"We should be going. Go help me take care of the formalities. I'm stepping down as the head of the Legal System Court in Yellow Wind Territory."
Long Jingxiu was still gazing in the direction Xu Yi had left as she gave the order.
The white-robed attendant was startled. She knew their hall master had gone to considerable trouble to become the head of the Legal System Court in Yellow Wind Territory. Clearly, their hall master had treated the post as a stepping-stone, laying the groundwork to obtain even greater power.
Yet she had never expected their hall master to give it up just like that. After a moment's thought, she understood that it could only be for Mr. Xu.
With that in mind, she mustered her courage and advised Long Jingxiu, "Mr. Xu is exceptionally talented. If Your Highness admires his talent, why not recruit him into your service and put him to use?"
Her words were tactful, but her meaning was clear.
Long Jingxiu waved a hand and sighed. "I don't want the slightest thing to go against his wishes... Perhaps... my tribulation has arrived."
The white-robed attendant's face turned deathly pale.
After traveling more than ten thousand li west, they suddenly turned upward and headed toward the sea's surface.
Seeing the strange expression on Xu Yi's face, Ji Mengliang smiled. "Brother Xu, have you never been to the Fa Tian World?"
Xu Yi nodded. "I've heard of it, but never been there. Is the Scattered Society's alliance hall in the Fa Tian World? Isn't it in the sea?"
Xu Yi had read about the Fa Tian World in texts on the Demon Race and knew it was a rather high-end place.
Of course, "high-end" was Xu Yi's own definition. According to what he had read, anyone