In the face of danger.
What mattered most was a cultivator's ability to adapt.
And when it came to handling pressure, Pei You'an was clearly an expert.
She had once broken through an encirclement alone, then survived outside [Lu Hai Changling] until now, even managing to raise her cultivation.
That alone was enough to prove her strength of character.
She forcibly suppressed the nearly overwhelming tremor in her heart and put on a smile:
"You must be joking, Mystic Master Xiao."
"Ye Li has always been difficult to pin down, but he hasn't gone far lately, since he's been taking over the Kong Family's affairs. He's resting his mind in his cabin."
"Since you've all graced us with your presence, why not come down for some tea and take a short rest? I can send someone to call him out of seclusion."
"What do you say?"
High in the sky.
Hearing this, Xiao Yueyi couldn't help covering her lips and laughing coyly:
"Tea?"
"Little Sister Pei, you're not quite smooth enough at dodging the issue."
Her eyes shifted as she looked down at the flagship below:
"With the arrogance that brat showed outside the Secret Realm, if he were really here, he'd have come out with his saber already, ready to twist our heads off and kick them around like balls."
"He isn't here, and that's that."
"...Is that so?"
Pei You'an tugged at the corners of her mouth in a hollow smile.
But her heart gradually sank, uncertainty and alarm rising within her.
This woman really dared to act on a guess!
Ye Li truly wasn't here at the moment.
To guard against any unexpected developments in Lu Hai Changling, he had left a clone to hold down the Kong Family's headquarters.
But how could a single clone stand