"Hai Rongyang, our Grand Commander wants to see you. Come with me!"
Aboard the Ice Dragon, Fang Ming personally went to the cabin where the prisoners were held, took Hai Rongyang out, and brought him to the small hall where Fang Qianyuan waited.
The hall was brightly lit and lined with guards. Dressed in black, Fang Qianyuan reclined lazily in a broad chair, cradling a Moon-Cat with pristine black-and-white fur in one arm. Beside him stood a child-sized Spirit Monster of the Cat Clan, carrying two short swords on its back.
Fang Lian sat nearby, reading a thick book. When she saw Hai Rongyang enter, she rose and said, "You may all leave."
"Yes." The Warriors answered and began filing out.
"Greetings, Grand Elder Fang. Greetings, Immortal Maiden Qingmeng." Hai Rongyang gave a dry cough, plastered a smile across his face, and hastily offered his respects.
"Elder Hai, you're quite well informed. You even know who I am?" Fang Lian looked at him in mild surprise.
Hai Rongyang hurriedly replied, "Immortal Maiden Qingmeng, your beauty is renowned far and wide, peerless in all the world. I have long admired your reputation."
Fang Lian giggled. "The Boundless Sect's Secret Hall noticed that I accompanied Young Master Fang on his visit to the Eastern Sea, didn't it? Your sect has been watching developments here so closely. You really have racked your brains over this."
Hai Rongyang smiled awkwardly.
"Enough. I won't waste words with you," Fang Lian said. "We brought you here to tell you that you now have three paths before you."
"First, you stay here. We ask nothing, and you say nothing. You simply wait for the Boundless Sect to ransom you. When the time comes, life and death will rest with fate, wealth and honor with Heaven. What happens