"Which Floating Rune Warship do you think Ling Wuyuan is on?"
"—Probably the first one, or the one right in the middle?"
"After all."
"A great figure like that would either ride the flagship leading the fleet, or stay in the very center, receiving the protection of everyone else."
"Over here—"
Amid their idle chatter.
Someone noticed that something seemed off with Guan Xiangfei.
A person beside him immediately asked:
"What's wrong?"
Faced with the question.
After a brief silence of a second or two.
A complicated smile appeared at the corner of Guan Xiangfei's lips as he replied:
"—Nothing. My feelings are just a little complicated."
"Watching someone else soar into the heavens while I can only stand on the ground and silently look up at it all... it really isn't easy to remain calm."
Hearing that.
The other person first looked at Guan Xiangfei's complicated expression, then raised his head to look at the fleet of Floating Rune Warships overhead, so vast that they could only be described as blotting out the sky and covering the sun. With a face full of understanding, he gently patted Guan Xiangfei on the shoulder and consoled him:
"Some people are simply born to stand in the heavens."
"But—"
"The world is ever-changing, isn't it?"
"Who can say what the future holds?"
"Maybe, in the years to come, you'll have a day like this too—"
Hearing those thoughtless words of consolation that had simply slipped out, Guan Xiangfei could only nod somewhat helplessly.
"I hope so—"
At the same time.
High in the sky.
Su Qingyue had likewise noticed that, during a fleeting moment earlier, some transient changes had appeared on Ling Wuyuan's face.
After glancing slightly at the [Void Glimpse Realm cultivators] standing ramrod-straight behind them like guards, she casually asked,