherman's ability to alter the heavens and earth, utterly shaken.
"Come and look!"
The Fisherman brought Lin Bai to the foot of a sheer cliff and pointed ahead.
Lin Bai raised his eyes. Beneath the cliff ahead, drops of water fell to the ground one after another, gradually gathering into a pool.
The pool filled up, then overflowed.
After Lin Bai and the Fisherman appeared, the final drop fell. The pool was full, and water began to flow out.
The water in the pool began flowing toward lower ground.
"When the pool fills, the water begins to overflow. Where will it go?" the Fisherman asked.
"This junior happens to know a little. As the saying goes, people climb toward higher places, while water flows toward lower ones. Once the pool overflows, its water will flow downward, join the rivers, and eventually pour into the sea."
"Ten Thousand Rivers Return to the Sea—that is precisely the principle."
Lin Bai answered calmly.
The Fisherman nodded lightly. "Let's go."
"Go? Where?" Lin Bai asked curiously.
"Since we were fated to cross paths with this little drop of water, why don't we see it on its way?" the Fisherman said with a gentle smile.
"See a drop of water on its way?" Lin Bai looked at the Fisherman in confusion.
The Fisherman smiled indifferently and started walking, following the drop as it flowed across the earth.
Lin Bai followed solemnly behind the Fisherman, watching as that drop gathered into