She had naturally sensed Lin Yun’s realm the moment she arrived.
Zi Tong clearly remembered that when Lin Yun saved her in Heart City, he was only at the Heaven-Piercing Realm.
“By the way, you must have come to the elf territory looking for me because something important came up, right?” Zi Tong asked.
“I want to use this jade pendant to repay the favour from back then. I need your help with something. I could only come to you, because only you can help me,” Lin Yun said earnestly.
“What is it? You saved my life. I told you long ago that I would repay you. Now that you have found me, as long as it is within my power, I will do everything I can,” Zi Tong replied.
“I have a human friend who insulted the elf race while being hunted, so she was captured and imprisoned by the elves. I want you, Zi Tong, to help me rescue her,” Lin Yun explained.
“Is her name An Yun?” Zi Tong asked.
“Yes! You know about her?” Lin Yun pressed eagerly.
“I heard about the incident before. Her strength is apparently quite high. It took apex experts to capture her in the end. As far as I know, she is currently being held inside Heavenly Sacred City,” Zi Tong said.
“Then… can you help me get her out?” Lin Yun looked at her with hopeful eyes.
“That might be a little difficult. The elf race deeply resents humans. It is rare for us to capture a powerful human, so they will never release her easily. Moreover, if I step in to save her, my fourth uncle’s faction will definitely seize the chance to make trouble. Still, rest assured, I will do everything in my power to help you!” Zi Tong promised.
“Thank you so much,” Lin Yun said at once, expressing his gratitude.
“You saved my life. Something like this is nothing,” Zi Tong answered with a smile.
She smiled again and continued, “You really are something, though. Risking your life and barging into elf territory alone just for her. If she knew, she would be deeply touched. By the way, is she your dao companion? Is that why you would take such a risk for her?”
Zi Tong fully understood how much danger and courage it took for a human like Lin Yun to come alone to elf territory.
Lin Yun shook his head and explained, “She is not my dao companion. We are just friends. She protected me in the past, so now that she is imprisoned, I have to come and save her!”
“For a mere friend, you would risk so much? That makes me admire you even more. I never expected that among humans there would be someone as loyal and righteous as you. This An Yun must have accumulated eight lifetimes of good fortune to have a friend like you,” Zi Tong said, giving Lin Yun a sincere thumbs-up, her face full of admiration.
Lin Yun smiled calmly. “I just follow my heart. Besides, I do tend to take risks that others wouldn’t dare. Back in Heart City, I dared to snatch you right from under the nose of Young Master Wu. If I had lacked the guts and feared him, you would have been bought by that Young Master Wu.”
At that time, Lin Yun had only been at the Heaven-Piercing Realm. How could he compare with the Wu clan? Yet he had not flinched.
Zi Tong had naturally been aware of that too.
“You really do have guts. But with your current realm, you no longer need to fear the Wu clan anyway,” Zi Tong said with a laugh.
“Of course,” Lin Yun nodded.
“By the way, do I still resemble the girl you spoke of back then?” Zi Tong asked seriously, gazing at Lin Yun.
When Lin Yun had saved her in Heart City, Zi Tong had been very young, barely twenty-something years old.
Now, after one or two thousand years, she had grown up. Her appearance had changed slightly, becoming even more beautiful and refined, losing some of her childishness and gaining maturity.
“You still remember that? Yes, you still look quite like her,” Lin Yun said, looking at Zi Tong’s stunning face.
“Come on, Lin Yun. Follow me to Heavenly Sacred City first. I will do absolutely everything I can to help you rescue her!”
With that, Zi Tong led Lin Yun straight towards the distant Heavenly Sacred City.
They were still on the outskirts. Though the city’s outline was faintly visible from afar, several hundred li still separated them from it.
Under high-speed flight, the silhouette of Heavenly Sacred City rapidly grew closer.
“Lin Yun, I am furious that Cang Chen set a trap to kill you, but there is little I can do to punish him. After all, he is an apex expert from my fourth uncle’s faction. The elf race would never discipline one of its own apex experts over a human. The most I can do is stop him and scold him,” Zi Tong explained.
