Chapter 461

Chapter 461: We Are Still Standing Behind You!
Nan Gong Yin’s smile became even brighter.

“This junior is heading home. I wonder where Senior plans to go?”

Ancestor Sui Bian gave the name of a place that sounded unfamiliar.

After Nan Gong Yin found the location on the star map, she laughed: “What a coincidence, that place is right on my way back.”

“That is great, then we will trouble you to take us along.”

Ancestor Sui Bian was thrilled.

Catching a ride on someone else’s ship would save them a lot of trouble.

You could call it a lucky mistake.

Nan Gong Yin agreed with a smile. Then, when she turned to look at Yu Zhao, her smile softened a little.

“This Fellow Daoist, how should I address you?”

“I am Yu Zhao.”

“Fellow Daoist Yu.” Nan Gong Yin took out a portrait and handed it to Yu Zhao: “The reason you were being hunted is because the Tu Clan issued a bounty notice. They say you killed the Tu Clan’s young heir and that they will take your life to honor his restless soul.”

Yu Zhao looked down at the portrait.

The person drawn there was indeed the appearance she had used not long ago. Below the picture was a line of small characters that described in detail her feud with the Tu Clan and the great rewards of the bounty.

No wonder those people had gone mad trying to capture her.

Even Yu Zhao felt jealous when she read what was written on the bounty notice.

The Tu Clan must really hate her, to offer such a heavy reward for her head.

Yet they did not know the one who truly killed Tu Xiao was someone else.

“Let me see too.”

Ancestor Sui Bian was also curious about what the bounty said. He took the notice from Yu Zhao’s hands.

When he read it, his eyes went wide.

“So the Tu Clan is this rich! Wow! We are going to get rich!”

He had known there had to be something good in Tu Xiao’s storage bracelet. Otherwise, no one would have bothered to put a barrier formation on it.

“Ahem.”

Yu Zhao could not help giving a small cough.

Ancestor Sui Bian realized at once that he had gotten carried away and said too much. Feeling a bit awkward, he tossed the bounty notice aside.

“The people of the Tu Clan are blind. Their young heir’s death has nothing to do with us, but they throw all the dirty, stinky things on our heads. What bad luck!”

Nan Gong Yin did not comment.

Just as Yu Zhao was thinking about how to change the subject, Nan Gong Yin suddenly asked her: “Fellow Daoist Yu, have you heard of the Daqian Alliance?”

Yu Zhao’s breath caught for a moment.

Of course she had heard of the Daqian Alliance.

It was the most important path from the Middle World to the Great World.

It was the Heavenly Ladder that Feng Jiusi and Jin Yuan dreamed about again and again.

Yu Zhao’s short silence seemed to give Nan Gong Yin the answer.

Nan Gong Yin smiled slightly and took out a special token from her sleeve.

“You are very strong. I hope I can see you in the Daqian Alliance selection trials.”

The Daqian Alliance had people from the Nan Gong Clan in it.

For Nan Gong Yin, getting a token to enter the Daqian Alliance selection trials was an easy thing.

In the past, many people had tried to get such a token from her, but she had never given one to anyone.

This was the first token she had ever offered of her own will, and the only one.

Yu Zhao froze for a second, then accepted the token from her hands with a serious expression.

“Thank you.”

“Taking this token means that in the future we will very likely fight on the same stage. Do not let your guard down because of it.”

Nan Gong Yin’s lips curled, but in her eyes burned a light even hotter than her red hair.

She had gotten what she wanted in Godsfall Land, but she was not happy.

Nan Gong Jie, Bei Ming Yan, and the others had all been scared out of their wits. As soon as they escaped that land fragment that was about to sink, they had rushed out of Godsfall Land and never dared to stay even one more night, afraid they would die without a grave.

She had won far too easily and lost much of the fun.

Fortunately, she had met Yu Zhao.

Yu Zhao was much more interesting than those people.

Her eyes were brighter than the brightest star in the night sky, and more mysterious than the exotic beasts of Godsfall Land.

Nan Gong Yin felt that only Yu Zhao could be her true opponent.

Only by killing Yu Zhao in the arena would she feel the greatest thrill.

She could hardly wait.

Yu Zhao did not sense Nan Gong Yin’s killing intent, but she clearly saw the spirit power in Nan Gong Yin’s meridians speed up.

Nan Gong Yin was very excited.

Yu Zhao gave her a smile.

“I will do my best.”

As soon as her voice fell,

Nan Gong Yin’s aura boiled and flickered like flames.

With a hoarse voice, she said: “I will be waiting for you.”

Three days later.

The starship stopped on a rather desolate planet.

After cheerfully waving farewell to Yu Zhao and Ancestor Sui Bian, Nan Gong Yin quietly left again on the starship.

Yu Zhao had only just finished looking around at the nearby landscape when Ancestor Sui Bian grabbed her hard.

“Little Yu Zhao, are you really planning to join those selection trials? That is not a place for just anyone!”

Ancestor Sui Bian had been in the Middle World for over a thousand years. He had long heard about the Daqian Alliance selection trials.

When he first came to the Middle World, he had also dreamed of standing out in the selection trials and going to the Great World.

But that dream had been shattered very quickly.

First, it was extremely hard just to qualify for the selection trials.

The age limit alone was enough to keep Ancestor out.

Second, the cruelty of the selection trials made countless people back off.

Nearly a thousand cultivators would take part, but only a handful would win places in the end. Seventy percent of the cultivators would die during the trials, and most of those who survived would be badly injured or crippled.

The reason Ancestor Sui Bian spoke of the selection trials with such fear was that once, a dazzling cultivator who had ascended from the Cultivation World had joined the trials. In the end, he died miserably in the very first round, without even a complete body left behind.

“Little Yu Zhao, listen to me. The Great World is not that great. Just stay with Ancestor. Ancestor will make sure you have the best resources. If worse comes to worst, Ancestor will take you around to knock on people’s doors and freeload off them. I will never let you suffer.”

Yu Zhao could not help laughing: “Ancestor, I did not agree to Nan Gong Yin’s offer.”

“Do not try to fool me! You took the token, so you must be thinking of going. If you really do not want to go, then give the token to me. I will keep it safe for you.”

Ancestor Sui Bian held out his hand.

“Ancestor, I know my own limits. My chances in the selection trials are not high. But this is our way out. I cannot hand the token over to you.”

“Our way out?”

Ancestor Sui Bian froze, then quickly realized what Yu Zhao meant.

Right now, they could not even gather enough Starry Sky Stone to build a teleportation channel, let alone find the coordinates of the Cultivation World.

But there was one person who definitely knew the coordinates of the Cultivation World. If they could find her, they would have a chance to reconnect with that world.

That person was far away in the Great World, in the Bai Ming Realm, the Realm Lord, Dao Lord Tai Wei.

Their plan to return to the Cultivation World had stalled. If things reached the point where they had no other choice, Yu Zhao’s only option would be to take part in the selection trials to fight for a chance to meet Dao Lord Tai Wei.

So this token was not only tied to the Daqian Alliance selection trials. It was also tied to whether they could return to the Cultivation World.

Ancestor Sui Bian bit down hard on his teeth: “Little Yu Zhao, if we cannot find any other way, then we old fellows will pool all our strength and do everything we can to help you pass the selection! We are all still standing behind you! Do not be afraid.”