"That explains it... No wonder you said back then that the time wasn't right. Then now..."
Su Shi'er raised his brows, immediately recalling what Lin Hezhou had said back then at the Ancient Immortal Sect.
As he spoke, he lowered his head and looked again at the yellow sands below, a contemplative look shifting through his eyes.
Since Lin Hezhou had mentioned the normal circumstances, that meant the current situation was certainly abnormal.
"When I left back then, I was also taking a desperate gamble. I wasn't sure whether I could succeed."
"Now that the treasure has been successfully activated and its refinement speed accelerated, it seems hard work has indeed paid off."
"However, even now, it will still take some time before the treasure is truly completed."
"Before the treasure truly emerges, forcing its refinement ahead of time won't just prevent you from obtaining it. It will instead cause the treasure to be damaged, making all the effort Senior put in back then end in failure."
Lin Hezhou continued, speaking only a few words in an utterly relaxed and composed manner. ??
Yet from his words, Su Shi'er immediately realized something.
To make the refinement speed of this treasure of the Quicksand Land increase so drastically, Lin Hezhou must have endured tremendous hardship over these several decades, and perhaps even taken enormous risks.
Su Shi'er continued asking, "How much longer does Little Friend think it will be before this Mysterious Heaven Spiritual Treasure emerges?"
Lin Hezhou answered truthfully, "At the fastest, a little over a month. At the slowest, it may take three to five years!"
Su Shi'er said gravely, "That is indeed troublesome. If we can't seize the treasure before the others arrive, then even if you know how to collect it, with the cultivation realms you and