Chapter 245: Southern Heaven Domain, the Seven Cities of Skyreach
"Tree King, why are you stopping us?"
Wariness filled Moyue's eyes as he said in a low voice, "Don't tell me you've changed your mind?"
The Treant Avatar stroked his beard and smiled. "Even if I had, how could this avatar of mine be a match for you, Flood Dragon King?"
"Moyue, stop that." Xu Chuan cupped his hands toward the Treant Avatar. "Senior, do you have instructions for us?"
Moyue turned his dragon head aside and said nothing more.
Who was whose servant here?
The Treant Avatar paid that no mind either. "I came to pass along another piece of news while I was at it."
"On my last visit to the Sacred Mountain, I learned something from an old friend. Thirty-six at the earliest, forty at the latest. I know you understand. Now, be on your way."
With that, the Treant Avatar became a ball of green light and vanished in an instant.
"Has that old fellow gone senile? Talking in riddles like that!" Moyue grumbled.
Xu Chuan understood what those numbers meant and silently resolved, Within thirty-six years, I must form my core and return!
Although he had already drawn up a plan for taking refuge underground, he could not predict how events would unfold. He would have to return in person to oversee things.
Xu Chuan swept his gaze over the others. "Once we leave this place, don't tell anyone where you come from. Just say you're rogue cultivators traveling the world. Is that clear?"
"Understood," Xu Mingxian and the others answered.
Xu Chuan then turned to Moyue. "Do you still remember the route?"
Moyue scratched his head with a dragon claw and gave an embarrassed smile. "It's been thousands of years. How could I remember