"Why are there only five of you? Where are the Azure Lotus Couple?!"
The Artifact Spirit swept her gaze over the five people, including Jiao Mingzhu, and asked with a frown.
"May I ask how we should address you?"
Baili E asked courteously. He also could not determine the Artifact Spirit's origins or true cultivation.
"My surname is Ye. Could something have happened to the Azure Lotus Couple? With the treasures I bestowed upon him, that boy should be fine as long as he didn't run into a Late Spirit Transformation cultivator."
The Artifact Spirit's brows knitted tightly.
"Daoist Wang and Madam Wang are handling some matters in the Thousand Calabash World. They're probably already on their way back."
Gongsun Yang hurriedly pleaded for the Azure Lotus Couple.
"Hmph, you don't even take the matter of ascending to the Spirit Realm seriously. Forget it. Take out the things I asked for first!"
The Artifact Spirit gave the order.
Baili E and the other four exchanged glances, nodded at one another, then each took out a Storage Ring and tossed it to the Artifact Spirit.
The Artifact Spirit swept her divine sense over them and frowned. "How can there be so little? Your efficiency is far too low!"
Jiao Mingzhu and the other four could only smile bitterly. They had taken many good things from their respective treasuries, all treasures they had kept for years and would not use lightly. Yet the combined resources of the five forces amounted to no more than "a little" in the Artifact Spirit's eyes.
"With the materials collected by our Azure Ripple Sect, there should be somewhat more."
A dignified male voice suddenly rang out.
A hazy azure Dragon Boat flew over from the distance. Shangguan Tianhong, Sun Hao, and Situ Qing stood aboard it,