Over in Tianrun City.
Lin Bingchun looked at Chen Ze with a puzzled expression and could not help asking, "Fellow Daoist, Xiao Feng is such a good-hearted child. Since you are willing to teach him, why not simply take him as your disciple?"
"General Lin, I was never from this world, nor could I remain in this world forever. Perhaps one day, I might suddenly leave.
This child had already suffered too many disappointments and hardships, yet he could still preserve such a pure heart. That was truly rare.
I really did not want to suddenly leave one day and plunge him into disappointment and pain once more.
Things were quite good as they were. I only hoped he would always hold hope for this world!"
Lin Bingchun looked at Chen Ze without quite understanding. He assumed that Chen Ze's claim of not belonging to this world meant Chen Ze could ascend to the Immortal Realm at any time.
In his eyes, Chen Ze was the person most likely to ascend and become an immortal.
"Enough of that." Chen Ze spoke calmly. "General Lin, based on what Xiao Feng said, do you think those people could be from Xuantian Hall?"
Lin Bingchun furrowed his brow slightly, pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "The 'Hall Master' those people mentioned is indeed how Xuantian Hall members address their upper ranks.
But based on that alone, we cannot completely confirm that Xuantian Hall was behind this. We still need further investigation."
Chen Ze nodded slightly and thought for a while before saying, "Let us inspect the area outside the city again. Even if they planned this operation in advance, they could not have made it completely seamless. They were bound to have left some traces behind."
"That is indeed possible." Lin Bingchun