Once Lin Yun and Nangong Wan had accepted the jade slips,
Elder Liu continued explaining, "The other three merchant alliances have been watching our alliance's private activities closely of late. To keep them from discovering our purpose, we won't accompany you two to the ruins. We'll take separate routes and meet at the location marked on the sea chart, then proceed to the ruins together."
Lin Yun had no objection to his proposal to set out for the ruins in separate groups. In fact, he welcomed it.
After a brief discussion, they settled on the order of departure. Lin Yun and Nangong Wan drew the least attention, and the people from the Three Great Merchant Alliances would not be watching them specifically, so they would leave first.
Half a day later, Elder Liu and the cultivator surnamed Chen would depart simultaneously in different directions. Finally, Madam Bi and the cultivator surnamed Huang would wait another half day before leaving one after the other.
"Fellow Daoists, we'll see you again in a few months, then," Lin Yun said with a smile.
"See you in a few months." Apart from the cultivator surnamed Chen, the Fengle Merchant Alliance's Core Formation cultivators all bade Lin Yun and Nangong Wan farewell.
Although the Ancient Cultivator Ruins still lay within the Inner Sea, they were extremely far from Tianxing City. They were outside the Star Palace's Twelve Star Islands and even some distance from the Outer Twenty-Four Star Islands. Flying there from Tianxing City would take at least several months.
After flying out of Tianxing City, Lin Yun swept the surroundings with his spiritual sense, then smiled at Nangong Wan. "Looks like the Fengle Merchant Alliance isn't quite so impatient after all. I thought we'd run into an ambush as soon as we left Tianxing