Going back to find the Azure Dragon was a certainty.
There had still been a cruise ship nearby at the time. Waves had surged, the whole ship had been in turmoil, and the police had most likely been on their way. There had been a pile of things to deal with and no time to dawdle, so he could only seal the dragon away for the moment and head back.
Once everything had settled down, of course he would go back to study the dragon again. His mother had arranged this "island owner" authority for him, and everyone on the island was on his side. Wasn't making this easier the whole point?
Calling it either public or private business was not quite right. It served both, he supposed.
After the seal was restored, he really could no longer sense where the dragon was at all. Since his father did not want the Azure Dragon to feel imprisoned, it was difficult to have it both ways. This type of seal clearly could not block everything completely. Sound, for instance, could still reach the Azure Dragon, so some spiritual energy might also seep out from the dragon, only so faintly that it went undetected.
That was very likely where the spiritual energy in the clam pearl they had found in the sea had come from. Others had probably concluded that something was in the sea after making many similar discoveries.
There had been clues to everything... At this point, Chu Ge could not help thinking of Old Zhu's mine, either. The spiritual energy there had to have a source too. His father had left a fake stone there to observe things, not simply tossed it there at random.
Turning these thoughts over in his mind, he soon reached the seal on the