Lin Feng said, "This isn’t the place to talk, come with me."

Sun Xitong bit her lip, gave a brief order to the mercenaries around her, and then followed Lin Feng towards the distance.

Many mercenaries were buzzing with speculation, wondering about the nature of the relationship between Lin Feng and their leader.

Because no matter how one looked at it, it seemed there were some hidden events between these two.

In a dense forest, Lin Feng stopped. He took out an elixir and handed it to Sun Xitong.

Sun Xitong gently turned her head away, not taking the elixir from Lin Feng.

Though she might no longer hold resentment towards Lin Feng.

But after all, Lin Feng was the man who had taken her first time.

So, when facing Lin Feng, Sun Xitong still acted a bit reserved.

Lin Feng reached out and pried open Sun Xitong’s mouth, pushing the elixir in, saying, "You’re injured. If you don’t take the elixir, the injury will only worsen."

"I’m not your anything, why do you care?" Sun Xitong pushed Lin Feng away and said.

But she finally didn’t let Lin Feng’s good intentions go to waste and swallowed the elixir.

Lin Feng said, "In any case, we were once in an open relationship, isn’t it normal for me to care about you?"

Hearing Lin Feng speak so bluntly.

Sun Xitong was furious, angry, and ashamed.

She drew a short blade and glared fiercely at Lin Feng, "Do you still remember what happened years ago? Do you know I always wanted to kill you."

The short blade in her hand pressed against Lin Feng’s neck, but Lin Feng didn’t dodge. Instead, he said, "I don’t believe you. I haven’t felt any killing intent from you." 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Sun Xitong gritted her teeth and said, "Don’t think I really don’t dare to kill you?"

Lin Feng took the short blade from Sun Xitong’s hand with his right hand and casually tossed it to the ground, then wrapped an arm around Sun Xitong’s slender waist.

"You bastard, let go of me..." Sun Xitong immediately started to struggle.

"Old lovers meeting, why resort to violence? I think we should get closer," Lin Feng said with a smile.

"Who’s an old lover with you? You shameless thing," Sun Xitong said through clenched teeth.

"Who else but you?" Lin Feng smiled at Sun Xitong.

Sun Xitong glared at Lin Feng and said, "If you don’t let go, I’ll kill you."

Lin Feng gently stroked Sun Xitong’s hair and face, sighed, and said, "You’ve had a rough time all these years, haven’t you?"

Hearing Lin Feng’s concerned words, Sun Xitong’s struggle weakened significantly.

Indeed, she had endured too much over the years.

Fellow disciples, elders, friends, family, they had all died.

Leaving only her.

And, she was a beautiful female cultivator.

A beautiful female cultivator surviving alone was even harder.

"You don’t need to worry about my matters." Sun Xitong turned her face away.

Lin Feng said, "Of course I should worry about your matters!"

"I’m not anything of yours. You have no right to worry." Sun Xitong tried to push Lin Feng away.

But she couldn’t push Lin Feng away.

Perhaps Sun Xitong didn’t really want to leave this reliable embrace.

Just like before.

When facing the Nine-headed Flame Giant Python, Sun Xitong had no one to rely on and could only depend on herself, but many times, there were things she, as a woman, simply couldn’t bear.

And Lin Feng appeared in time, saving her, protecting her, and even killing the Nine-headed Flame Giant Python. Then he cared for her and forcefully fed her healing pills. Perhaps this is a kind of reliance?

"You’re my woman, isn’t that enough?" Lin Feng said.

"Who is your woman? Did I agree?" Sun Xitong huffed softly, but her heart felt sweet.

"Of course, it’s you!"

Lin Feng dominantly pulled Sun Xitong into his arms, seeming to want to merge her into his own body.

Sun Xitong symbolically pushed Lin Feng twice, then leaned against Lin Feng’s chest.

"What is your name?" Sun Xitong asked softly.

"Lin Feng."

...

Sun Xitong felt incredibly happy inside, did she have a man now?

And a man she could rely on.

But soon, Sun Xitong felt the name was very familiar.

She suddenly recalled that a few years ago, the leader of the East Sea Cultivator Army, who became famous across the Heavenly Martial Continent, also seemed to be called "Lin Feng."

"Lin Feng... Two years ago, when the East Sea Cultivator Army battled the Demon Slave Army, the leader of the East Sea Cultivator Army was also named Lin Feng. But it’s said he perished with the Heavenly Demon, so why are you also called Lin Feng?" Sun Xitong wondered, but she didn’t connect Lin Feng to the leader of the East Sea Cultivator Army.

Firstly, the news of the East Sea Cultivator Army leader "Lin Feng" falling was known by everyone in the Heavenly Martial Continent.

Secondly, the leader of the East Sea Cultivator Army, Lin Feng, was someone capable of opposing gods.

While her own man Lin Feng, though skilled, was still very young—in fact, younger than her. The distance to being a god was like night and day.

No matter how you link it, it’s impossible to think of the two "Lin Feng"s as the same person.

Sun Xitong then said, "There are many people in this world with the same name. Wasn’t my question just now foolish?"

Lin Feng took Sun Xitong’s delicate hand and pulled her close. He gently rubbed her beautifully carved face, then kissed her forehead, saying, "Your question wasn’t foolish. Your man is much more powerful than you imagine."

Sun Xitong blushed and nodded.

"Let’s go back and see if your subordinates have cleaned up the battlefield?" Lin Feng said.

"Ah, it’s all your fault... wasting so much time," Sun Xitong bit her lip, her pretty face almost turning red enough to bleed.

A man and a woman gone for such a long time.

What they were doing was easy to guess.

"Now the authority I’ve built in front of them will collapse instantly," Sun Xitong said, biting her lip.

"Isn’t it normal for men and women to fall in love? Your authority was earned by risking your life to protect them. How could they lose respect for you just because you have a man? There’s no need to be so insecure." Lin Feng said.

Sun Xitong felt much more confident.

The two of them walked towards where the mercenary group was stationed and from afar saw that over a thousand mercenaries had surrounded Sun Xitong’s men, and it seemed a conflict had erupted.

"Trying to kill and rob?" Lin Feng raised an eyebrow slightly.

Acts of killing and robbing were far too common. The Nine-headed Flame Giant Python was extremely valuable, and with only about three hundred of Sun Xitong’s men left, many of whom were injured, and faced with thousands of opponents, it was all too normal for them to harbor the intention of killing and plundering upon seeing the Nine-headed Flame Giant Python.