The atmosphere in the training room had grown somewhat heavy.
Even Lei Hao and Ye Bai, who were usually anything but serious around Su Ming, had fallen silent, as if their feelings were complicated.
Su Ming looked at everyone's reactions and smiled bitterly inwardly.
"Come on, don't look like we're about to part forever." Su Ming shrugged. "It's just graduation. It's not like we'll never see each other again."
Su Ming did not know how those words sounded to the others, but he himself felt the bitterness in his heart deepen.
Only he knew that although this was not truly a parting forever, once he left Longyao City for Tianfeng City, it might not be easy for everyone to meet again.
The distance between Base Cities was ultimately still too great.
Not in terms of physical distance, but in terms of how difficult it was to travel between them.
As long as the Phantom Demon had not left the mortal world and the wilderness danger zones had not returned to human hands, there would always be distance between Base Cities, along with difficulties in traveling between them.
Even Su Ming could not guarantee when he would return to Longyao City next.
Therefore, it was not only his group of friends he had to properly bid farewell to. He also had to say a proper goodbye to his parents and relatives living in the key protected zone.
Perhaps this farewell really could turn into a parting forever. That was not impossible.
Of course, Su Ming did not say any of this aloud.
He did not want his friends to know just how dangerous a thing he was about to do.
That was what he said, but the others were not fools. Even if they did not know about Su Ming going