"Really?" Li Zhier was startled. She immediately stopped crying and gazed at me tearfully.
I nodded and said, "I saw everything that happened to you. Rather than let you stay here and suffer your father's abuse, you might as well go to Heaven City and seek freedom for your own life. Of course, whatever you do, there will be sacrifices. Choosing to go to Heaven City means sacrificing all the familial ties here. Is there anything you still can't bear to part with? If so, use the time you have left to settle it."
"What could I possibly be unable to part with? My father treated me like this—I've long been dead inside... I wanted to escape this place and see you countless times... but I kept letting false hope deceive me... That won't happen anymore... No matter how awful Third Brother is, he's still family whom I called Third Brother... How am I supposed to face my father in the future? I never want to see him again..." Li Zhier's heart had long since been wounded beyond repair.
I nodded and said, "All this time, Heaven City has treated the policies of Heaven City gently because our bottom line has always been peace in the Southern Heavens, keeping living beings away from large-scale wars. The same applies to the Heavenly Sword Immortal Sect. We've tried our best not to provoke your father, Li Tianjian, and not give him a reason to send out troops, thereby preserving as many lives as possible and preventing the land from being stained with blood. That's why I didn't arrange for you to leave this place. Back then, you must still have been hoping to change things, right?"
Li Zhier nodded too and said, "Father has only grown worse... He'll never come back... Sooner