Zhou Ming tore open the void, and the eleven of them filed inside.
The concealment formation in the cave abode flashed once, then went completely dark.
Deep within Chaos, a spatial fissure silently sealed itself.
Hongchu walked in the middle of the group, muttering as they traveled.
"Come to think of it, that fatty Duobao actually did us a service this time."
"Without him, we wouldn't even know Fellow Daoist Taishi's whereabouts."
Cang Xuan spoke from beside him.
"Duobao may care about nothing but profit, but he certainly knows a trick or two when it comes to intelligence."
"Last time, he sold us information about the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub. This time, he sent us Fellow Daoist Taishi's coordinates."
"He's making money at both ends."
"Let him make money at both ends," Zhou Ming said calmly.
"As long as the information is accurate, paying him a few true artifacts is no trouble."
Houtu nodded beside him. "Fellow Daoist Zhou Ming is right."
Taichu suddenly spoke. "Speaking of which, the information Duobao sent this time came at just the right moment."
"The right moment?" Hongchu turned toward him.
"How so?"
"Think about it," Taichu said.
"Right now, all the Da Luo True Realm cultivators out there are hunting down the people of the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub."
"The net sealing off us Returnees has loosened."
"This is the perfect time for us to search for our other fellow Daoists."
Everyone nodded at his words.
Taichu was right. Previously, every Da Luo True Realm cultivator in the Hongmeng Universe had treated them as walking treasure troves.
Wherever they went, they encountered all manner of encirclement and pursuit.
But things were different now.
By diverting the flood of trouble eastward, Zhou Ming had drawn everyone's attention to the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub.