Pei Gu glared fixedly at Mo Ruohua, but anger had not clouded his head. After confronting her for a while, he turned and returned to the flying vessel, then said, "Go back!"
A disciple traveling with him asked, "Back to Azure Yang Upper Continent?"
Pei Gu said, "Back to what Qingyang? We're going straight back to Jade Capital."
The accompanying disciple said in astonishment, "Daoist cultivator, are we just leaving like this? We aren't going to the Military Prefecture to obtain passage documents?"
Pei Gu said irritably, "Documents? Do you think the matter will be over once we obtain documents from the Military Prefecture?
"With Military Prefecture documents, perhaps we could reach that Frost Continent camp, but that does not mean we would necessarily be able to communicate with those Frostlanders there. Those garrison troops would most likely use threats within the continent as an excuse to demand Profound Residence documents from me again. Wouldn't that just bring us full circle?"
The accompanying disciple was dumbstruck. He had cultivated beyond the world for a long time and had never entered the mundane world before. This time had truly opened his eyes. Indignantly, he said, "How can they act like this?"
Pei Gu said, "I see it clearly now. Without a passage document granted by the Profound Court, one simply cannot take a single step in Azure Yang Upper Continent."
The accompanying disciple asked, "Then what do we do now, Daoist cultivator?"
Pei Gu said, "What else can we do? I can't handle this matter anyway. We'll return to Jade Capital, explain what happened, and let Martial Uncle Xu and the others worry about it."
At this point, he glanced behind him. When he saw that the battle flying vessel had stopped following them after trailing them for some distance, his