Thoughts

Zhou Linfan looked at Alex and sighed when he saw his distressed face.

"Don't be so sad," the man said. "I know there are some pills that can even fix your Dantian. You're young. You can get healed and restart your cultivation journey."

Alex looked at the man and nodded. He could get back on his journey, but how quickly could he do that? 

"Can you help me get back to the Southern Continent?" Alex asked. "The Second Prince and my cousin should be there too, so you can come along."

"I can't," the old man said. "It is probably because of you and what you guys did, but recently there has been an influx of soldiers searching through the ocean. They keep flying around. We can't leave."

"Soldiers? From the Eastern Continent?" Alex asked worriedly. "They haven't found us?" 

"They can't, don't worry," the man replied. "I have a formation constantly running that keeps me from being found. As long as they don't look very carefully, they won't find us."