With Great Emperor Ji accompanying him, Wei Tu's departure from the Feather Dragon Clan went exceedingly smoothly. After taking the cross-continent teleportation array, he arrived at Silver Canopy Island once more within a few months.
Just as Wei Tu had expected, upon seeing Great Emperor Ji descend, Pei Hong and his mother, Great Abyss Consort, the owners of Silver Canopy Island, were utterly terrified and deferential.
When Pei Hong looked at Wei Tu, his expression changed again and again, faint reverence appearing in his eyes.
A Mahayana disciple was not particularly rare within the Feather Dragon Clan, but Great Emperor Ji Qian Yinger was different. Within the Feather Dragon Clan, she was an imperial princess whose authority ranked second only to Mahayana immortals!
Those who could surpass her in authority and status within the Feather Dragon Clan could be counted on one hand.
Likewise, there was no need to think too hard about just how lofty Wei Tu's status within the Feather Dragon Clan must be, if he could invite Great Emperor Ji here and yet remain so utterly unawed by her...
What Pei Hong found deeply regrettable, however, was this.
Qian Yinger showed little interest in either him or the Mist Ghost Clan, treating them as though they were beneath her notice. The thought of climbing the social ladder was dealt a crushing blow in his heart.
When dealing with Wei Tu, he could still "tempt him with profit" by offering him the chance to purchase treasures at a thirty-percent discount. But if he tried that on Qian Yinger, this move... would never work!
To her, it might even count as an insult.
Her identity and status alone had already decreed that she was far harder to befriend than Wei Tu, like trying to splash water through an impenetrable