Pan Long understood what his ancestor Ren Changsheng meant.
When he had heard the news about the "strange Bamboo Slip," his face had betrayed nothing, but his heart had suddenly skipped a beat. The envoy's cultivation was unremarkable, so he would not have noticed. But with his ancestor's extraordinary powers, how could Ren Changsheng have missed it?
Ren Changsheng could not possibly know about the Classic of Mountains and Seas Fragment, but he could surely guess that Pan Long had some connection to the mysterious Bamboo Slip the Great Xia Dynasty was searching for. Perhaps... the Bamboo Slip was even on Pan Long.
Of course, Ren Changsheng would not take Pan Long's things. But according to Di Luonan, the Great Xia Dynasty seemed to have a way to track the Bamboo Slip. That left Pan Long with only one thing to do.
Leave. The farther, the better. The sooner, the better!
The Great Xia Dynasty's method of tracking the mysterious Bamboo Slip was clearly unreliable. Its frequency and accuracy both left much to be desired. If Pan Long kept moving, traveled far enough, roamed the Nine Provinces, or even left them for the wider world beyond... surely that method could not follow him forever.
For him, it was the safest choice.
Pan Long agreed with his ancestor's advice.
In fact, as soon as he had learned that the Great Xia Dynasty really did have a way to search for the Classic of Mountains and Seas Fragment, he had wanted to set out.
He had to answer for his own actions. He could not drag anyone else into this!
He did not even intend to wait for Di Luonan's whereabouts to be confirmed. He would leave now.
A short while later, he packed his things and went to bid Ren Changsheng