He returned to his residence.
Chen Lin considered which direction to take his cultivation next.
Since he could not gather all five grains yet, he could not practice the Five-Grain Soul-Nourishing Art for the time being. He would have to switch to another discipline.
He did not have many other options.
If he set aside matters of destiny, his only choice was to practice the Seven-Star Shining Sun.
He had collected the complete dharmic formula, and he had enough supplementary materials. It was time to cultivate it to perfection. Whether he could obtain Sunfire would only become clear then.
Having made his decision,
Chen Lin began cultivating.
With golden wheat, brilliant divine crystals, and other supplementary treasures, as well as the advantage of being on Oddity Island, he was confident he could reach his goal within five hundred years.
Perhaps even sooner.
As for Dream Gu,
he would deal with her whenever she contacted him.
By any normal reasoning, if she had any other means at all, she would never have held a Treasure Appreciation Convention. A treasure of that caliber was something to hide away as carefully as possible. How could she possibly reveal it to the public?
Since no one else had a solution, she would certainly come looking for him again.
Just as Chen Lin had expected,
Dream Gu sought him out only a few days later.
But she did not visit him in person.
Instead, she contacted him through a dream.
While cultivating, Chen Lin suddenly felt a wave of drowsiness wash over him. Sensing something was wrong, he immediately moved to circulate his internal energy to dispel it.
Then he heard Dream Gu's voice.
"Do not worry, Fellow Daoist Chen. I only wish to have a chat with you."
Chen Lin hesitated for a moment.