He was was still working on how to go about the third option and that was the source of his current annoyance.
Though there was a high chance that his final method would be a mix of the three, he still wanted to be thorough.
With a heavy sigh, Eli kept on walking across the beautiful landscape of the place he was in as he let the soothing sounds produced by the river calm his mind.
He wasn't cultivating, he wasn't comprehending anything, he wasn't researching, he was simply winding down. Something he very much needed.
'I wonder what that brat is up to. I'll need to go pay him a visit to equal the tally soon.' He thought with a chuckle.
Suddenly, his senses perked up as he sensed an imperceptible change occur within the river below him.
He was much too in tune with it to not notice this change.
His gaze sharpened and his aura flared, his soul sense immediately spreading as he seeked for the source of this disturbance.