Among the twelve major forces, the Holy Hall holds the strongest position and secured the first research opportunity.

The other forces aren't in a rush either.

After all, it was agreed that each party would take their turn coming one week at a time.

If the Holy Hall dares to breach the agreement first, the remaining eleven forces definitely won't accept it.

Although they might not be able to match the Holy Hall individually, together they could overwhelm it, no matter how strong it is.

"Looks like we can relax for a while and see if we can discover more Power of Origin."

After hearing the report from Sanqian, Yang Yan stretched lazily, got up from the chair, and said to the Zhou Hanyu and Zhou Hanyun sisters who were coming downstairs:

"Didn't you both say you haven't seen Mr. Zhou for a long time? How about we all go back together for a visit?"

Zhou Hanyun, having heard much of what Sanqian reported, couldn't help but smile gently:

"Aren't you busy monitoring Manhattan? That's a big task, you focus on that. Hanyu and I will go back ourselves!"

Yang Yan chuckled lightly and said nonchalantly:

"Don't worry. As long as that old guy in Manhattan doesn't act foolishly, nothing will happen for a while. Just leave a puppet there to keep an eye on the situation."

Yang Yan stepped forward, affectionately patted Zhou Hanyun on the arm, and joked:

"If you two go back and Mr. Zhou doesn't see me, he might accuse me of running off with you two sisters."

"He'll say I'm heartless for not even showing my face!"

Zhou Hanyun couldn't help but blush, her eyes revealing a look of satisfied delight as she softly huffed:

"Well, you still have some heart left!"

Zhou Hanyu stayed silent on the side, her gaze filled with envy.

Of course, she knew Yang Yan saying he'd run off with them was just a slip of the tongue.

But she felt sweet inside and didn't want to spoil the mood by saying more.

"I want to go too!"

However, at that moment, Zhuge Wushuang suddenly shouted from the side.

"No way!"

Yang Yan and Zhou Hanyu shouted almost simultaneously.

It wasn't that they didn't like Zhuge Wushuang, but her words often came without much thought.

There was a previous instance where she, in front of Mr. Zhou, claimed Yang Yan was her fiancé, nearly causing Mr. Zhou to flay Yang Yan alive on the spot.

Having learned their lesson, no one dared to take her along now.

"Are you all bullying me?"

Zhuge Wushuang paused, then stood with her hands on her hips, looking like a wronged child not favored by her family.

Feeling soft-hearted, Zhou Hanyun immediately couldn't bear it upon seeing Zhuge Wushuang's appearance, and she stepped forward, grabbing her hand and said:

"Alright, alright, you can go, but you mustn't speak recklessly in front of my grandfather. Otherwise, none of us will have a good time."

One moment she was aggrieved, but as soon as Zhou Hanyun finished speaking, Zhuge Wushuang immediately revived and jumped off the sofa with joy, promising gleefully:

"Don't worry, I'm such an obedient girl, Mr. Zhou will definitely be delighted to welcome me. He might even recognize me as his god-granddaughter."

The instant change in her demeanor perfectly encapsulated the saying that women are born actors.

Yang Yan couldn't help but ponder that if Zhuge Wushuang were to go into acting, no one else would have a shot!

They might as well just move the Oscar awards to her home every year!

After a bit of light-hearted teasing, seeing that Zhou Hanyun agreed, Yang Yan naturally couldn't say much more.

He could only silently pray in his heart, hoping that when they met Mr. Zhou, Zhuge Wushuang would think before speaking.

Lest he ends up being chased away by Mr. Zhou wielding a knife.

When juniors visit their elders, they ought to bring a gift, after all.

Even someone like Yang Yan, one of the Four Emperors, couldn't break this custom.

Before setting off, he carefully selected a few items for Mr. Zhou.

The items weren't many—a piece of Warm Jade, a basket of fruits, and two bottles of Jade Brew.

For ordinary families, these gifts might be considered quite good.

But given that the recipient was Mr. Zhou, they seemed a bit meager.

However, this was only on the surface.

Anyone with knowledge would notice that none of these items were from the current world; they all belonged to the Hidden World.

And each piece was a rare treasure.

The Warm Jade was upper-class Cyan Rice Jade from the Hidden World, nurtured for at least ten years by the Purest Yang Flame.

Holding it in hand immediately felt refreshing and was quite invigorating.

The basket of fruits was picked from the Nine Heavens Celestial Palace in the Hidden World, the place where Sun Wukong plucked peaches in the Journey to the West.

Although these fruits didn't have the legendary effects of extending life or rejuvenating the aged, they were incredibly delicious, leaving a lingering taste for days!

The ones with those miraculous effects were the two bottles of top-quality Jade Brew—Immortal Wine.

The previous two items might not be renowned in the Hidden World, but this Immortal Wine was exceedingly famous.

Known as the number one fine wine in the Hidden World that could cure a thousand woes with a single drop, it was produced by the renowned winemaking Taibai Race.

The first person to brew it was the celebrated Poetic Immortal Sword Emperor Li Taibai a millennium ago.

He even dedicated a poem, "Invitation to Wine," to it. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Even a thousand years later, both in the current world and the Hidden World, it was widely celebrated.

Yet, people in the present only knew of "Invitation to Wine," unaware of Immortal Wine.

Because only the Taibai Race, who never appeared in the current world, knew the brewing method of this wine.

Even with Yang Yan's status, acquiring these two bottles wasn't easy.

After all, the previous owner of these two bottles was Ao Tian.

Swiping two bottles of wine from one of the Four Emperors of the Celestial Dao List wasn't easy.

Not to mention Ao Tian chased him for three days and nights after finding out...

Yang Yan couldn't help but quietly guess in his heart what expression Ao Tian might have if he knew that Yang Yan casually gifted Mr. Zhou such precious wine.

Though he had no idea, he was sure Ao Tian would be icing his face with frost.

Once everything was ready, Yang Yan and his group headed to the airport.

This was Zhuge Wushuang's suggestion.

She said she hadn't experienced traveling in the current world for a long time...

As a result, what could have been easily settled turned into quite the fuss under her suggestion.

Not until the afternoon of the next day did they appear outside the villa where Mr. Zhou resided.

Mr. Zhou's personal caretaker noticed Yang Yan and his group from afar.

He excitedly came up to greet them.

Once inside, he repeatedly shouted upstairs:

"Sir, the two young ladies have brought the young master back."

The caretaker's voice was quite loud. It wasn't long before they saw Mr. Zhou, barefooted, looking down from upstairs.

"Grandpa!"

The Zhou Hanyun and Zhou Hanyu sisters beamed with joy and ran upstairs to help Mr. Zhou down.

Zhou Hanyu thoughtfully found shoes for him to wear.

The grandfather and his granddaughters hadn't seen each other for a long time, so they exchanged warm greetings.

Once the pleasantries were over, Mr. Zhou finally turned his gaze towards Yang Yan, his look unfriendly.