And so, Qian Xiao was beaten up, brutally. If he hadn't been clever enough to yell, "Fairy, I was wrong," he might have been beaten to death by Ruan Lan. Even so, he still ended up with two large bumps on his head.
The trio flew for nearly half an hour. Had they not used the short-distance Teleportation Array left behind by three peak Divine Gate experts who had died a century ago, the flight might have taken several times longer. After all, their destination was a thousand miles from Chang'an City.
There was no sunlight, leaving them in near-total darkness. Fortunately, all three were cultivators and could just barely make things out, so they weren't completely blind.
"Auntie," Qian Xiao said nervously, the two big bumps on his head throbbing, "are we there yet?"
"It's nearby," Ruan Lan replied, her expression serious.
