Su Yi had already learned a little about Lin Jinghong's background, so her ability to travel in and out of Central Earth God Continent no longer surprised him much.
"What's the rush? If you leave and those great enemies pull a horse-killing carbine and come back, what then?"
Su Yi smiled and urged her to stay. "You've seen it too. Right now, I'm just a frail Lower God. Any random God Lord could put me to death."
Lin Jinghong rolled her eyes dramatically. "Frail? Hah, only a ghost would believe that!"
Still, Lin Jinghong stayed.
She planned to leave only after Su Yi had settled the matter of the Ancient Xi Clan.
Meanwhile, within distant Ming Kong Mountain, Xi Jingshan and the other great figures of the Xi Clan had already come forward to welcome them.
They stepped forward to offer their thanks, overwhelmed with gratitude. Some of the elders were so agitated that tears streamed down their faces.
Had Su Yi not stepped forward to turn the tide before the storm, the Ancient Xi Clan would have nearly suffered the calamity of extermination today!
How could they not be grateful?
Su Yi said nothing.
Only when he spotted Xi Ning among the crowd did a faint smile appear on his face.
He still remembered what Xi Ning had said before the battle began, her eyes reddened and her tone resolute.
"Through life and death, through parting and joining, I have made this vow with you!"
Xi Ning stood there, her clear eyes like water, a barely perceptible smile touching her lips.
Though the young man in azure robes in the distance had bloodstained clothes and loose, cascading hair, he remained as he had always been—untrammeled and transcendent, with an aloof bearing that stood proudly above the world.
With so