Chapter 118: Cheap Tricks

When Qi Lian and I walked back out from where we were hiding, Xie Lun and Wen Shiyin gave us two glares in unison. "You two should consider acting a bit more like grownups," Xie Lun said, though there was more amusement than annoyance in his tone.

We didn't linger on the topic. Xie Lun continued showing us around the ship, and the time passed all too quickly. We were done with the last mechanism just as Jade Temple came into view in the distance.

I understood the need for the huge flying ship the moment I saw our destination below us. Unlike Mount Hua, which featured an open layout with scattered halls and fields, Jade Temple had only one building—a giant pagoda at least fifty levels tall, covered in glazed tiles, carved panels, and gemstones. Cultivation sects didn't typically value extravagance, and this extent of extravagance was rare even for the commoner's world. No wonder the Gatekeeper had to show off what Mount Hua was capable of as well.