"Th-Thank you, Senior, for your trust." Zhan Shihui spoke timidly.
"Rise. That Heavenly Star Flower should have been yours to begin with. I merely upheld justice," Ying Wu said.
"Senior's insight is keen as a hawk's eye. This junior has no way to repay you, so I humbly beg Senior to honor Yitai City with your presence. This junior will surely receive you with utmost sincerity," Zhan Shihui said.
Ying Wu said, "Perfect. We are headed to Yitai City as well, so we can travel together."
Zhan Shihui clearly had not expected her casual courtesy to actually be accepted. Her lips moved a few times before she said,
"Yes. This junior will boldly lead the way for Senior."
"No need." Ying Wu refused. "You are too slow. Ride on my flying ship instead."
As her words fell, a flying ship hundreds of zhang long sailed through the air.
Everyone boarded the flying ship one after another and tore through the sky.
Once the panic in Zhan Shihui's heart gradually subsided, she repeatedly shamelessly tried to ingratiate herself with Ying Wu along the way.
From her, Song Wen and Ying Wu learned that the Zhan Clan was one of the major powers in Falling Star Province. Four Grand Ascension cultivators guarded the clan, and all large and small forces in the surrounding region bowed their heads before it.
The reason Song Wen had saved this woman was that the ancient teleportation array leading to Central Profound Province was located in Yitai City and controlled by the Zhan Clan. Song Wen did not intend to casually expose his identity as a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, so he could use this woman to reach the Zhan Clan's upper ranks and borrow the teleportation array.
Under Ying Wu's control, the flying ship alternated between