The group embraced the bluefish as they boarded the flying boat.
As she passed by Lin Jingge, Qingyu raised her chin and deliberately slowed her pace.
Lin Jingge pursed her lips, but her expression remained unchanged.
What's so special about this airship? She's a mecha builder herself. With enough materials, an airship is a piece of cake. Besides, this airship doesn't look as good as those people are praising it to be.
Qingyu thought she could see envy and jealousy on Lin Jingge's face, but to her surprise, Lin Jingge remained expressionless and unmoved, just like usual.
She had just been smugly flattered by several people, making her giggle and cover her mouth, but now she was no longer happy.
She gave a soft hum, quickly passed Lin Jingge, and boarded the flying boat with the help of several people.
The man holding an iron rod was standing right next to Lin Jingge, and he could clearly see the changes in Qingyu's expression.
He glanced at Lin Jingge sideways and asked, "What, did you offend her?"
"Huh?" The sudden voice in her ear made Lin Jingge subconsciously turn her head to look, and she saw a man who was much taller than her.
"My name is Xu Yan, nice to meet you." The man greeted Lin Jingge when she looked over.
If the other party hadn't softened his tone, Lin Jingge would have thought Xu Yan was dissatisfied with her given his stern face.
"Senior Brother Xu." Lin Jingge smiled and nodded at him, then introduced herself: "Lin Jingge."
Although Lin Jingge didn't know why the other person had changed so much, and couldn't understand why Xu Yan would take the initiative to greet him, he figured it was a good thing to get to know more people, so he didn't think too much about it.
What she didn't notice was that Xu Yan's gaze towards Qingyu's back was somewhat ambiguous.
The group squeezed into the small flying boat. To avoid being pushed by Qingyu again, Lin Jingge consciously kept her distance from Qingyu this time. She stood in the corner and watched Qingyu fawn over Lu Huaizhou.
Feeling somewhat bored, he was about to turn his head to look at the scenery to his right when he caught sight of Xu Yan sitting cross-legged in another corner.
Xu Yan kept his eyes away and leaned against the side of the boat.
It looks like he's practicing cultivation.
No wonder they have such a high level of cultivation; they practice whenever they have time. It's rare to see someone so dedicated these days.
Lin Jingge thought with a sigh, then sat down against the wall.
With the flying boat, aside from spending some spirit stones, it's quite efficient.
In the evening, they arrived near Liujia Village.
The airship landed on a flat area, flattening some grass and bushes around it.
All ten people jumped off the flying boat.
Lin Jingge took two steps forward, and just as she was about to use her divine sense to explore her surroundings, she was stopped by Qingyu.
Qingyu walked towards Lin Jingge and then opened her right hand towards her.
"What?" Lin Jingge asked, puzzled, her gaze shifting from the other person's right hand, which was outstretched in front of her, to the other person's face.
"Of course, you should pay with spirit stones. You've taken the flying boat, so you have to bear the cost of the spirit stones it consumes," Qingyu said.
She wasn't short of spirit stones; she just wanted to use them to annoy Lin Jingge.
"How much should I give you?" Lin Jingge didn't ask why the others weren't giving her anything, but directly asked about the price.
She looked directly at Qingyu, meeting her gaze.
His dark pupils seemed to be able to see right through people's hearts.
Qingyu felt a tightness in her chest, a sense of embarrassment at being seen through by Lin Jingge.
"Fifty mid-grade spirit stones."
Upon hearing the price, Lin Jingge paid the spirit stones without hesitation.
After Qingyu accepted the gift, she wasn't as happy as she had imagined; instead, she was somewhat displeased.
Everyone's eyes turned to look at them.
"Qingyu, what are you doing?" Lu Huaizhou frowned and walked over in a few steps.
Their gazes fell upon the two of them.
"Senior brothers, you are my close friends, so I certainly don't care about these spirit stones. But she's someone I just met, and she rode on my flying boat, so I definitely have to charge her," Qingyu explained with a smile.
Her words completely separated Lin Jingge from the rest of the team.
Lin Jingge listened without saying anything.
After paying with the spirit stones, she turned and went to the side, beginning to use her divine sense to explore the surrounding area.
Qingyu didn't speak quietly; she heard it clearly.
Lin Jingge found it somewhat uninteresting.
There's no point in forming cliques when you're just out doing a mission. Besides, Lin Jingge felt that she really wasn't one of these people.
After Qingyu finished speaking with a smile, she subconsciously looked at Lin Jingge, but her gaze remained the same as before.
No matter how many methods she used, it was like hitting cotton; they had no effect whatsoever, and the other party seemed completely unconcerned.
The more nonchalant Lin Jingge seemed, the angrier Qingyu became.
What angered her even more was yet to come.
After she finished speaking, Xu Yan counted out fifty spirit stones, put them together, and threw them at the blue fish.
Seeing the large bag of spirit stones being thrown at her, Qingyu hurriedly caught it. Just as she was about to lash out, she looked up and saw that it was Xu Yan. Her displeased expression instantly changed.
"Senior Brother Xu, what's wrong with you...?"
"This is the payment I made to you." Xu Yan, still holding his iron rod, maintained a stern expression.
Qingyu's smile froze: "Senior Brother Xu, we've known each other for so long, we're friends, no need, you can take it back."
Xu Yan is the most powerful person among them. Qingyu is too busy trying to curry favor with him to offend him.
The spirit stones must be returned immediately.
However, she had only taken one step when she saw Xu Yan heading towards Lin Jingge.
Qingyu's smile froze, clearly puzzled as to when she had offended the other party.
"Did you find anything?" Xu Yan noticed Lin Jingge as soon as he got off the boat. Seeing that her first reaction was to use her divine sense to investigate, he had a better impression of her.
Lin Jingge shook her head: "Over there, it seems like there's something that can block divine sense. I probed it with my divine sense, but I didn't see anything."
Something was very wrong.
Xu Yan frowned slightly and tried to use his divine sense to investigate as well, but like Lin Jingge, he saw nothing.
"It seems I'll have to go there to find out," he murmured to himself, then turned and walked towards Lu Huaizhou.
I spoke with him for a few minutes.
“Then let’s go into the village first,” Lu Huaizhou decided.
After saying that, he turned to the others and said, "There are many monsters hiding in the village, so everyone must be careful."
"Senior Brother Lu, don't worry. This isn't the first time we've come out with you. We know that."
"Alright, let's set off now."
Right now, the sky is overcast.
When we were in the South Courtyard, the sky was clear and blue, but when we arrived at Liu Family Village, it became overcast and the oppressive atmosphere made it hard to breathe.
Looking at the sky, Lin Jingge had a bad feeling.
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