"Alright, we'll stop here for today, we should head to the academy now,"
"Mommy, is that man...?" Manman looked in Ming Linyuan's direction.
"What man?" Sally followed her gaze.
She saw nothing.
Manman tilted her little head, and the tuft of hair on top swayed accordingly, "He left."
"Hmm," Sally didn't pay it much mind. Perhaps he was a guest at the inn.
...
Sally took Manman to the academy and exchanged a gray Crystal Core for a single use of the Teleportation Array to Primordial Beast Forest.
She had just left,
when Ming Linyuan arrived.
He declared his identity and, with the travel pass from the Beast Emperor, found out where Sally had gone.
He didn't need the Teleportation Array; he teleported directly to Primordial Beast Forest.
The Teleportation Array operator wasn't surprised to see him go without using the array.
This heir of the Ghost Chariot Phoenix Clan had already stepped into the Spirit Realm a few days earlier.