After staying at the Xinfei Merchant Guild's Main Base to discuss ideas for promoting the space program with Freya and catching up with some old friends, Xu Yi left the Sains Continent once again.
All told, only a month and a half had passed between his return to the Sains Continent, when he saw Heinz on the verge of death, and his departure. He had certainly come and gone in a hurry.
Countless people across the Sains Continent breathed a sigh of relief upon receiving word that Xu Yi had boarded a Mana Airship and left.
People had originally expected Xu Yi's return to bring another round of dramatic changes to the Sains Continent. Instead, he had merely promoted the space program to a few countries in secret and done nothing else.
During their private discussions, many people could not help speculating.
Had Xu Yi meant what he said before? Had he really handed the Xinfei Merchant Guild over entirely to Freya and stopped concerning himself with anything on the Sains Continent?
Nobody could read Xu Yi's mind, so nobody could be certain of his true intentions.
Whatever the case, Xu Yi had ultimately left the Sains Continent once again.
The last time he left, six full years had passed before he returned, and even then, he had stayed for only a month and a half.
Would he stay away even longer this time?
Not everyone was so optimistic.
In their analyses of the significance of Xu Yi's brief visit, several newspapers pointed out quite bluntly that, thanks to the tremendous improvements in transportation, the Sains Continent and the Demoncloud Continent were no longer like two separate, inaccessible worlds, despite being over ten thousand kilometers apart.
If Xu Yi wanted to, he could return at any time in as little