After Lu Xiaotian, disguised as Ying Feng, returned to the South Sea Dragon Palace, ten years passed in the blink of an eye. During that time, he had also left the Dragon Palace's territory to create a projection, sending his projected clone toward the Muye region to investigate the situation there. Even with his current cultivation, space in Muye was far from stable. He could not simply tear it open whenever he pleased; he had to wait for the spatial fluctuations to become most active. Otherwise, he himself might be fine, but Yu Xiaoqiao, Hongyue, and the others could meet with disaster while crossing the spatial passage.
Hongyue would not reach the end of her lifespan anytime soon, so waiting a little longer would let him bring Yu Xiaoqiao, Hongyue, and the others over from the Green Fruit Barrier more safely.
Lu Xiaotian's projection remained directly at the edge of Muye, watching for unusual spatial fluctuations.
Most of the time, his true self stayed in the South Sea Dragon Palace, quietly cultivating. Meanwhile, inside the Green Fruit Barrier, Sui Pojun was working feverishly to help Lu Xiaotian repair the damaged earth-element puppet war golems. As for the materials needed to repair the fire-element puppet war golems, Lu Xiaotian had already begun searching for them through his connections in the South Sea Dragon Palace.
The South Sea Dragon Palace held little status in the Yu Xuan Celestial Court, but it was still governed by the Dragon King Ying Zhong. It was the most powerful force in the seas under the Yu Xuan Celestial Court, and the resources at its disposal far exceeded what Lu Xiaotian could imagine.
However, the materials needed to repair the puppet war golems were of an exceptionally high grade. Even the South Sea Dragon Palace could not