"Apologies, fellow Daoists. I arrived late."
Madam Qingxia smiled gently, then gave Ning Fa and her own disciple a somewhat curious look, clearly having noticed something unusual between them.
Very soon, Jiang Xueting's Spiritual Sense Transmission sounded by her ear.
Madam Qingxia came to a realization and examined Ning Fa anew. Somewhat surprised, she said, "I never expected Fellow Daoist Ning to know Xueting. What a coincidence."
At her words, the others all looked over in surprise as well.
Ning Fa smiled. "Back in the Jinchuan Archipelago of the Yuheng Sea, I ran into quite a bit of trouble. I was fortunate to receive Fellow Daoist Jiang's assistance then, and I have always remembered it."
As soon as he finished speaking, the corners of Jiang Xueting's lips lifted, and a smile blossomed across her flower-like jade face.
Su Wanwan, meanwhile, kept sizing the two of them up with a strange expression.
Madam Qingxia nodded and said solemnly, "We are already somewhat late. Let us set out first."
With a light sweep of her fair hand, a flying boat roughly a hundred feet long appeared amid a cluster of glowing radiance, shaped like a Blue Great Bird.
Three pairs of blue wings extended from each side. Judging from the Spiritual Pressure it emitted, this flying boat was unquestionably of an extremely high grade.
The group flew aboard one after another. With a whoosh, the flying boat transformed into a blinding mass of blue light and shot eastward at an unimaginable speed.
On the flying boat, under Madam Qingxia's lead, the Nascent Soul Cultivators exchanged a few pleasantries and became acquainted. They then each took a spot and sat cross-legged to regulate their breathing.
Ning Fa thought to himself that Heavenly Evolution Sect had likely specially sent Madam Qingxia to this Array