Chapter 1395: Making a Friend

Bei Lingyun felt puzzled, but she did not ask further.

She looked at the two Void Refinement Stage Cultivators of the Jade Clam Clan who were leading the way, "Take the fellow Daoists of the Mermaid Clan to the guest rooms to rest."

"Understood."

The two Void Refinement Stage Cultivators of the Jade Clam Clan nodded and looked at the Mermaid Clan's group, "Fellow Daoists, follow us."

The group did not move immediately, but instead looked at Mingyan.

Mingyan nodded, "Go ahead."

Hearing Mingyan's instruction, the Mermaid Clan cultivators then followed along.

After everyone had left, only Bei Lingyun and Mingyan remained on the spot.

Bei Lingyun looked at Mingyan and smiled, "I have prepared spirit tea and have been waiting for you for a long time, Daoist Friend. Follow me; today, you and I must have a good catch-up."

Saying this, she prepared to take Mingyan away.

Mingyan shook her head, "Daoist Friend, please wait a moment."

Bei Lingyun was startled, "What is it?"

Mingyan looked toward the entrance of the Jade Clam Clan and smiled, "You will know in a moment, Daoist Friend."

Seeing this, Bei Lingyun felt a wave of confusion in her heart.

If it were anyone else acting so mysterious within her Jade Clam Clan, she would certainly have felt displeased.

But she and Mingyan were already close friends, and the Jade Clam Clan and the Mermaid Clan were on good terms with each other.

She did not mind Mingyan's "rudeness."

She waited silently.

Not long after.

Bei Lingyun suddenly sensed an obscure aura appearing outside the entrance to the Jade Clam Clan's space.

This aura was extremely restrained; she could not perceive its specific cultivation stage, nor could she distinguish its identity.

However, upon sensing this aura, she instinctively felt a sense of crisis.

Her expression immediately became solemn.

Just at this moment.

The person arriving outside suddenly deliberately released a trace of Soul aura.

Sensing this trace of aura, Bei Lingyun was startled, then looked at Mingyan beside her with a face full of surprise.

The person arriving outside was clearly the Mermaid Empress!

Sensing the strange look on Bei Lingyun's face, Mingyan smiled, "On the way to the Jade Clam Clan earlier, we encountered an attack by the Octopus Clan. Although we repelled them, I still felt uneasy."

"So, I secretly had my avatar lead the team, while my true body hid behind the group, prepared to deal with any sudden situations at any time."

Speaking to this point, a look of apology appeared on her face, "Mingyan did not intend to deceive you, Daoist Friend; I hope you will not take offense."

Hearing Mingyan's explanation, Bei Lingyun was suddenly enlightened.

No wonder she had sensed Mingyan's aura on the person arriving; it turned out that was Mingyan's true body.

In other words, the Mingyan before her was only an avatar.

She had been unable to detect the slightest abnormality in this avatar of Mingyan.

Thinking back to the sense of crisis she felt when Mingyan's true body arrived.

She could not help but glance at Mingyan's avatar, her eyes flickering.

Mingyan's strength seemed to have become even greater!

"Daoist Friend, please open the entrance."

Just then, Mingyan's voice reached her ears again.

Bei Lingyun immediately came back to her senses, "Oh, right."

She nodded, and with a movement of her intent, the entrance to this space opened.

The next moment.

A figure flew in from the entrance.

After Mingyan's true body entered the Jade Clam Clan's space, she waved her hand, and the avatar turned into a streak of Spirit Light and flew into the center of her brow.

Immediately following, the mask on her face flashed with Spirit Light and disappeared.

"I have kept you waiting, Daoist Friend. Now, we can go."

Mingyan smiled at Bei Lingyun.

Bei Lingyun looked deeply at Mingyan and nodded.

The two flew together toward the depths of the Jade Clam Clan.

……

Not long after Wang Jianqiang and the others followed the two Void Refinement Stage Cultivators of the Jade Clam Clan away.

The two had already arranged guest rooms for all of Wang Jianqiang and the others.

Due to Wang Jianqiang's deliberate actions, he was the last person to have a guest room arranged.

"Two beautiful sisters, please stay a moment."

Just as the two Void Refinement Stage Cultivators of the Jade Clam Clan turned to leave, Wang Jianqiang suddenly spoke up to stop them.

The two paused their steps and turned to look at Wang Jianqiang, "Does the Daoist Friend have anything else you need our help with?"

Wang Jianqiang smiled, "There is indeed one thing I would like to ask you two sisters about. I wonder if you two sisters could do me a favor?"

The two nodded, "Please speak, Daoist Friend."

Hearing this, Wang Jianqiang continued, "I am an old acquaintance of Fairy Biyan'er of your clan. I wonder where Fairy Biyan'er resides, and whether she is currently within the clan."

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's inquiry, the smiles on the two women's faces immediately faded, and their expressions became a bit colder.

"As a Saintess Candidate, Biyan'er, like the other Saintess Candidates, is busy gathering teammates for the Saintess Position Competition."

"Whether she is currently within the clan, we do not know."

Noticing the cold expressions on the two people's faces, Wang Jianqiang frowned inwardly.

It seems that Biyan'er is truly quite unwelcome here in the Jade Clam Clan.

No...

To be precise, it should be that her entire lineage is not very welcome.

After coming back to his senses, he waved his palm, and two Jade Bottles appeared in front of the two of them.

The two were startled, "What does this mean, Daoist Friend?"

Wang Jianqiang smiled, "Nothing, I just feel a connection with the two sisters, and I happen to have some Pills on me that can help Cultivators in the Void Refinement Stage with their cultivation."

"I have no use for them for the time being, so I will give them to the two sisters."

The two women's expressions shifted.

Each grabbed the Jade Bottle in front of them, examined them carefully for a moment, and simultaneously revealed looks of surprise and joy.

It was actually a Seventh-tier pill!

This level of Pill is extremely precious; usually, even those clansmen at the Void Refinement Late Stage and Void Refinement Perfection Stage rarely have the opportunity to enjoy them.

As for the two of them, they were merely Cultivators at the Dongxu Initial Stage.

Since breaking through to the Void Refinement Stage, they had never enjoyed a Pill of this level.

Now that they had suddenly received one, they were naturally incomparably delighted.

"Are these Pills really being given to us?"

The two gripped the Pills in their hands tightly and looked at Wang Jianqiang with some uncertainty.

This was a Seventh-Grade Low-Level Pill!

Wang Jianqiang smiled faintly, "I, Tianyu, have always been a man of my word. Since I have already said I would give them to the two sisters, I naturally will not go back on my word."

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's confirmation, the joy on the two women's faces could no longer be suppressed.

As if they had obtained a great treasure, they carefully put away the Jade Bottles in their hands.

Afterwards, when they looked at Wang Jianqiang again.

The coldness that had arisen because of Biyan'er had completely vanished, replaced by smiles that were far more enthusiastic than at the beginning.

"Many thanks, Daoist Friend Tianyu."

Wang Jianqiang waved his hand with a chuckle, "You may not understand my character, Tianyu."

"I, Tianyu, have always valued loyalty and righteousness; gifting friends some treasures is just a very normal thing, so the two Fairies need not be too polite."

Upon hearing this, the two women's eyes immediately lit up.

They looked at Wang Jianqiang with faces full of admiration, "In this day and age, there are not many Cultivators left who are as loyal and righteous as Daoist Friend Tianyu."

Speaking of this, a flash of hesitation crossed their faces, and then they looked at Wang Jianqiang with some anticipation, "We have always admired people who value loyalty and righteousness like you, Daoist Friend. I wonder if we could be friends with Daoist Friend Tianyu?"