A long while passed, but the two people outside never broke down the door.
Yet the knocking kept echoing, each blow seeming to strike Yan Yanyi's heart. Her Source Ring had become useless too; its teleportation function no longer worked.
The two outside must have sealed off the surrounding area with at least a Great Saint Formation. That was why her Source Ring could not teleport her away.
"I offended you earlier. I was wrong, and I apologize. May I ask who you two are?"
At last, Yan Yanyi gathered her courage and steadied herself. Wearing a broad smile, she opened the door and welcomed Jiang Yun and Huolin'er into her room.
Meeting them in person, she had none of the swagger she had shown while holding forth on the Source Ring Forum.
After giving her a thorough lecture, Huolin'er revealed her identity.
An Ancient Emperor's daughter was easy for members of her race to recognize. There could be no mistake about it.
Though Huolin'er's cultivation was still shallow, her standing was exalted. Even setting aside her status as an Ancient Emperor's own daughter, she belonged to their ancestors' generation.
Yan Yanyi wept with excitement and bowed at once. Inwardly, she was relieved that the visitor truly was her race's Ancient Emperor's daughter.
She honestly laid out everything she knew.
Huo Qizi seemed to have stopped at Qilin Ancestor Star for the time being, planning to advance to the Saint Realm before continuing onward.
Yan Yanyi had learned this from members of her race lying low on the neighboring Golden Ancient Road.
To minimize the risk of exposure, she generally contacted her race only once every twenty years unless something major happened.
In her eyes, Jiang Yun's rise, the appearance of the Source Ring, the destruction of the Qi Family