After successfully coming ashore today, Li Yan finally let out a long breath. One reason he had gone to the merchant house to demand compensation earlier was that there was no reason not to take what was offered.
The other reason was that he could not make himself seem too conspicuous. Otherwise, while all the other surviving employers had gone there, the four of them leaving directly might have drawn too much attention!
Sure enough, on the way back after that great battle, things unfolded exactly as Su Liuyun had guessed. Those two fiends did not appear again. It seemed the enemy had only launched a single surprise attack.
Without being certain of their target, they could not possibly have prepared so thoroughly, nor would there have been enough time to seek reinforcements.
Moreover, two powerful Fusion Realm cultivators had protected Li Yan and the others for the rest of their journey, while Elder Wang and the others had strengthened their defenses in every respect.
With the immense wealth of the "Tianyuan" Merchant House, once they had prepared carefully, even if the enemy had twice as much strength, they would still have ways to resolve the threat.
"Fellow Daoist Li, if you are not in a hurry to return, please come visit our main headquarters. You saved the lives of the three of us, yet you are leaving just like this. It truly makes me ashamed!"
The four of them did not immediately enter the city and swiftly leave through another gate on the other side. Instead, they walked to the nearby beach.
Su Liuyun solemnly bowed to Li Yan. Yuan Yun and Jin Thirty-One followed suit. By now, Yuan Yun and Jin Thirty-One had long since recovered from their injuries.
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