"Hm?"
Xu Yan's expression shifted slightly, and he whipped his head around.
Amid a vast blaze of dazzling azure light, an azure Spirit Ark roughly a hundred feet long came speeding toward him. In an instant, it had closed to within a thousand feet.
"An upper-grade spirit artifact flying vessel!" With a single glance, Xu Yan determined the Spirit Ark's grade. Its value exceeded even that of an ordinary supreme-grade spirit artifact.
This Spirit Ark is coming for me! Its sudden appearance startled him, and he immediately circulated all his magic power and sped away.
But the Spirit Ark was as swift as lightning. Even with all his magic power, Xu Yan could not shake it off.
Unless I use Bloodfiend Shadow-Escaping Steps, I won't be able to lose this Spirit Ark! Realizing that his speed was insufficient, Xu Yan stopped at once and watched the approaching vessel with an icy gaze.
Hum.
The Spirit Ark stopped a little over a hundred feet in front of him, the dazzling azure light around it slowly fading.
Just then, a languid, cold, aged voice rang out.
"Shang Fang, I have spent half a year monitoring this rogue cultivator on the ancestor's orders, and he has finally left the sect. I will capture him shortly. If he does not possess the great secret you spoke of, you know what I am capable of!"
At that moment, the azure light around the Spirit Ark faded completely, revealing three figures aboard it. Their eyes happened to meet Xu Yan's as he looked over.
Two of the three were white-haired elders seated cross-legged at the very front of the Spirit Ark. Between them stood an Azure Jade Table, with a half-finished game of chess laid out upon it.
Behind the two elders, Shang Fang stood respectfully