After emerging, Yan Chihuo found himself outside the cave. The old man he had seen before entering stood beside him.
He cupped his hands to the old man and said, "Fellow Daoist, I've finished selecting my treasures. Do they need to be inspected?"
The old man waved a hand. "Once you've finished choosing, you may leave. This ring only permits you to select three treasures. Taking even one extra is impossible, so there's no need for me to inspect them."
"Many thanks!" Yan Chihuo said. With that, he rose into the air and flew toward Sea Heaven Island.
Flying from Chaotic Cloud Island, where Dripping Water Cave was located, to Sea Heaven Island meant passing through Cloud Soaring Sect. After Yan Chihuo had flown for three days, he happened to pass by it.
Looking at Cloud Soaring Sect, he could not help feeling deeply moved. The sect held no pleasant memories for him. In the past, Ping Qi had at least been someone worth missing; now, even if Ping Qi were brought back to life, Yan Chihuo would still be filled with resentment. Yet this had been the first sect he joined after entering the cultivation world. No matter the gratitude or grudges between them, it still held a certain place in his heart.
Yan Chihuo looked twice more and saw five-colored radiance shrouding Cloud Soaring Sect's mountain gate. He could not help uttering a surprised sound and muttered, "Why is someone attacking Cloud Soaring Sect? Do they not know that Cloud Soaring Sect is an affiliated sect of our Sea Heaven Sect?"
No one besides Mo Han knew of the matter between Ping Qi and him. Thus, whoever was attacking Cloud Soaring Sect clearly did not take Sea Heaven Sect seriously at all.
Yan Chihuo thought, *Could Cloud Soaring