Ling Feixian did not dare to be negligent when facing these high-ranking fellow clansmen. Moreover, there was nothing to conceal, so he frankly recounted Han Li's origins.
As a result, within a single night, all the nearby human cultivators learned that Han Li was indeed a human Mahayana powerhouse who had come from the Spirit Realm. They were all extremely excited, and one after another, they changed their minds and wished to board the ship to personally visit Han Li.
However, as soon as these human cultivators approached within a li of the giant ship, they were forcibly blocked by an invisible barrier projected from the vessel. Not daring to force their way through, they could only leave the vicinity of the ship in frustration.
Early the next morning, spiritual light flashed on the distant horizon, and several dazzling rainbow streaks shot forth with a hissing sound.
Han Li, who was meditating in the cabin of the giant ship, sensed this and immediately formed a hand seal, withdrawing the invisible barrier the Sacred Ship had projected. He then strode out of the cabin and walked toward the bow.
The several rainbow streaks arrived above the giant ship in the blink of an eye. Once their light subsided, they revealed several male and female human cultivators.
These cultivators all halted in midair at a distance of over a hundred zhang from the giant ship. Only one among them — a white-robed young woman who looked like a celestial fairy — descended gracefully from the group without a trace of worldly affectation, drifting slowly toward Han Li.
Han Li's gaze sharpened, locking onto the white-robed female cultivator's face. In that moment, no one else in the world existed for him.
In a few flashes, the white-robed young woman appeared before Han Li, close enough to touch. Her beautiful eyes glimmered with crystal light as her delicate lips parted softly:
"Husband, you have finally found your way here. I never once doubted this day would come. It's just that such a long wait... the pain of longing has been truly difficult to endure."
"Wan'er."
Han Li spoke those two words and said nothing more. He simply extended one hand, letting his fingers trace gently across the silk-smooth cheek of the breathtakingly beautiful young woman before him, as if caressing some peerless treasure.
Everything was said without words.
The white-robed young woman was none other than Nangong Wan — Han Li's dual cultivation partner, whom he had searched for over many years and finally met today. She was also the "Fairy Yue" who held immense prestige among the human race of the Small Spirit Heaven.
When all the human cultivators in the distance witnessed this scene, most of them stirred with commotion.
After all, given Nangong Wan's current status as the "strongest among the human race," combined with her unparalleled and otherworldly grace, countless young male cultivators had long regarded her as a goddess in their dreams.
Now, seeing her being so intimate with a male outsider left many of them dumbfounded, their shock mingled with jealousy and resentment.
Only the few human powerhouses who had accompanied Nangong Wan to the sky above the giant ship showed no signs of surprise, though they each wore different expressions as they watched the scene unfold.
In the next instant, the white-robed young woman's figure shifted, and she threw herself into Han Li's arms as though weightless...
Half a day later, in an elegantly furnished bedroom aboard the Sacred Ship, upon a stone bed as white as jade, the white-robed young woman nestled in Han Li's arms with a faint, captivating blush on her face, softly recounting everything she had experienced over these years.
It turned out that after Han Li had entered the spatial tunnel, Nangong Wan had continued to cultivate bitterly for many years before eventually hitting a cultivation bottleneck, her progress completely stalled.
Left with no other choice, she had followed in Han Li's footsteps and entered a spatial node, intending to make her way to the Spirit Realm.
As she slowly reached this point in her story, Nangong Wan let out a soft sigh.