Chang Chuan nodded in agreement. "Yeah. They're so well prepared. If we could've prepared just as thoroughly, Lu Yin would have an easier time."
Master Cao let out a breath. "Every step he takes while carrying a civilization on his back is unprepared, because the road ahead is dark."
"It's our fault, old as we are and still useless enough to leave a child to carry it all."
"I used to feel that way too. Not anymore." Master Cao met Chang Chuan's gaze. "Because we really are useless."
Chang Chuan burst out laughing.
Master Cao laughed too, his laughter warm and genuine.
No matter what Old Blind Man and the others did, their purpose was the same: My path is not walked alone!
Just then, someone approached from behind and reported respectfully, "Greetings, Senior Chang Chuan. Greetings, Master Cao."
"What is it?"
"We've received word from the Time Master Clan..."
As they listened to the report, Chang Chuan and Master Cao exchanged glances, surprise in their eyes. They really knew how to seize an opportunity.
The news came from the Time Master Clan—specifically, from Toad Boss.
Before the Freedom Period began, Toad Boss had been taken from the Anti-Flowing Camp to the Time Glory Realm. It had stayed there all these years, doing nothing and contentedly serving as a pet to the Time Master Clan's members. It had been a difficult thing to do, a humiliation, but it had done it anyway.
The Seven Treasures Heavenly Toad Clan owed humanity far too much.
Xiang City had kept in touch with Toad Boss through Linlang Heaven's projections. Just now, when the Time Glory Realm was breached, Toad Boss had seized the opportunity to leave Lu Yin's Pathfinding Stone in the realm's resource vault and set it to crack in no more