"All right, everyone's here." Zhou Xuance looked around.
"Our destination for this mission is the Ten Thousand Races Territory, where we'll attend the Ten Thousand Races Dao Discussion Assembly, held once every hundred years."
"As one of the Human Race's leading powers in the Weiyang Immortal Domain, Xuanji Hall sends representatives every time."
"The mission is simple: arrive safely, return safely, and do nothing to disgrace Xuanji Hall."
"Let's go!"
Zhou Xuance waved his hand. A small Void Boat sailed out from behind the mountain gate and hovered in midair.
Everyone filed aboard.
Su Ming and Ye Chuxue brought up the rear.
Just before boarding, Ye Chuxue spoke quietly.
"That Qin Mingyue is very hostile toward you."
Su Ming smiled.
"Understandable. She's a favored daughter of heaven, probably among the best of Xuanji Hall's younger generation. Then someone comes in through connections, with cultivation that looks lower than hers. Of course she isn't happy."
"You're not angry?"
"What's there to be angry about? Strength isn't something you talk about. It's something you show."
Ye Chuxue glanced at him and said no more.
The Void Boat tore through the air, crossing vast seas of clouds as it headed north through the Weiyang Immortal Domain.
The Ten Thousand Races Territory lay at the edge of the Weiyang Immortal Domain, separated from the Human Race's lands by the long Desolate Desert.
The Desolate Desert was no true desert, but a wasteland contaminated by Abnormal Aura.
Once the Void Boat entered the Desolate Desert, Zhou Xuance's expression grew noticeably grave.
"Everyone, stay alert."
"The Desolate Desert is a hotbed of Weird Creature activity. We cleared our route in advance, but some may still have slipped through the net."
Ye Chuxue sat beside Su Ming with her eyes closed, though her Spiritual Sense had already