Zhang Yuan hid motionless among the dark clouds, his eyes fixed on Treasure-Gathering Cliff. Only after noon had passed into sunset, the downpour had stopped, and the sky had cleared did he conceal himself and move to higher ground nearby.
Time slipped by, and dusk fell three days later.
Once Zhang Yuan was certain no one was there, he could wait no longer. Moving with extraordinary speed, he summoned three Five-Direction Banners, protected himself with the [Primordial Form-Converging Sword], and dove toward the two streaks of golden light beneath Treasure-Gathering Cliff's beach.
He did not even look.
The instant Zhang Yuan seized the two streaks of golden light, he fled into the Great Void and vanished from Treasure-Gathering Cliff.
Had time not been pressing, and had he not needed to set aside time to comprehend mystic wonders, he could have waited here for several months without issue. But he had no such leisure now, so he could only snatch the two streaks of golden light and run.
Zhang Yuan fled without the slightest hesitation. With the Geng Metal already in hand, he never looked back at Treasure-Gathering Cliff. Whether any hidden cultivators emerged nearby after he stole it no longer had anything to do with him.
[Severing Past and Present, Leaving or Staying] offered exceptional concealment. Only someone at Celestial Person Perfection using the Cave-Viewing Divine Ability could detect him. Even if cultivators really were hiding there, they were unlikely to notice him; at most, they would suddenly realize the fortuitous opportunity had disappeared.
Osmanthus Fragrance Mountain, Mid-Mountain Guest Courtyard.
Zhang Yuan stepped out of the Great Void, a hint of delight in his eyes.
With this Geng Metal, together with the Ren Water he had snatched from Bixi Island, he now held two of the Five Aggregates and