Having a feeling that he wouldn't be seeing Gong Cheng anytime soon after he disappeared into his forge, Xuan Hao decided to not stay around in the Blue Shore Kingdom any longer than necessary. Not wanting to stay away from the sect for too long with the current chaotic situation that might result in the sect running into problems that couldn't be handled by the Domain Lord Realm Elders of the sect.
Not to mention, his original goal with going to the Blue Shore Kingdom was to test out his long-distance teleportation technique, while getting to meet Gong Cheng could be considered a bonus.
Testing out his strength against Gong Cheng might have been helpful but given that he doubted that the old man would be leaving his forge any time soon because of the large quantity of spiritual metal he had just gotten his hand on, Xuan Hao decided against it.
On the other, maybe he should have asked him for a spar before handing over the spiritual metal…
