The night breeze was slightly cool.
At Contemplation Cliff, Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu sat facing each other, with several empty wine jars beside them.
The sky had just brightened. The blazing sun climbed over the mountaintop, its warm light spilling across the mountain forest. The lush greenery swayed in the wind, warm and pleasant.
"Then would you mind dragging one more person down with you?"
Jiang Xuansu smiled like a flower as she sincerely asked Lin Bai.
Having weathered countless vicissitudes, how could Lin Bai fail to understand what Jiang Xuansu meant? He smiled and asked, "Was this arranged by the sect's ancestors? Or did you truly come to ask me of your own accord?"
When Lin Bai went to Le Province, the sect had sent Jiang Xuansu along with him. At that time, Lin Bai had already guessed that the sect wanted to bring him and Jiang Xuansu together.
Now that Lin Bai had made his position clear and told Qin Yuyan that he intended to leave, Qin Yuyan would naturally report the news to the Elders Council.
With Jiang Xuansu now asking him this question, Lin Bai could not help wondering whether this was the sect's arrangement.
"Actually, there's no need for that at all." Lin Bai chuckled. "The Eternal Devil Sect has stood in the Devil Realm for hundreds of thousands of years. It has weathered countless storms without falling. It isn't something that one or two wars can destroy. As long as the Eternal Devil Sect doesn't make some enormous mistake, the forces surrounding the Eternal Thirteen Provinces won't be able to destroy it either!"
"Besides, the Eternal Devil Sect isn't without successors. Gong Jian and Meng Qi are both utterly loyal to the sect."
"The sect has no need to keep me."
"Even if