"Girl, stay here. Don’t go anywhere. If there’s a chance, we’ll definitely come to find you. If you agree, we’ll send someone to take you away!"

The handsome man teared up.

He’s also reluctant to leave her. But the Bright Sect has found this place. If they don’t lead the Bright Church’s people away,

even her life might be in danger. Besides, taking her with them now doesn’t seem realistic.

Both of them are struggling to protect themselves.

"Listen to what Master Aowu said. Stay here. When there’s a chance, Master Aowu will definitely take you away."

The handsome man gently stroked the woman’s head with his palm. His eyes were red. Though he wasn’t human, his emotions were richer than humans.

Departure is always so poignant. So Lin Zifeng said nothing, keeping everything in his heart. He took the dried fish she handed over and then boarded the boats on the sea to leave.

"Yi ya, yi ya!"

Every time Lin Zifeng walked a bit further, the woman followed him with red eyes.

This made the handsome man, who already felt reluctant, even more unwilling to leave.

"Woo hoo~ Immortal my foot. Master Aowu is reluctant to part with her. Just leaving like this makes me really uncomfortable."

Not that his heart doesn’t ache. Lin Zifeng’s heart felt heavy too, but he forced himself not to show it.

Opening his mouth would only make the woman more upset and unwilling. This is the Western domain, ruled by the Bright Church. He couldn’t stay here too long. It would harm her otherwise.

Watching from afar as Lin Zifeng and the handsome man quickly left on a boat, Shika’s heart felt like it was being cut with a knife for the first time.

Only when Lin Zifeng and his company’s boat gradually sailed away did Shika’s eyes finally reveal two rounds of fiery brilliance.

"Damn it!"

Suddenly! Her pink fists clenched, teeth gritted, and she let out a long howl to the sky. An invisible force spreading around her quickly extended in all directions, enclosing a hundred-meter radius within her domain, causing layers of air waves to erupt.

......

On the boat, Lin Zifeng and the handsome man steered only one vessel. A landmark nautical map was on it. Lin Zifeng intended to navigate slowly forward using these coordinates.

"Lin, I’m still feeling uncomfortable." The handsome man sat beside him, sniffling and crying, looking quite cowardly.

"Look at your miserable state~ Can you have some dignity?" Lin Zifeng laughed and scolded.

He understood the reluctance of the handsome man and the woman, but they had no choice but to leave the island now. Staying longer would only harm the woman. It’s better to leave first.

"Damn it. She cared for us for so long, are you made of iron? Don’t you have any reluctance?" The handsome man cursed angrily. He hated Lin Zifeng’s heartless attitude.

"..." Lin Zifeng turned his head and glanced at him, not bothering to respond.

Focusing entirely on navigating the boat.

Quickly, the direction they were headed neared a Western Church dock.

In the darkness, when within twenty nautical miles of the Bright Sect, they abandoned the boat and swam to the dock to avoid being detected.

The handsome man initially planned to leave under cover of darkness, but Lin Zifeng didn’t want to go. This was the Bright Sect’s maritime dock and their trading hub.

If the Bright Church’s maritime trading dock could be destroyed here and chaos ensued within Bright Sect, he wanted to see what the Bright Sect was like.

"Kid, are you crazy!"

Hearing Lin Zifeng’s insane plan frightened the handsome man, causing him to blink repeatedly.

"Without madness or demon, one cannot live. We rarely come here once, do you plan to leave empty-handed?" Lin Zifeng smiled slightly, slightly raising his handsome lips.

"Mad, mad. You’re mad. If we’re discovered, we wouldn’t even have a chance to live. Kid, you better think clearly!"

"I’ve thought it through."

In the wilderness, there were two outcomes escaping the Bright Pope’s hands.

The Pope let them go, otherwise, with his great power, killing them would be easy.

The other option is a power comparable to the Pope saved them, though Lin Zifeng didn’t know who that was, he’s gambling.

Causing trouble within the Bright Sect would definitely ensure that power appears.

Frankly, Lin Zifeng believed someone rescued him from the Pope’s hand on the deserted land, likely his father!

So, he was challenging the Bright Sect, partly to lure that person out!

But he miscalculated. Actually, the Pope never intended to kill them; the rescuer was also the Pope.

"Mad, mad. You’re mad, kid. I’m forced to risk my life accompanying your madness."

"You have no choice." As they spoke, they’d infiltrated the dock trading hall. Lin Zifeng aimed first to destroy this trade dock, lighting a big fire under the night sky.

He and the handsome man slipped away toward the Bright Church, killed one person, and disguised himself in knight armor, unnoticed.

"Unbelievable. You get to wear knight armor; what about me? I can’t wear it!" Seeing Lin Zifeng in knight armor, the handsome man could only watch without wearing it, feeling as upset as a herd of grass mud horses racing through his heart.

"You don’t need to wear anything. Just act as my mount." Lin Zifeng grinned, hopping onto the handsome man’s broad back.

"Damn! You’re really riding me, kid!" The handsome man hesitated; being ridden wasn’t a pleasant feeling.

"Do you expect me to stand on your back?" Lin Zifeng shrugged nonchalantly, sitting on the handsome man’s back as a favor.

"Dammit. You take advantage of me this time, but I’ll make you repay it later." The handsome man gritted his teeth. In his life, he hated being used as a mount. The feeling was unpleasant.

Once the dock was engulfed in flames, Bright Church fell into chaos. This result thrilled Lin Zifeng.

Chaos meant nothing to him. With the night cover, their goal was infiltrating the Bright Church without detection.

(Initially, I planned to update before 5 a.m. so everyone could read in the morning, but no one approved, demanding night updates. Do you all wait until late at night?)

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