The Flying Boat sliced through the sea of clouds, trailing a brilliant streak of light across the horizon as it sped toward the Blazing Fire Sect in Yongzhou.
Mo Yun gazed at the billowing clouds, feeling indescribably refreshed.
He had stayed cooped up in the sect for quite a while. Now he could finally get out for some fresh air.
Just then, Pan Ming suddenly turned to Lu Chang Kong. "Junior Brother Lu, I remember you're a prodigy of the Metal Lineage, aren't you?"
Lu Chang Kong smiled modestly. "I wouldn't call myself a prodigy. I could throw my weight around in the outer sect, but now that I'm in the inner sect, I'll probably end up as just another face in the crowd."
Pan Ming's face twitched.
Hadn't all those inner sect prodigies worked their way up from the outer sect too?
Talents near the bottom of the Earth Ranking might gradually fade into the crowd once they entered the inner sect, where competition was fierce.
But prodigies in the Earth Ranking's top ten, especially its top five, still carried plenty of weight even in the inner sect. They were destined to be anything but ordinary.
Clearly, the young man before him was putting on an act.
After grumbling inwardly for a moment, Pan Ming continued, "Junior Brother Lu, there's something I'd like to ask."
Lu Chang Kong said, "Go ahead, Senior Brother Pan."
Pan Ming considered his words before asking, "Has your Vein Master secretly taken on a new direct disciple?"
Lu Chang Kong scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed. "I've only just entered the inner sect. I've barely even met the Vein Master. How would I know something like that...?"
Mo Yun instinctively scratched his head too. Although he had interacted with the Vein Master fairly