Seeing Chen Changan and the others disappear into the Endless Star River, the patriarch of the Qingcang Clan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then the patriarch of the Qingcang Clan waved his hand, and an enormous Starship instantly appeared before them.
Just as the patriarch of the Qingcang Clan was leading his people aboard the Starship, Chen Changan's voice once again reached his ears.
"I knew you weren't being honest. Don't you have a Starship right here?"
Hearing Chen Changan's words, the patriarch of the Qingcang Clan's expression changed. The next moment, Chen Changan and the others appeared before him again.
"Didn't you leave?"
"You... How did you know I had a Starship? Did you leave on purpose?" the patriarch of the Qingcang Clan asked in astonishment.
"If I hadn't left ahead of time, how could I have lured your Starship out?" Chen Changan said with a laugh.
"How did you figure it out?"
"It's simple. By the time you left back then, so much time had already passed, yet you all stayed here waiting for me."
"If you truly only wanted to deliver a few words and a map, one clan member would have been enough. There was no need for all of you to stay here the entire time."
"There's only one reason this could have happened: the matter here was settled, and you were going to leave Azure Origin as well."
"As for where you were going, I don't know, and it doesn't matter. With so many of you wanting to leave, you would naturally need a Starship. That's why I dared to make the bet."
After Chen Changan finished speaking, the patriarch of the Qingcang Clan laughed admiringly.
"You really are clever."
"But I can't give you this Starship. It belongs to our Qingcang Clan,