Yue Mingsong shot into the air and landed atop the metal ship. Smiling, he said, "Brother Ning, I just received a message from a friend and need to leave in advance. I trust we will meet again someday. When that time comes, you must hand over the rest of the Mystic Artifact Compendium to me."
Whoosh!
The metal ship was completely enveloped by mist, transforming into a streak of white light. In the blink of an eye, it flew south and vanished beyond the End of the Sky.
Hearing the commotion, Situ Fengwu and Chen Jiuxuan, the two sword attendants, emerged from the cabin. Staring at the metal ship flying away, they widened their eyes in shock.
Although Ning Xiaochuan was equally astonished, he remained composed. He had long suspected Yue Mingsong's identity. That fellow definitely was not from the Yulan Empire; his purpose in coming to the Yulan Empire was most likely to seek the Mystic Gate Evasion Technique left behind by the Heavenly Emperor.
But with his abilities, why had he not simply seized the Mystic Gate Evasion Technique from me? Ning Xiaochuan could not puzzle it out no matter how hard he thought.
"Master, who exactly was he?" Chen Jiuxuan asked.
Ning Xiaochuan smiled. "The neighbor of the disciple of the World's Number One Artifact Refinement Master... Wait... could the neighbor of the disciple of the World's Number One Artifact Refinement Master be the World's Number One Artifact Refinement Master himself?"
Ning Xiaochuan was genuinely startled by his own thought. After pondering for a while, he shook his head again. Yue Mingsong's artifact refinement skills were indeed exceptional, but he had none of the bearing of a Grand Artifact Refinement Master. If the World's Number One Artifact Refinement Master were truly so unreliable, that would be strange