Just as Xue Fuyao was pondering, a bolt of blackish-purple lightning struck in the distance, instantly brightening the dim sky a little.
At the sight, Xue Fuyao stared, her eyes fixed. Was a place this dangerous really somewhere a person could cross?
"Maybe I should take a detour after all."
That was what she said, but her feet honestly kept carrying her toward the Wind-Thunder Plains.
When she reached the waystation closest to the Wind-Thunder Plains, quite a few people were already waiting there. From the look of things, they were probably all planning to cross the Wind-Thunder Plains aboard the Wind-Thunder Divine Boat.
Speaking of which, where was the Wind-Thunder Divine Boat?
Xue Fuyao looked around but found no sign of the Wind-Thunder Divine Boat.
"Hey, what are you looking for?"
A girl who looked about Xue Fuyao's age came over and asked curiously.
As she spoke, the girl's cheeks were rosy, her grape-like eyes looking at her.
"I'm looking for the Wind-Thunder Divine Boat," Xue Fuyao answered truthfully.
As far as she was concerned, anything that dared call itself a divine boat surely had to be extraordinary.
Hearing that, the girl laughed outright. "This must be your first time here."
"What does that have to do with it being my first time here?" Xue Fuyao asked in confusion.
"Because only first-timers would ask a question like that." As she spoke, the girl pointed to a boat nearby that was slightly larger than a wooden boat. Its hull was covered in charred black marks, as though it might fall apart at any moment. "That's the Wind-Thunder Divine Boat."
At the sight, Xue Fuyao's pupils trembled. She turned to look at the girl. Though she said nothing, the expression on her face seemed to say it all.
"I'm not lying