"I remembered something."

After hearing about Su Ming’s experience, Dong’Er suddenly recalled something she had overlooked.

"In the last tens of thousands of years, I seem to have discovered traces of the Master in our alliance." Dong’Er said slowly.

Upon hearing this, Wu Zhong asked in astonishment, "What do you mean?"

"You mean the Master is not in the River of Time but has instead come to our alliance??"

Because in Wu Zhong’s memory, the Master had always resided in the River of Time, guarding it and maintaining the stability of the Ten Thousand Realms.

"To be precise, the Master seems to have appeared in some worlds under our alliance’s command..."

"And not just once."

While organizing information from the alliance, Dong’Er inadvertently discovered several rumors, which emerged from some of the weaker Great Worlds, even Small Worlds in the alliance.

It was rumored that the Master’s true form appeared in the world, and some even claimed to have witnessed it firsthand.

At the time, when Dong’Er first heard this news, she didn’t pay much attention, because it could very well just be a rumor after all, and how could the Master appear in those lower worlds for no reason.

However, upon learning that the ancestor Su Ming was pursuing was the Master, she suddenly awoke to the possibility that the Master might actually have been secretly observing the Heaven Shepherd Alliance all along, and might even be traveling incognito, personally inspecting the alliance.

"But if the Master left the River of Time, why didn’t he come to find us?"

This was the most puzzling matter to Wu Zhong, as logically speaking, they six siblings were the Master’s closest people in the entire Heaven Shepherd Alliance.

Only then did Wu Zhong suddenly remember something.

Why over all these years, the Master had never come to the Heaven Shepherd Alliance to look for them?!

"I don’t know."

Dong’Er had actually always pondered over this matter.

Because she had never personally seen the Master’s true form, she only knew that the Master was above the River of Time, and the alliance had been established for so many years but not once had she seen the Master appear...

...

"I suspect the Master might not be able to easily leave the River of Time."

"Because once the Master leaves the River of Time, the Ten Thousand Realms will be in chaos."

Wu Zhong’s conjecture seemed to be the most fitting.

Little did they know, it wasn’t that Su Mu didn’t want to leave the River of Time, but that he couldn’t leave at the moment!

.....

"However, the Master must have been secretly observing us all along..." Dong’Er said slowly.

"Yes, since so, we cannot afford to relax for even a moment, and cannot make a single mistake." Wu Zhong said solemnly.

....

A few days later, Su Ming voluntarily sought out Wu Zhong.

Thus, Su Ming naturally became Wu Zhong’s closed-door disciple, and in the plans for the next few years, Wu Zhong entrusted Su Ming with significant responsibilities, assigning him as the chief in the upcoming "resource competition" plan.

Because someone like Su Ming, who acted ruthlessly and decisively, had no excessive craving for resources, there was no one more fit than him to serve as chief in the "resource competition plan" of the forthcoming years.

Wu Zhong also gave Su Ming an opportunity to demonstrate, and only if he completes it well, can he truly establish himself in the alliance, and earn a justified higher status and position.

.....

Above the Long River, today was calm, throughout the Long River, only the sound of trickling water could be heard, accompanied by the sound of gentle footsteps on the water.

Following the sound of footsteps on the water, one could see a man in an Immortal Robe walking on the water surface.

Although the man in the Immortal Robe was actively walking, upon closer inspection, every step of the man’s was accompanied by the water beneath his feet, as if the river was actively moving to propel the man in the Immortal Robe forward.

Su Mu walked on the water’s surface, expanding his Divine Sense, observing the surroundings, upon seeing the piles of floating debris on the river surface, a mere thought prompted the river to rise and automatically crush the floating debris into granules that sank to the riverbed.

If faced with large amounts of stranded fish on the riverside, just a thought and the river would swell, transforming into a wave and sweep across the dry bank, rescuing the stranded fish back into the water.

If vast areas of overgrown weeds were discovered, just a thought and the river would transform into sharp "Water Blades," slashing the weeds into pieces.

These tasks could occur simultaneously.

In any water domain Su Mu traversed, all abnormal conditions would be perfectly remedied, restoring the water domain to a normal ecological environment.

Su Mu’s command over this river had reached a pinnacle of perfection.

Where he tread, stability followed. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

However, these circumstances were but minor issues, and the Favor Points garnered after processing them were extremely limited.

Only when encountering particularly large circumstances or extremely adverse situations would the Favor Points be considerably abundant.

But lately, the entire Long River was too stable, there were fewer people crossing the river, sometimes not even a shadow was seen for a week, not to mention any good incidents of people causing trouble on the river.

With his liberation imminent, the Favor Points were becoming increasingly difficult to earn.

...

Su Mu lowered his head, gazing at the water level of the main channel, his brows knitted tightly.

The water level of the main channel continued to mysteriously decline; the last time Su Mu noticed a drop of one meter in the water level, Su Mu had been focused on this matter, continually seeking the cause for the water level decline.

Despite his mastery over the Long River reaching a significant degree, he still couldn’t find the reason for the water level’s drop, which was immensely frustrating to him.

As it stands, the entire main channel’s water level has already dropped by one and a half meters.

Don’t underestimate this one and a half meters, because this is the main channel, the source of all tributaries.

The drop in water level by one and a half meters in the main channel resulted in many tributaries at higher elevations nearing desiccation, causing masses of fish in the waterways to perish.

In response to this situation, Su Mu could only transfer the river water from the main channel to irrigate the parched tributaries.

But this approach could only temporarily stabilize, not completely resolve the issue at the root.

Since the volume of water in the main channel remains unchanged, transferring it here or there only serves to address the urgent need.

To thoroughly resolve this issue, the water level of the main channel must be restored to its normal range.

....

But the current main problem is, he does not know if the water level decline is natural, or if someone is causing trouble on the river, if it’s the former, then nothing can be done, if it’s the latter, he must find the culprit.

As he walked, Su Mu ventured into a new water domain.

He noticed that the speed of the water beneath his feet suddenly increased by several times, the river flowed forward, the terrain here was flat with no variance, but why did it cause such an anomalous difference in water flow speed?

Could it be something ahead?

Immediately, Su Mu quickened his pace, walking towards the front.