After Qi Ming flew away, Qi Yuan turned to Yan Chihuo and said, "That Qi Ming seems quite familiar with you, doesn't he?"
Yan Chihuo said evenly, "When I infiltrated Spirit Island, he was the one who taught me cultivation techniques."
Qi Yuan chuckled. "So that's how it is. I suppose he was implicated by you and thus failed to advance to the Dao Integration Stage, which is why he hates you to the bone."
Yan Chihuo kept silent.
Just then, another streak of white light flew over from the sky. Qi Yuan caught it, and a voice rang out: "Fine, I agree to the exchange. But how exactly will we do it?"
Qi Yuan replied through the Flying Sword message, "You may only send one person, and he must bring my wife and son. Once he meets me, we will make the exchange."
Not long after the Flying Sword message departed, an Escape Light rose into the air and approached. It was a young gentleman of about thirty-five or thirty-six, carrying two people, one in each hand.
One was a middle-aged beauty whom Yan Chihuo recognized as Qi Yuan's wife, though he did not know her name. She was also at the Dao Integration Stage, but a notch weaker than Qi Yuan. The other was a burly man whose features bore some resemblance to Qi Yuan's, though his cultivation was only at the late Origin Core stage. Both had Restrictions placed upon them, their entire reserves of spiritual power sealed away.
The moment Qi Yuan saw the newcomer, he said, "So it is Young Clan Chief Ji himself." The visitor was none other than Ji Lan.
Huan Lan said, "Enough nonsense. Exchange them."
Qi Yuan shook his head. "We can't exchange them like this. I don't know what Restrictions