"Damn it! If I'd been even a little faster—no, just a few breaths faster—I would've had enough time to kill Jiang Hong.
"The real problem was that Blood Lady arrived too quickly. I'd only just gotten there and barely fought him before she caught up. That means she was probably somewhere near the East Sea."
"The East Sea... She could only have been in Coastal City. Looks like she's the one overseeing the Teleportation Formation there lately."
"In that case, Jiang Hong really was blessed with a long life."
"Well, without a mountain of good fortune, how could he have been born to two Nascent Soul Cultivators? Damn it, I wish I had that kind of luck."
Inside Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain, thoughts raced through Ji Yuan's mind.
At the same time, he carefully guided his Life-bound Dharma Treasure through the wind curtain.
Fortunately, he had made the trip once when escorting Du Wanyi and had familiarized himself with the route. Without that journey, even fleeing for his life would not have gone so smoothly.
A tiny speck of dust threaded its way through the Boundless Wind Curtain.
Ji Yuan could not even spare a thought to inventory his Storage Bag. His mind held only one purpose: go faster, then faster still, and farther away. Reaching the Abyssal Continent could wait. First, he had to shake Blood Lady.
Otherwise, while he was still this close to the Cangluo Continent, Ji Yuan would never feel safe.
He even feared that the madwoman might recklessly force her way into the wind curtain and drag him out.
Behind him.
Above the boundless sea.
After briefly venting her fury, Blood Lady finally calmed somewhat. She knew her most pressing task was to heal Jiang Hong. If his injuries left any lasting damage, that would be