"Brother Chen, where have you been all these years? Were you on the Hongshan Continent the whole time?"
The three seated themselves as host and guests, and Bao Tianci immediately asked, unable to contain his curiosity.
By now, Chen Lin could also tell that Bao Tianci and Third Master Zhao were on good terms.
Moreover, from what they said, the Bao Lineage had apparently already had dealings with the Zhaosan Fishery back on the Hongshan Continent.
"No. After we parted in White Jade City, Brother Bao, I went to the ruins of the Three-Jade Immortal Kingdom. Something happened there afterward, and space shattered. I narrowly escaped death and accidentally ended up in an Otherworld. Later, I went to other regions, wandering from place to place, and only recently returned to this realm."
Chen Lin gave a brief explanation.
He did not mention the node connecting the Jingguang Realm to the Myriad Stele Forest, intending to discuss that privately with Bao Tianci later.
Then he asked in turn, "Since Many-Fish Lake ended up here, I assume the Hongshan Continent wasn't spared when the plane shattered. What happened to White Jade City? Are your lineage members safe?"
Bao Tianci shook his head. "Space on the Hongshan Continent was unstable to begin with, so it suffered the worst fragmentation when disaster struck. The entire continent broke into countless pieces, and fewer than one in ten survived. I heard even Disheng City wasn't spared."
Then he sighed and continued, "I had just broken through to the Void Refinement Realm at the time and gone to Brother Zhao's fishery to buy spirit fish when the upheaval struck. I don't know what happened to White Jade City. Now the teleportation formations can't be used, and the seas are filled with spatial turbulence, making them impossible to