Before they left, Ou Jin gave Huang Xiao an Imitation Saber.
It was essentially the same as Huo Lian's, and extremely hard.
Neither of them had a suitable divine weapon at present, so they could only use Imitation Sabers like these as temporary substitutes.
The fine materials stored here by generations of the Ou Family could be used to forge such Imitation Sabers. If they needed more, Ou Jin could easily forge a few more.
"We haven't returned in these three months, so we have no way of knowing the news from over there. I wonder if anything unexpected has happened," Huang Xiao said.
He and Huo Lian were already on their way back.
The Patriarch had stayed on the island all this time, and they had been practically cut off from the world.
Huang Xiao did not know why the Patriarch was so calm, as though he did not care whether anything had happened outside.
"As long as there's no activity at the Divine Beast Holy Land, nothing major has happened," Huo Lian said with a faint smile.
"Hm?" Huang Xiao glanced at the Patriarch in puzzlement. "Patriarch, you have no way of knowing whether there's been any activity at the Divine Beast Holy Land either."
"Not necessarily." Huo Lian smiled slightly.
Seeing Huang Xiao's bewildered expression, Huo Lian laughed heartily. "Keep going. Another few dozen li or so, and you'll understand when we get there."
Hearing this, Huang Xiao could not help smiling.
The Patriarch was keeping him in suspense, which only made him more curious. He wondered what there was to see up ahead.
For the two of them, a few dozen li took no more than a short while.
"Huh?" When Huang Xiao looked at the spot the Patriarch pointed to, he let out a startled