"Thank you for helping me out of that predicament just now."
Half a quarter of an hour later, two figures emerged from the restaurant, one after the other. They were, of course, Jiang Yan and Xiao Qing.
Xiao Qing followed behind Jiang Yan, her face slightly flushed.
The scene just now had simply been far too embarrassing. She had only just told Jiang Yan that theirs was a chance encounter and they would likely never meet again, only to end up owing him money immediately afterward. It was rather hard to bear.
Jiang Yan shook his head and swept a hand forward. Unseen by everyone around them, a modestly sized spatial portal slowly appeared.
Beyond the portal lay a riot of multicolored spatial turbulence.
Without a word, he stepped inside, and his figure vanished.
Xiao Qing stood there, hesitated for a moment, then followed him in of her own accord.
The next instant, the two appeared out among the stars.
"With your cultivation, it should have been easy to resolve that situation just now. Why did you insist on waiting for me to help?"
Jiang Yan turned and looked the woman in the green dress up and down, puzzlement on his face.
"Though I can't quite see through your current realm, you're already infinitely close to becoming a Great Dao Lord. Even if you don't know certain divine abilities or spell arts, creating a new art capable of resolving your predicament shouldn't have been difficult."
"For instance, turning stone into gold, 'borrowing' some money from someone, or using the spell you used against me earlier to create an illusion. Any of those would have let you walk out of there quite comfortably."
"Miss, could you have gone to that restaurant specifically to meet me, deliberately seeking to owe me a