At last, we had left that little village.
I asked Sister Lin who Feng Zizai really was.
Sister Lin said Feng Zizai was not actually anyone remarkable. The truly remarkable one was his father, Feng Buyu. She said Feng Buyu was likely one of the few people in the Void Realm who had already touched the edge of the rules. There were not many people who had touched the edge of the rules. Feng Buyu counted as one, Yuan Jiang counted as one, and the other was probably Zeng Dajiang.
Only by touching the edge of the rules could one possibly—or rather, have the chance to—become one of the makers of this world's rules and join their ranks.
Of course, Zeng Dajiang did not have such ambitions. What he thought about more was how to leave this world. He was unlike Yuan Jiang. Yuan Jiang's goal was clear: he hoped that one day, he could become the ruler of this world.
His earlier visit to see Zeng Dajiang had likely been for that very purpose.
Unfortunately, Zeng Dajiang had not been at the Heavenly Secrets Hall. He had gone traveling, and neither Little Demon nor Sister Lin knew where he had gone.
Now it seemed that his joining forces with Feng Zizai was naturally meant to establish a connection with Feng Buyu.
Feng Buyu was also someone elusive and mysterious. Sister Lin said she did not know what Feng Buyu had in mind—whether he wanted to leave, or whether, like Yuan Jiang, he wanted to accomplish something in this world.
"Weren't they afraid of being targeted?" I asked.
Sister Lin gave a bitter smile. "Perhaps they believed they already had the strength to challenge the rules. Dajiang once challenged the rules here before. He was the first to be targeted,