Wang Quan let his imagination roam.
Ying Jiaren did the same.
Then they exchanged a glance and smiled in unison.
The flying maid stroked Ying Jiaren's head. "At first, I looked after her because of the Great Lord of the Azure Heaven. But after seeing her, I realized she resembled a little sister I knew back then."
Before Wang Quan could ask, the flying maid sighed. "That little sister came from royalty. After forming her Golden Core and serving the Great Lord for a thousand years, she went home."
"After that farewell came the war between eras."
"After that farewell, I never saw her again."
"Perhaps she died in the war, perhaps she sealed herself away, perhaps... in short, there are far too many possibilities."
The flying maid sank into her memories and remained silent for a long time.
Wang Quan and Ying Jiaren were in no hurry either. They waited quietly.
After a long while, the flying maid came back to herself.
She looked outside and said, "Back then, war broke out between the eras."
"We were originally stationed in the Great Unification Era."
"Later, enemies attacked from a hundred eras before and after ours."
"The Great Lord of the Azure Heaven fought his way into the Chaos Sea."
"At that time, we joined the war too."
"The war was brutal."
"The Great Lord of the Azure Heaven's palaces ended up scattered across different eras."
"As time passed and the eras changed, we finally appeared here and now."
Understanding dawned on Wang Quan and Ying Jiaren.
Chattering like a little girl, the flying maid told them a great deal of history.
She spoke of the black tide, the Abyss, the progenitors of the demon race, and the pioneers of the paths.
Although she also mentioned the Great Lord of