[Hu Ying] moved swiftly. Despair appeared on Ye Guhong's face, but Xu Lingyin suddenly opened her eyes, glanced at the Three Flags beside Zhang Yuan, and said:
"I know where your fourth banner is, my lord."
It was a moment that hung by a single hair.
Zhang Yuan grabbed the [Western Duguang Bridge-Sky Banner] and tossed it toward Xu Lingyin. The conceptual image of the Pre-Heaven Supreme Treasure spread out, immediately shielding her. Overjoyed at the sight, Ye Guhong hurried to the edge of its protection and preserved his life beneath the oncoming black wind.
"Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!"
Ye Guhong cupped his hands and bowed three times, his manner devout.
Xu Lingyin likewise breathed a sigh of relief and cupped her hands in a bow.
Zhang Yuan remained expressionless.
Of course, he had not suddenly changed his mind and intervened because Xu Lingyin had mentioned the whereabouts of the fourth Five-Direction Banner. Rather, at the same moment she spoke, a divine sense transmission had broken through the defenses of [immaculate primordial spirit] and reached his sea of consciousness, asking him to save Ye Guhong and Xu Lingyin.
"Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan, can you hear me? To have such a steadfast primordial spirit as a Foundation Establishment Celestial-you really are something. It took me an enormous amount of effort to contact you. You'll have to compensate me, Zhang Yuan."
"Ye Guhong and Xu Lingyin are chess pieces I casually placed a thousand years ago. I'll have great use for them during the chaos calamity to come. Save them, and I'll owe you a favor. I'll send you a strand of Gui Water later."
Zhang Yuan could not have been more familiar with that voice.
The Devil Lord among Devil Lords, [True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts].