Chapter 144: Master, I Can't Hear You

The starships, pushed to their absolute limits, seemed to emit a series of mournful groans.

"Third Junior Brother, any more and the starships are going to fall apart."

"Don't worry, Senior Brother, I know what I'm doing. There are only a few thousand miles left; we'll be there in a moment."

"This isn't about whether it's a moment or not, the starships..."

"Rest assured, Senior Brother, I'm very fast. Just bear with it for a little longer."

He showed no intention of slowing down, continuing to push for even more speed.

Meanwhile, at the Near-Sea Camp, the endless coastline was shrouded by a massive array formation. More than a dozen female disciples from the Jade Maiden Peak walked out from within the array.

The senior sister leading them complained, "Eldest Senior Sister is really something. Didn't the Divine Jianfeng only set off this morning? Why make us come out and wait now? Even with starships, they shouldn't arrive until tomorrow at the earliest."

"Who knows? Maybe Eldest Senior Sister misses Senior Brother Zhao."

"That's possible. After all, it's been a year since they last saw each other."

These female disciples were specifically there to welcome the Divine Jianfeng disciples. Since they knew it was impossible for them to arrive today, they weren't in a hurry and began joking with one another.

However, just as the girls were laughing and playing, three starships suddenly streaked across the horizon like meteors.

"Look, is that our Dao One Sect's starship?"

"It looks like it, but how did they get here so fast?"

"That shouldn't be possible."

They set off this morning and arrived by dusk? This speed was a bit too exaggerated.

Before the girls could even react, the three starships landed with extreme arrogance right outside the array formation—or rather, "crashed" would be a more accurate description.

The deafening boom and the thick clouds of dust that rose up left the Jade Maiden Peak disciples completely stunned.

They didn't even know starships could be piloted like that.

Before they could recover, a furious roar came from the distance behind, carrying a violent spiritual power that made their hearts tremble.

"Rebellious disciples, stand still! You won't get away!"

What was going on? The Jade Maiden Peak disciples were completely bewildered by this sudden turn of events.

Then, they saw Divine Jianfeng disciples jumping off the starships one after another. Thankfully, they were indeed Divine Jianfeng disciples; the people were correct.

"Um..."

Just as they wanted to step forward and speak, they ran into Ye Changqing, Facing Liu Shuang, and the others. Not daring to stop, Xu Jie grabbed the hand of one of the Jade Maiden Peak disciples.

"No time to explain, get into the array formation first!"

It was just as he had guessed; Master really had chased after them. If he hadn't pushed the starships to their limit and burned through spirit stones without regard for the cost, they would have truly been intercepted.

Under the confused gazes of the Jade Maiden Peak disciples, they were dragged directly into the array.

When Hong Zun saw this scene, his eyes widened, and when he saw Ye Changqing enter the array, he completely lost his composure.

"Rebellious disciples, stop right there! Stop!"

Unfortunately, no one paid him any mind. Facing Liu Shuang pulled Ye Changqing and slipped into the array in a flash.

By the time Hong Zun arrived, all the disciples had already entered the array.

Separated by the array, although he could see the disciples and hear their voices, Hong Zun simply could not get in.

It made him incredibly anxious.

He stared fixedly at the core disciples led by Zhao Zhengping, his eyes bloodshot and veins bulging on his forehead.

"Rebellious disciples, get out here right now!"

"Master, why must you be like this?" Zhao Zhengping replied.

"Enough nonsense, all of you, get out here!"

"Master, please forgive your disciple, but I cannot comply."

Zhao Zhengping remained unmoved. Hong Zun turned his gaze toward Facing Liu Shuang, who was holding onto Ye Changqing.

"Rebellious disciple, come out!"

Facing Liu Shuang, however, kept her head down, silent and motionless, showing no intention of coming out.

Not long after, Qing Shi arrived and roared furiously.

Facing Liu Shuang lowered her head, silent, not answering, but also had no intention of coming out.

Not long after, Qingshi arrived and roared angrily.