A clear, melodious, yet rather chilly female voice suddenly rang out beside Zhang Yuan's ear.
A graceful figure had appeared beside Zhang Yuan without him noticing.
Zhang Yuan turned his head and met Jiang Xinyi's cold, indifferent eyes.
There was no expression on Jiang Xinyi's face. She looked at Zhang Yuan as though he were a stranger, as though whether or not he was an Earth Immortal from the Demon Realm could not stir the slightest ripple in her heart.
Such was the way of a Heartless Dao Cultivator.
With a sweep of her sleeve, Jiang Xinyi knocked aside Zhang Yuan's hand holding Xu Lingyin, then teleported Xu Lingyin to Immortal Lord Lingxiang's side. She encountered no resistance whatsoever; the process went so smoothly that it seemed Zhang Yuan had complied.
"So strong..."
Zhang Yuan's gaze sharpened.
He had resisted Jiang Xinyi's actions, but with only his celestial mid-stage strength, without using a divine ability or bringing out a supreme treasure, he could not contend with her at all. He could only let Jiang Xinyi send Xu Lingyin back.
He had never confronted Jiang Xinyi directly before and did not know her true strength.
Now it seemed that Grand Elder Fairy Xuan Su, the strongest publicly known figure in the Azure Nether Immortal Sect, truly was beyond comparison with ordinary Immortal Lords. She was stronger than Immortal Lord Huizhao of the Heaven-Cutting Immortal Sect by far more than a little.
Perhaps Xu Lingyin had been held dangling in Zhang Yuan's grasp for too long. Once freed, her legs briefly went weak. Had the female Nascent Soul Realm cultivator beside her not caught her in time, she would have nearly fallen to the ground. Yet even in that state, her eyes remained fixed on Zhang Yuan.
Ye Guhong was bitterly disappointed.