What weighed on Mu Bai's heart was rescuing Xing Yun and Hu Meier. Judging from what Du Xiang had said, the Holy Son Qian Hao was now receiving lifesaving treatment at the Kunling Sect, so Xing Yun and Hu Meier should still be there as well.
This was highly likely. If the elders of the Qianyuan Sacred Land learned how severely Qian Hao had been injured, not only would the two Qian Slaves beside him suffer, even the Kunling Sect would not escape the Sacred Land's wrath. Mu Bai decided to set out immediately and find a way to rescue Xing Yun and Hu Meier.
Hai Qing and Hai Dong decided not to return to the Hundred Refinement Sect. Though they would be reasonably secure there, they would never truly temper themselves in the wider world. The Eastern Ridge Territory alone was already so vast, and there were so many unknown worlds beyond it. If they kept gazing at the sky from the bottom of a well, they feared they would never make anything of themselves.
Hai Zhan also strongly supported his two nephews' plans. Heaven and earth were vast; only by letting them venture out and battle the wind and rain could they become soaring eagles.
Mu Bai took out the Supreme Venerable Pills he had refined in the Beast Territory and handed them to Hai Qing and Hai Dong, believing they would soon break through to the Xiu Zun Realm after taking them. At least in the places Mu Bai had visited so far, those in the Xiu Zun Realm were mighty figures, strong enough to venture out and accomplish something. As for the flourishing array of inherited powers in the Venerable Domain, Mu Bai himself had no clear idea.
Hai Zhan did not intend to return to