In the dimly lit cave, the Ink Silk Clone carefully examined the Sumeru Hourglass nestled in the groove of a stone table.
The whole affair was indeed peculiar. If he hadn't assisted Abe Takano back then, he wouldn't have obtained the Water Spirit Bead, nor discovered the Time Sand within. And without the Time Sand, his visit to the Jialan Sect ruins wouldn't have triggered the hidden Sumeru Hourglass.
Coincidence? Destiny? Could it really be as the books in the Academic Palace say, that anomalies attract each other?
The cave echoed with his mutterings. Li Ang still couldn't be sure what would have happened if he hadn't "returned" a sufficient amount of high-density Mo Si to the Bodhisattva's Purifying Bottle. Nor could he determine what the final outcome for the Jialan Sect would have been without his participation.
