"Brother Lin, take care."
Ge Qishan sent him off with a smile. Only after Lin Bai boarded the Black Awning Boat and departed with Qian Hen did he slowly withdraw his gaze, the smile on his face gradually hardening.
He turned to glance at the other True Self Sect disciples and saw them all exhale in lingering relief, their bodies already drenched in cold sweat.
Ge Qishan shifted his gaze to the ruins and rubble in the distance. The mottled bloodstains on the ground gave off a pungent stench, while the teleportation formation they had carved into the earth had already been destroyed.
"That was close, Saint Son!"
"Fortunately, we completed the teleportation formation and sent the Dark Nether Flying Bird away before Lin Bai broke through the Forbidden Sea Dark Wind Sand."
"Otherwise, once Lin Bai found out about this, given his relationship with Chu and the Zhao Xing Office, we would have gotten ourselves into trouble again."
The True Self Sect disciples, still shaken, came to Ge Qishan's side and quietly recounted that hair-raising moment.
"Fortunately, everything went smoothly!" Ge Qishan exhaled a long breath of foul air and sighed. "Clean everything up. We're going to Cloud Peak."
The True Self Sect disciples put on an act and searched the surroundings for a while longer. Then they all rose into the sky at once and vanished into the clouds.
After they left, the Black Awning Boat gradually emerged from the clouds. Lin Bai and Qian Hen watched the departing True Self Sect disciples expressionlessly.
"Brother Lin, my instincts tell me that causing such a huge disturbance here means they must have had another scheme!" Qian Hen said to Lin Bai with a beaming smile.
"Did you notice anything suspicious just now, Brother Lin?" Qian Hen asked with a