By the time Xiao Lin and Yun Shan flew back, Jia Xing Tian, Fa Ma, and Hai Bodong—the three Dou Emperors—had already gathered the remaining people from the Jia Ma Empire.
When they saw the two return, quite a few people who were on good terms with Xiao Lin immediately came over to express their concern.
"Good lad, I knew you'd be fine!"
Seeing that Xiao Lin was safe and sound, Nalan Jie excitedly patted him on the shoulder.
"It was all thanks to Sect Master Yun Shan happening to pass by. Otherwise, you might never have seen me again."
Xiao Lin said it without so much as blushing or missing a beat.
But to outsiders, that was indeed how things appeared.
The others also came over to greet Xiao Lin.
They would remember the favor of Xiao Lin drawing Ying Changkong away by himself this time.
"Alright, now that everyone's back, we'll search the surrounding area for one more day. We'll see if there are any resources we missed, and look for anyone who hasn't returned yet. Then we'll head back."
Jia Xing Tian announced the decision on behalf of the other three Dou Emperors.
Since the Secret Realm itself was not particularly large, and more than a thousand people from the Jia Ma Empire, the Falling Goose Empire, and several smaller nations had been searching it, the realm had more or less been thoroughly explored.
Moreover, Yan Luotian, the Golden Goose Sect Master, had blown up the place in the Secret Realm where cultivation methods and Dou Techniques were stored. There was even less reason for them to remain.
Of course, if anyone wanted to stay and pick up leftovers, they would not object.
But if they ran into people from the Falling Goose Empire and were killed,