Seeing this, Gao Tongwei, who stood nearby, more or less understood what Luo Yi meant. She hurried forward, took the Storage Artifact, hung it at her waist, and only then returned to the Treasure Ship.
Hou Yue'er was so bewildered by her friend's actions that it took her a long moment to react. She looked astonished.
"Wait, Tongwei. You're actually taking it?"
As a cultivator who had reached the Dao Integration Limit, she had made such a mess of the mission.
In fact, they had relied almost entirely on Luo Yi, an outsider. Without him, they might never have completed it.
She knew she loved money, but her skin was not thick enough for this.
No matter how tempting it was, she could not reach for something she had not earned.
"He's the Tianyan Sect Master, after all. Do you want to make him go back on his word?"
Seeing through her friend's thoughts, Gao Tongwei offered a quiet explanation.
"At worst, we'll find a way to return these things to Sect Master Luo some other time!"
"That's not a bad idea. I, Hou Yue'er, hate owing people favors!"
Luo Yi had no intention of joining the two women's whispered conversation.
He lowered his gaze to the Demon Abomination Race below and could not help frowning.
"Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and get aboard!"
"Were you planning to have me fly this whole crowd of you slowly back to the Tiannan Continent?"
"We're coming! We're coming!"
At his reminder, Mo Kanggao and the rest of the Demon Abomination Race snapped back to their senses.
First, they glanced at Gao Tongwei, the owner of the Treasure Ship, and saw that she found nothing amiss with the young man's words.
Only then did they hurriedly lead their people onto