"You said you'd do me a favor, didn't you?" Master Ouyang's voice betrayed a hint of exhaustion.
It was unclear whether this matter had touched a sore spot or whether forging the Demon God Armor for Lin Shuguang earlier had drained too much of his energy.
At one side of the airport, a senior base official and a group of ground crew waited.
Lin Shuguang stood off to one side alone, holding his phone. "Go ahead. What is it?"
"...Help me kill someone." Master Ouyang spoke after a moment of silence.
Lin Shuguang raised an eyebrow and wasted no words. "Identity and location."
Master Ouyang's voice was low. "Fei He. He lives at the Luoxia Sect, twenty kilometers from here. He's their current sect master..."
"When do you want him dead?"
Lin Shuguang's tone was calm, and it actually interrupted the grief of Master Ouyang's recollections for a moment. "Don't you want to know what sort of person I'm asking you to kill? What if he's a good man?"
But Lin Shuguang replied, "Are the standards for good and bad people really that clear in this world?"
Master Ouyang faltered before continuing, "He's an animal. Thirty years ago, he raped a married woman, and I stopped him. Afterward, he slaughtered my entire family. I've wanted revenge ever since..."
Lin Shuguang raised an eyebrow slightly at that. "With your current standing, it shouldn't be hard to ask an expert for help, should it?"
Master Ouyang gave a bitter laugh. "Fei He is a mid-stage Profound Connection Realm expert, after all. Very few people are willing to offend him... Even your governor of Huizhou often urges me to let go of this hatred. But I just can't accept it. My daughter was only two years old, and that animal still went through