664 The Ghost Lord's Pursuit!

Several days later, Ye Qin, Huangfu Binger, and Bai Xiu'er arrived at Coastal City and boarded the Great Wing Warship. The immortal-demon war at Coastal City was still ongoing, with massive beast tides attacking the city from time to time, but the most dangerous period had already passed.

Ye Qin and the others had originally planned to leave without a sound, but they were somewhat taken aback by the large crowd of cultivators who had come to see them off.

There was naturally no need to mention the cultivators from the Purple Sword Palace, Green Pill Palace, and Broad Speech Palace of the Northern Branch. Yet besides them, there were even people from the Holy Emperor Palace, such as Yin Lingsu and Shi Hanyang, whose whereabouts were usually elusive; female cultivators from the Water Cloud Palace to which Huangfu Binger belonged; and even members of the Northern Branch of the Heavenly Dao Alliance's council of elders. What surprised Ye Qin most was that mixed among them were actually chieftains from several major Earth Clan tribes, who had come to bid Bai Xiu'er farewell.

Though he did not know exactly where they had received the news, one look at Bai Xiu'er's evasive eyes made it easy for Ye Qin to guess.

Ye Qin could not help but feel surprised. He had not expected Bai X'er to possess such great prestige among the East Sea Earth Clan.

"Elder Ye has made outstanding contributions to the Purple Sword Palace. His departure this time is truly a grievous loss to our palace. Since the founding ancestor of the Purple Sword Palace, the Purple Sword Divine Lord, Elder Ye is the person most likely to inherit the Eight Trigrams Sword Array. Today, this sect shamelessly announces that, if Elder Ye does not disdain it, he