"So that's how it is!"
Fang Chen nodded, then said to the North Nether Saint, "Senior North Nether, this is an internal matter for the North Nether Sect. It has nothing to do with us. Fellow Daoist Heavenly Seal invited me here to save lives, so I won't get involved in hunting down the traitor. If there's nothing else, Senior Huo Li and I will be on our way."
The North Nether Saint nodded. "Well... Floating Immortal Fellow Daoist, you've helped the North Nether Sect out of a terrible predicament. We won't forget this kindness, and we'd like to give you something in return."
Fang Chen shook his head at once. "There's no need. Saving them was no great effort."
But even if Fang Chen refused, how could the North Nether Saint, as sect master, leave it at that? Whether Fang Chen was merely being polite or not, he said solemnly, "Floating Immortal Fellow Daoist, we must thank you. From now on, if anyone from the Glazed Sword Sect wishes to travel aboard the Azure Sea Divine Boat, we won't charge them a fare. We'll always reserve passage for your people, too. They need only let us know!"
"Well..."
Fang Chen paused, taken aback by the North Nether Saint's generosity. After all, passage to the Sacred Land did not come cheap.
The North Nether Saint had made this offer without discussing it with the sect, yet none of the Saints present thought it improper. To them, what he had offered was nothing compared with Fang Chen's contribution to the North Nether Sect.
In their eyes, the Glazed Sword Sect might be powerful now, but it did not have many Saints.
Even if every one of its Saints boarded the Azure Sea Divine Boat, the North Nether Sect would lose little.