"Elder Tong, are you sure Senior Sea King isn't dead?" Lu Yin asked.
Elder Tong nodded, his spirits lifting. "We realized Senior Sea King was still alive during the battle at the Starry Sky Tomb. We just didn't know where he was."
"Can you still connect with Sea King's power?" Lu Yin asked.
Elder Tong shook his head.
Lu Yin considered this. "Elder, have you ever thought that Senior Sea King might not be on the Fifth Continent?"
Elder Tong's fingers trembled, but his expression barely changed. Clearly, they had considered this possibility, and it was highly likely.
Back then, Sea King had stayed behind with Dojo Master Lan and Tian Yanzi to fight Madam Hong so the others could escape. Even if he hadn't died, perhaps he had been taken to the Sixth Continent when it retreated.
If he had gone to the Sixth Continent, he could never return.
Elder Tong fell silent.
Lu Yin's eyes flashed. "There's no need to despair, Elder. Even if Senior Sea King was taken to the Sixth Continent, there's still hope he can return. The Sixth Continent was able to attack our Fifth Continent, so naturally, we can counterattack the Sixth Continent."
"When this junior left Sea King's Heaven with Qi Qi, Elder Ren said he hoped that one day we could swim upstream. That day surely isn't far off."
Elder Tong's eyes lit up, blazing with fervor. "That's right. One day, we'll swim upstream. Not just to find Sea King, but for the Fifth Continent."
"Before then, I'll do everything I can to find out what happened to Senior Sea King," Lu Yin said.
Elder Tong gazed at Lu Yin, his expression serious. "Find out how?"
If he didn't answer this well, then everything Lu Yin had said before was just empty