Even though Ming Jiang had told the two of them that Xu Tianran would be killed within the next year, that a great war would inevitably erupt in Radiant City, and that they might even be dragged into it and face mortal danger.
Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen still could not leave.
The reason was simple: Kong Deming was a member of the imperial family!
As a member of the imperial family, the pinnacle of the current Soul Engineer world, and the continent's number one Soul Engineer, he could not possibly leave.
Even though Xu Tianran's condition over the past few years had been very abnormal, Xu Tianran was still the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire!
Under such circumstances, as a member of the imperial family, there was no way he could leave.
Jing Hongchen, on the other hand, did want to leave. In every respect, his relationship with Xu Tianran was not actually that close. Otherwise, Xu Tianran would not have distrusted him so deeply.
Yet it was precisely because of Xu Tianran's distrust that he, the master of Bright Virtue Hall, could not leave Radiant City.
It could be said that Kong Deming was able to leave but chose not to out of a sense of duty and responsibility toward the imperial family, while Jing Hongchen simply could not leave at all.
The moment Jing Hongchen dared to leave, Xu Tianran would dare to declare him a traitor the very next second!
Jing Hongchen was not alone, after all. He had an entire family behind him.
Therefore, even though Ming Jiang had warned them, neither of them could possibly leave Radiant City.
In fact, not only would they not leave Radiant City, they would enter the palace and report this news to Xu Tianran!
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