"General Gan Qing, I shall take men to escort him back to the Heavenly Court at once."
You Yunshan, who had previously been unwilling to leave, now volunteered of his own accord and hauled the tightly bound Shi Yong to his feet.
Shi Yong and the Azure Luan Immortal General came from the same lineage. This was an offense bound to anger people, and You Yunshan had no habit of handing such matters to his subordinates.
"Go."
Azure Flower gave a slight nod, then rose into the air and arrived behind Shen Yi.
Compared with Shi Yong's affairs, the master and servant had finally reunited after so long. She wanted more than anything to look upon her master a little longer.
Ever since Qing Prefecture, she had accompanied the young man before her, witnessing with her own eyes how he had come this far.
Though the formidable enemies before them were now countless times fiercer than they had been back then, before her master, there was still no difference at all.
"You've worked hard."
Shen Yi did not turn around, merely comforting her with a strand of divine sense.
"To protect my master's Dao, I would not hesitate to die ten thousand deaths."
Azure Flower tried her utmost to suppress the smile threatening to rise to her lips. The battles of these past days suddenly seemed to have gained meaning.
After pondering briefly, she grew somewhat worried and replied through divine sense as well. "But that Azure Luan..."
At this, Shen Yi silently raised his eyes toward the heavens.
Only just now had he suddenly realized that he had been trapped in a misunderstanding all along.
He had underestimated the value of the "empty title" Ye Lan had bestowed upon him.
If he continued acting as he had before, this