Li Yan had learned of it now, but he had no time, and he was not strong enough to venture deeper. He set the matter aside for the moment.
Later, he would examine Chi Wu's storage treasure. It held jade slips recording many of the secrets she and her husband had uncovered.
"What a shame!"
Li Yan's thoughts raced, but he still sighed. Some gains that had nearly fallen into his hands were lost. After gravely wounding Chi Wu, he had only managed to take the valuables she carried.
He had obtained none of Bai Yan's treasures. They had all followed him into turbulent space. Those were the possessions of a great demon at the Integrated Body Late Stage; the riches they must have contained went without saying.
About nine days later, Li Yan and Xiang Yanxiu finally returned to the Purple God Dragon-Elephant Clan. Both looked somewhat battered. Their return journey had been far less smooth than the trip out.
They had remained cautious, but while crossing one region, they alerted powerful members of the Radiant Gold-Eating Bee clan. The moment those demons spotted them, three seventh-rank great demons came after them.
At the sight of them, Xiang Yanxiu had no intention of fighting. He drove the Black Luan Wing Boat at full force and fled for his life, telling Li Yan that he had once killed the dao companion of one of those great demons.
Only then did Li Yan understand why three seventh-rank great demons had come the moment they detected them. He had been dragged into Xiang Yanxiu's feud without knowing it.
Speed was the Radiant Gold-Eating Bees' specialty. Li Yan finally saw the Black Luan Wing Boat's true speed, though even at full flight, it could not simply leave the three great demons behind.