He frowns at this knowledge. It is not that surprising. Even as they left that temple he had a feeling that their paths were not to be the same for the immediate future. He had not anticipated that a strange detour to a magic train was going to be what split them up. Of course now that doesn't matter since they are together on that train. But to know that he takes on all the duties of Chief Cultivator means that there is much that works against them walking a single path. But he knows that this is what had to be done, especially given what happened at the temple and how his brother likely reacts to it in the aftermath.

It seems their lives are never to be simple.

"It seems I have abandoned some important matters to be here." Which is worrisome in its own right, but hopefully his absence will not be too great a burden on his family.