After hearing him out, Qin Feng did not try too hard to persuade him to stay.
He was an understanding man. With a hearty smile, he immediately said:
"Once you have finished your personal business and returned to the sect, I will prepare a special banquet for you. We shall drink and talk to our hearts' content, and neither of us will leave sober."
"Elder Jiang, I will remember the favor of your assistance in this matter in the East Sea. If you ever need anything in the future, simply say the word. I will not refuse."
"Haha, very well." Jiang Yan smiled at those words, then took a step back. Four rays of divine light abruptly sprang into being around him.
This was his imitation of the Peacock Buddha Venerable's Five-Colored Divine Light Divine Ability.
Behind him, the four rays of divine light intertwined, instantly tearing a spatial rift in the void. Beyond that rift lay violent, chaotic spatial turbulence.
"Gentlemen, I shall take my leave."
Jiang Yan took another step back, transformed into a streak of light, and stepped into the spatial rift.
Once he had fully entered, the rift began to heal rapidly. Within mere moments, it had closed completely, returning to its original state, while every trace of Jiang Yan's aura vanished from the starry skies over the East Sea.
A quarter of an hour later.
Within the endless spatial turbulence, Jiang Yan stood steadily. His boundless aura as a Great Dao Lord spread around him, keeping all the turbulence at bay.
He stopped and turned toward the Zhenhai Pavilion. His gaze seemed intent on piercing countless barriers of space and time to see through something.
"Strange. Truly strange. How did Li Longzi comprehend the Frost Dao to such a degree in just a few