As An Lingzhen's words fell, the magnificent deck of the starship instantly plunged into a dead silence.
Countless gazes turned in unison toward Aliya.
Though the Gale Princess's whisper just now had been very soft.
Yet almost all the cultivators present were skilled experts, and many possessed True Spirit Realm martial cultivation; how could their hearing be anything other than sharp?
Those few sentences falling into their ears were practically as clear as thunderclaps.
The reason no one had reacted was merely a desire to muddle through, but now it seemed that method simply would not work.
"My lord, calm your anger!"
The King of Gale's expression shifted drastically, and he hurried forward a step, bowing toward An Lingzhen to offer an apology while his tone carried obvious panic:
"Aliya is still young and has encountered numerous trials since childhood; her words just now were merely a slip of the tongue. We hope the two of you are magnanimous and will forgive her!"
An Lingzhen stood quietly in place, her expression cold and detached.
Her nature was actually extremely cautious, and in the past when encountering similar conflicts, she would mostly have chosen to avoid the sharp edge of the moment.
Even when avoidance was impossible, she would always prioritize smoothing things over—
Unless someone truly touched her bottom line.
But nowadays, the situation was completely different.
She was no longer merely a cultivator acting alone, but attended this place in the capacity of companion and assistant to that Latent Dragon Ranking number three who had shaken the starry sea, Ye Li.
What she represented was not just herself.
On the way here, she had carefully studied the alliance's official introduction to Ye Li.
The alliance evidently intended to do Ye Li a massive favor, laying heavy mists across the