"Calm down and think about it. With Zhao De's strength, could he really have failed to catch up after all this time?"
"And Vice Minister Hua and Nangong Xun of the Heavenly Will Sect-if they wanted to capture us, you couldn't have run this far."
Ji Tianming smiled. "I don't know what happened, but we can be certain this matter is over."
Yang Ling thought it over carefully. That really did seem to be the case!
"Master is a non-imperial prince. His status should be higher than Vice Minister Hua's and the others'! Could Master have interceded for me?"
The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed!
"You're now the Headmaster's Personal Disciple of Tun Tian Dao Palace, and you were working for the Ministry of War today. You should go back immediately to claim your credit."
Ji Tianming spoke thoughtfully.
Yang Ling was a little afraid. "Sworn Brother, what if they arrest me as a spy when I go back..."
"That's impossible. As I just said, if they really wanted to arrest you, neither of us could be standing here talking."
Ji Tianming shook his head in amusement.
"But don't be so impulsive in the future. What you did just now wasn't wise.
"Your master probably really does cherish you as his disciple. That's why he helped.
"Otherwise, you'd already be dead."
Yang Ling, however, felt there was no way he would die. He only had to stall until the instance ended.
He had plenty of ways to keep the Rong State's people from killing him immediately.
For example, he could spit out a pound of hundred refined blazing gold every day.
Surely the Rong State's experts would want to study him thoroughly then?
Once the time was up, he would leave the instance. The price