Xuan Lengyan activated the jade stone, and strange symbols soon appeared at the bow of the ship. The next instant, the two flying ships departed.
Before Xu Yi could ask, Xuan Lengyan wrote: "They asked where we'd gone and why we'd lost our course. I explained that we'd spotted cultivators following us, so we'd evaded them. Those symbols were their secret method of communication. When they saw me reply fluently in symbols, they stopped suspecting us and left."
"Enough. No more pointless talk. Go over the information again. Once we're aboard the mother ship, we'll have one foot in the gates of hell."
Xuan Lengyan sent another line of text.
The group fell silent.
Xuan Lengyan expertly piloted the flying ship through the air, ten thousand zhang above the ground. Half an incense stick later, a colossal object appeared in the sky, as suddenly as if half a mountain had materialized in midair. A closer look revealed it to be a flying ship nearly a hundred times larger than theirs.
A great many flying ships were lined up in a single row, streaming toward the mother ship.
The night sky, ten thousand li overhead, stretched vast and dark beneath the starlight. Gazing into the distant river of stars was intoxicating—but who could know that, behind this boundless enchantment, a dense killing intent lay in wait?
As soon as their flying ship entered the mother ship, Xu Yi and the others followed Xuan Lengyan off it. Before long, a group of men in yellow robes approached. Xuan Lengyan took out the jade stone used to control the flying ship and handed it to the big-nosed middle-aged man at their head.
The big-nosed middle-aged man took the jade stone and smiled. "Thanks for the effort. Go get some rest. Squad Leader Liu