Barren Canal.
The dock.
"Sister Zhao, here."
Zhao Qiong took the ice cream from Gu Qingshan and said, "Thank you. Sorry for the trouble."
"It's just ice cream. They gave us a huge amount for living expenses and training funds, after all. Besides, Sister Zhao, you're a hundred times richer than I am."
Gu Qingshan ate the ice cream in his hand, speaking with his mouth full.
Zhao Qiong shook her head. "Whether it was for your sake or to buy those Scale Armor Pieces, the money was advanced by the Mountain and Sea Sect. When I get back, I'll have to report it and prove the money was well spent. I don't actually have that much money myself."
"Really? Then I'll treat you to ice cream from now on."
Gu Qingshan put on the air of a nouveau riche.
Zhao Qiong laughed.
The two of them ate their ice cream and admired the scenery along the underground canal.
Three days earlier, they had left the Feathered Arrow School and set out for the Barren Canal, thousands of miles away.
This river was the only route connecting the Western Sea Cave and the Eastern Wasteland Cave.
At that moment, they were waiting for a boat.
Gu Qingshan had also asked Zhao Qiong why they didn't just teleport back.
Zhao Qiong had given him a straightforward answer that wasn't exactly pleasant.
In truth, with her strength, teleporting someone here was already her limit.
Even if she went all out, she could only teleport those Scale Armor Pieces back.
—To teleport two living people straight back, Zhao Qiong would probably have to cultivate for a few more years before she could manage it.
However, this time, with Li San's situation and the Feathered Arrow School's Scale Armor finally proving its worth, someone