Having successfully picked up the three grandmasters, Kahn had completed his mission. Next, they would head to the Fire Nation to meet up with Iroh.
Iroh had long since arrived at their agreed rendezvous-a secret White Lotus Society base in a town separated from the Fire Nation Capital by just one mountain.
They were not the only ones; Ershu, Zuko, and their party would gather here as well. Once everyone had assembled, the plan would officially begin.
Even with Four Directions, traveling from the North Pole to the Fire Nation still took several days. Aside from the initial novelty of flying, the rest of the journey was rather dull, so the grandmasters began chatting.
What would three Bending grandmasters chat about?
One could say they talked about everything, but naturally, Bending was their most frequent topic. To Kahn, their conversations were like a priceless treasure.
Kahn considered himself exceptionally gifted, but which of these three grandmasters, each standing at the pinnacle of his own Bending discipline, was not a genius of the highest order? Not only were they extraordinarily talented, they had also immersed themselves in studying Bending for decades without wavering. Their understanding of Bending and their accumulated knowledge could be said to have reached an entirely different height.
Although this was not a lesson specifically meant for Kahn, merely listening to snippets of their exchanges benefited him immensely.
What he gained most came from Zhengzheng's explanations of his understanding of Firebending, though his horizons in Earthbending and Waterbending broadened as well.
For instance, Kupa mentioned that, apart from mainstream Waterbending, there was a school that indirectly controlled plants by manipulating the water within them. Bumi also spoke of Sandbending, a branch of Earthbending mainly practiced by Earthbenders living in the desert.
As for the rest, he was mostly