Su Xiaoxiao needed to come to the Central Continent to find a punching bag and hone herself before her breakthrough. That was understandable.
But Hanyu couldn't figure out why the old Daoist had come running here too.
He could have recovered his cultivation before, but he'd refused. Now he was dragging his old bones all over the place.
"Why aren't you staying on the ship? What are you running around for?"
Hanyu's lips twitched, and he couldn't help rolling his eyes at the old Daoist.
"I'm here to seek an opportunity."
The old Daoist replied grumpily. Earlier, when he'd said he was heading out, his three rebellious disciples had said the very same thing, nearly driving him mad.
"I've felt it from the very beginning: if I want to make progress with my Word-as-Law, I have to be in the Central Continent."
It was an intuition he couldn't explain. Other cultivators might not have taken it too seriously, but he couldn't ignore it.
He vaguely sensed that some opportunity was pulling him toward it.
He trusted this feeling deeply, so in the end, he couldn't resist joining the others on the road.
Hanyu wasn't one to put much stock in such mystical matters. But with a whole group of disciples watching his back, he didn't have to worry too much.
The Artifact Spirit had already rushed out, carrying a jade bowl. After scooping up the seeds, it turned around and hurried back to the Five Elements World, eagerly waiting for new developments.
Its interest had shifted from overthrowing Heaven's Dao to perfecting the Five Elements World. It was even more invested than Hanyu in gathering the rules.
Perhaps once the Five Elements World was perfected, the two of them would truly control a world of their own.
As it put