Pei Ling made it clear that he didn't know him. Qiao Ranran understood. Perhaps by the time Pei Ling returned from the Abyss, the Vast Sea City Lord had already been replaced? She didn't ask what Vast Sea City had been like back then, or who its lord had been. Some things were not easy to say outright!
As for Yan Qingsui, he had asked around about Vast Sea City before coming. "My old man said the Vast Sea City Lord was someone worth getting to know, though I figured I probably wasn't important enough. But when Venerable Muhua heard I was coming to Vast Sea City, he actually gave me a box to pass on to the city lord..."
At that, Qiao Ranran froze. She suddenly remembered that many things were different now. For one, Venerable Muhua also possessed the complete Flower-Transposing Acupuncture Technique and Illusory Sea Heart Sutra. His cultivation and experience surpassed hers, too. If he knew the Vast Sea City Lord, it seemed only natural that he would treat him.
In other words, the Vast Sea City Lord had probably recovered by now. If someone tried to betray him and join forces with Demonic Cultivators, they would likely walk straight into a trap.
Of course, if the Vast Sea City Lord had recovered, she would have no chance to show what she could do. Qiao Ranran smiled to herself. Whether she got that chance did not matter. What mattered was that the changes brought about by her involvement had sent ripple after ripple through this world, gradually altering more people's fates.
The butterfly quietly beat its wings, and the Star Trajectory slowly shifted. No one knew what this world would become in the end.
But all in all, things were going well.
Smiling, Qiao Ranran took