Chu Mo's eyelid twitched slightly.
I only just refined that Yin-Yang Pearl, and he can already see it? He had long heard that Tai Yi possessed the Treasure-Sighting Art, but had never imagined it would be this useful.
"Could you have seen wrong, fellow Daoist?" Countless thoughts raced through Chu Mo's mind, but his expression remained unchanged. "Hasn't the Outer Sea long since fallen into decline? What treasure could possibly remain there that would catch your eye?"
Tai Yi chuckled at that and said with complete confidence, "I cannot speak for other matters, but when it comes to finding treasure, I have absolute certainty."
"Is that so?" Chu Mo frowned slightly. "Perhaps it is something the Dragon Ancestor left behind." He offered that offhand remark, then asked in surprise:
"What puzzles me is why you would tell me this, fellow Daoist. Surely you did not come looking for me simply to tell me that the Dragon Emperor acquired a treasure?"
"To tell you the truth, I am indeed interested in that object."
Tai Yi smiled. "Treasures have always belonged to those destined to obtain them. From what I can see, Dragonkind's fortune has run dry, and they have little affinity with that object. Thus, I came looking for Du You to reclaim my own destined opportunity."
Listening to him, Chu Mo felt a strange sensation rise within him. Discussing a scheme to take his belongings right to his face-why did this feel so bizarre?
He shook his head slightly. "I fear you have approached the wrong person, fellow Daoist. Though Dragonkind has declined, their lingering might remains. I am unwilling to venture into the Outer Sea and brave its dangers for an uncertain object.
"Moreover, the Sun Venerable is still in the Outer Sea. Complications could all too easily sprout