Lu Yu smiled slightly and said, "You forgot one person."
"Who?" the Monkey asked curiously.
"Deep in the Underworld, that Patriarch of the Nether River," Lu Yu gently said.
"Isn't he the one who schemed against you last time, the lord of the Sea of Blood? Why does he need the Rules of Water and authority?"
"When the Patriarch of the Nether River was born, the Rules of Water naturally accompanied him. Yet, a Mysterious Figure tampered with him, causing these rules to be lost. Thus, he was inherently incomplete, unable to unleash the full power of the Sea of Blood. Later, he was entangled by Ksitigarbha in the depths of the Underworld, unable to free himself, which prevented him from ever becoming whole," Lu Yu explained with a smile, yet secretly chuckled to himself, for the Rules of Water belonging to the Patriarch were already refined into the Treasure Vase by Lu Yu.
