He said somewhat blankly, "How did you know-"
"Ah, please don't misunderstand. An elder of mine happened to visit the Western Desert and met your Cult Master Lu," Song Yan explained.
"I see."
Xia Bo Paili understood, then brightened. "Beautiful young man, it seems fate brought us together here."
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"My surname is Song. Just call me Song Yesheng."
Song Yan asked, "Fellow Daoist Gan Shen, as far as I know, Wushang doesn't have a teleportation formation leading to Shanzhou?"
"Why were you wandering near Wushang Prefecture City?"
"My friend, you needn't worry about that. Many members of our Bright Sect live under the Tang Court."
Xia Bo Paili said, "We have a branch in Lingwu Commandery, Lingzhou, with a teleportation formation we built ourselves. Though it cannot take us back to Western Xia Hanhai, it can take us to Shanzhou."
In fact, he had hesitated to speak earlier mainly because he did not know whether Song Yan was a good person.
Bringing people to the sect's gathering place indiscriminately could lead to trouble.
Only after seeing him save a young man just now had he decided that he was kindhearted.
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Song Yan immediately understood Gan Shen's plan.
They could teleport from Wushang Prefecture City to Lingzhou, then use their own teleportation formation there to reach Shanzhou.
"Then why did you approach me?"
Xia Bo Paili looked rather embarrassed. This seemed to be the real reason for his "introversion."
"I-don't have enough Spirit Stones."
So that was what this was about.
Without Spirit Stones, even teleporting to Lingzhou would be difficult, so he had approached him hoping to hitch a ride at his expense.
"Beautiful young Song, I would like to ask you to take me along when you teleport to Lingzhou. I will introduce you to