After returning to the Reality Realm, Chen Lin began collecting treasures unique to the Flowing Gold River.
There were energy crystals extracted from the river water, Heaven and Earth treasures that grew along its banks by absorbing its peculiar energy, and ores from the riverbed.
He spent crystal sand by the handful and soon amassed quite a collection.
Luo Xing took the opportunity to collect some as well.
Only Aisa showed no interest whatsoever.
Aside from fine food and wine, Aisa had little interest in any treasure, and her cultivation progressed extremely slowly.
Chen Lin could do nothing about it. After bringing it up several times to no avail, he simply let her be.
By the time they finished collecting treasures, three months had passed.
Chen Lin did not linger at the Flowing Gold River, instead heading for the nearest major city.
Another month passed.
Zixuan City.
After reaching his destination and purchasing passage through the teleportation formation, Chen Lin did not leave immediately. Instead, he entered his fiefdom and took out both Communication Jade Talismans that Fairy Yaochi and Liu Rumian had given him.
He tested them and found that Liu Rumian's Jade Talisman was already beyond its effective range.
Fairy Yaochi's still worked.
It truly lived up to its rank as a Pseudo-Origin True Treasure. Its range was impressive indeed.
After a word of admiration, Chen Lin confirmed that it worked, activated the Jade Talisman, and sent a message.
He wanted to ask how Liu Rumian had been doing, as well as get some information about the Primal Plane.
Nearly three hundred years had passed. The matter of the Mysterious Stone had probably faded from attention, and True Lord Wuming might no longer be keeping an eye on him.
Most importantly, he wanted to know the situation in