Madam Shi, Madam Jin Depart

Morning:

Chu Qing said to the solemn Madam Shi, "If you're leaving, take Madam Jin with you!"

Madam Shi frowned. "This trip will be very dangerous!"

"I'm afraid I won't be able to take good care of her!"

Madam Jin possessed the bloodline of an Otherkin.

She might even have already awakened into an Otherkin.

But she was still a woman without the strength to truss a chicken, utterly incapable of protecting herself.

"Dangerous? Could it be more dangerous than staying by my side?"

Chu Qing spoke bluntly. "It's more dangerous here!"

"And you're stronger than I am!"

Madam Shi shook her head. "I'm returning to the Armored Soldier Sect because something has gone wrong with the Lineage."

"Right now, the internal struggle for power within the Armored Soldier Sect is fierce!"

"They fight every day!"

"One careless move... and Madam Jin might die because of me!"

Chu Qing smiled. "If she stays, she'll definitely die!"

Madam Shi said coldly, "Your heart is iron. Would you care whether she lives or dies?"

Chu Qing fell silent.

Outsiders all thought his heart was iron and his hands were blades.

But they had no idea that he, too, had someone he valued.

That person was—Madam Jin.

Back then, without Madam Jin, whether he could have made it this far was still uncertain.

Even if he could have reached his current level, the price he would have needed to pay would definitely have been far greater than it was now.

In a sense:

Madam Jin was the only person he cared about.

It was just that... he had never shown it, so outsiders knew nothing of it.

But there was no need to hide such a thing from Madam Shi.

Madam Shi nodded expressionlessly. "Fine!"

"If you aren't afraid of her dying, I'm