"So, you're that Bai Shengyi from the Bai family, right?" the other person asked somewhat hesitantly, a stark contrast to their earlier boldness.
Bai Shengyi nodded.
She tried to recall but confirmed she didn't know the person.
The original host and she herself were both reclusive. While the original host might have chased after Qin Zhao before, she now preferred to stay in her room and cultivate. Thus, her social circle was terrifyingly small.
"You really don't remember me?" the young cultivator said, a mix of disappointment and relief. "Then let's reintroduce ourselves. I'm Chu Tianle."
He looked at Bai Shengyi again and again.
"What is it?" Bai Shengyi couldn't stand it any longer and asked proactively.
Chu Tianle hesitated. "Your eyes... what happened?" He remembered that when he last saw Bai Shengyi six years ago, her eyes were fine.
Bai Shengyi couldn't help but touch the corner of her eye. To be honest, due to her spiritual power, she appeared no different from ordinary people, which sometimes made her forget that she was actually blind.
"Something happened, and I went blind," Bai Shengyi said briefly, changing the subject. "If you don't go up soon, you might be too late."
She guessed that time was running out.
"And you? Are you really waiting for that eldest daughter of the Li family?" Chu Tianle pouted. "I can take you up too." It would be a way to repay her life-saving grace from back then.
Bai Shengyi replied, "I'll wait a little longer. If she doesn't come, I'll go up myself... Oh, here she comes."
As Bai Shengyi finished speaking, she saw Li Shiqing walking over quickly. "Third Miss Bai, let's go."
"Alright, then I'll trouble you," Bai Shengyi nodded, and with Li Shiqing's hand, she stepped onto the flying sword. She wanted to turn and say goodbye to Chu Tianle, but found he had disappeared.
"What's wrong?" Li Shiqing, controlling the flying sword, leaped upward. "Are you scared? You can hold onto my waist, you won't fall."
"It's nothing."
Bai Shengyi didn't need Li Shiqing to tell her; she was already holding onto her waist tightly. Having ridden flying swords and ships so many times, Bai Shengyi wasn't afraid of heights, but being suddenly airborne still made her a little nervous.
However, she soon cast this nervousness aside, becoming excited and thrilled.
They were going into the sky!
Even when she was in the Federation, she couldn't just hover in mid-air. This feeling was too novel!
Bai Shengyi was never one to shy away from adventure. Once she got used to the wind speed, she spread her arms, tilted her head back, and let the gentle breeze caress her face, enjoying this coveted freedom.
"Isn't it fun?" Li Shiqing noticed Bai Shengyi's actions and couldn't help but smile. She truly was like a little sister.
"Hold on tight, we're almost at the ship..."
"Careful!" Bai Shengyi sensed an unusual fluctuation in the air and quickly warned Li Shiqing.
Li Shiqing also noticed it. She chanted a mantra to accelerate, making the flying sword swerve to dodge the incoming spiritual energy.
But before she could relax, she heard Bai Murong's scream.
"Sister Li! Help me!"
Then Bai Murong inexplicably fell backward from the edge of the ship!
Li Shiqing controlled her flying sword and rushed to catch Bai Murong. But just as she caught her, she heard a familiar voice from the ship: "In fifteen breaths, the immortal ship will set sail!"
Li Shiqing's heart tightened. She made Bai Murong stand steadily on the flying sword and tried hard to maneuver the sword towards the immortal ship. However, before she could get close, she was pushed back by several blasts of spiritual energy.
"Sister Li! What do we do!" Bai Murong said, her eyes red. "I wish I hadn't let you bring Shengyi. Now I've implicated you..."
Li Shiqing was bold, but not foolish. She frowned and said, "Murong, what do you mean?"
Bai Murong said frantically, "These attacks are all aimed at Shengyi! Sister Li, why don't you go up by yourself and leave me and Shengyi."
As if to prove Bai Murong's words, two people were standing at the edge of the ship at that moment: Sun Mingyu and Qin Zhao.
Qin Zhao stood guard beside Sun Mingyu, appearing worried that Sun Mingyu might fall.
Sun Mingyu covered her mouth and giggled, "Miss, as long as you throw Bai Shengyi down, we won't make things difficult for you."
After speaking, she looked triumphantly at Bai Shengyi. "You wretch, you never expected this, did you! So what if you're not a cripple anymore! As long as this County Princess wishes, you still can't cultivate!"
"You, a blind person, should be wallowing in the mud, not rolling into our circle of cultivators!"
Bai Shengyi stood on Li Shiqing's sword and looked coldly at Sun Mingyu. She knew Sun Mingyu wouldn't participate in the assessment for no reason; it was clear she had targeted her from the start.
"Sun Mingyu, you can't even defeat a cripple, what are you? Worse than a cripple!"
Bai Shengyi retorted, "That's right, you're either harming me in secret or openly. Your cultivator circle, filled with such cruel and ruthless people, I wouldn't come even if you paid me with spirit stones!"
"You! You simply court death!" Sun Mingyu stomped her foot in anger and shouted to the people behind her, "Attack them! Don't let them board the ship!"
As soon as she finished speaking, colorful spiritual energies transformed into sharp blades and charged towards Li Shiqing's sword!
Li Shiqing, already struggling with two people, was even more disheveled under attack. Soon, her body was covered in wounds.
"Sister Li, I'm sorry, I'll go down first," Bai Shengyi said to Li Shiqing. She was already preparing to jump off the sword, but Li Shiqing grabbed her.
Li Shiqing frowned. "No, the ship is about to leave. If you jump off, you won't be able to get back on. We just need to dodge their attacks and get closer."
Bai Murong's eyes flickered, and then she burst into tears. "Sister Li, if you don't let go of Shengyi, they won't let you go. Don't worry, even if... Shengyi won't blame you."
"No!" Li Shiqing turned her head, dodging attacks with a deep frown. "Don't you move rashly. I can take you both with me."
However, she didn't know that Bai Murong already had a plan and had no intention of listening to her.
Bai Murong turned around, saying with feigned difficulty, "Shengyi, don't blame your sister. Your sister doesn't want this either."
In reality, she smiled brilliantly and provocatively at Bai Shengyi, then suddenly separated Li Shiqing's and Bai Shengyi's hands and shoved Bai Shengyi down fiercely!
"Sister Li isn't taking Shengyi anymore. County Princess, Your Highness, please don't attack Sister Li anymore. Sister Li is innocent!" Bai Murong shouted to those on the ship.
The attacks from above immediately stopped. Li Shiqing whipped her head around. "Murong! How could you..."
Bai Murong, however, cried with great grievance and pain. "Sister Li, you must understand me, right? I'm also helpless and sad, but I can't let Shengyi delay you! Sister Li, you have nothing to do with Shengyi's matters."
While she was speaking, Li Shiqing's sword had already landed on the ship.
Sun Mingyu walked over and said, "Bai Murong is right. Miss Li, is that your name? This County Princess merely dislikes Bai Shengyi and did not intend to target you."
"Bai Shengyi has bullied and schemed against this County Princess so much, I just want to teach this wretch a profound lesson."
"This County Princess will wait and see how this wretch, who desperately wants to go to the Divine启 Academy but fails here, will throw a tantrum!"
As Sun Mingyu finished speaking, a middle-aged man in a blue robe walked out from inside the ship's cabin and said sternly, "Alright, the last two breaths. Everyone prepare yourselves, the immortal ship will begin its journey..."
"What is that!" A cultivator exclaimed, looking below, interrupting him.
The middle-aged man frowned unhappily but noticed that many people were looking down, exclaiming in unison!