Back in the Central Continent, when Hanyu and Xia Wuyou returned with the news, Quan Xiaotong said the same thing.
"It's not all bad."
"At least you really did stop them."
As for the bad news, he saw it even more clearly.
If the Heavenly Dao Sect had been caught off guard and led around by the nose, that would have been understandable.
But now that everything was out in the open, there was no way the Heavenly Dao Sect would let Yanluo Hall open the formation's core so easily.
"It's bad news for the Heavenly Dao Sect, but not so bad for the Central Continent."
Quan Xiaotong smiled faintly.
After all, if something like this happened again, it would inevitably be a clash between two factions. The Central Continent had always been at a disadvantage, so things could hardly get any worse.
With the Heavenly Dao Sect holding the line up front, it was actually a good thing.
Speaking of good things, Quan Xiaotong suddenly brightened and said with a beaming smile,
"You're in luck. They found the Earth Spirit."
It had been found by that group of young cultivators from the Central Continent who were out and about. Earlier, a group of elders from the nine sects had, on a whim, tried using the method they'd used to search for the Fire Spirit to look for the Earth Spirit.
To their surprise, it had actually worked.
More interesting still was where they had found the Earth Spirit.
Where?
Hanyu was quite curious. Quan Xiaotong gave him a strange look, then gestured.
A lake. A bowl-shaped lake.
The cultivators of the Central Continent had drained the lake and dug up the Earth Spirit's true form. And, sure enough, it was shaped like a bowl.
All right! Hanyu's mouth twitched.