In the end, after Lu Feng appealed to their emotions and reasoned with them, saying, "Without relying on the sect's battle formation, it will be easier to establish our prestige and build momentum," he finally overrode all objections and convinced them.
Although openly revealing Lian Taihe's death would have made it easier to persuade Huang Helou and the others, every additional person who knew of it added another measure of risk to the plan. Lu Feng also harbored a selfish hope in this matter: that he could ease Xiong Erlian's resentment toward the Azure Mountain Sword Sect.
By the time Lu Feng and Artisan Hero left Azure Rock Mountain, dusk was drawing near.
After traveling by roundabout routes, the two finally reached the borders of Profound Gold City before night had fully fallen.
Along the way, Lu Feng did not know whether Artisan Hero was doing it intentionally or not, but he had continually discussed arrays with him, recounting all manner of knowledge related to the Array Puppet Dao.
When they passed QuFu Mountain, Artisan Hero, curious about the marks on the mountain wall Lu Feng had mentioned, went ahead alone. Moreover, he had accepted Lu Feng's invitation, and the matter of setting up QuFu Mountain's grand array required an advance on-site assessment.
With Lin Xiaojin's safety weighing on his mind, Lu Feng did not continue traveling with Artisan Hero.
He went alone to Lin's Soy Milk shop on the outskirts of Profound Gold City.
Yet after knocking repeatedly, no one answered.
"Could they not be open today?"
As Lu Feng pondered this, he quietly activated his Evil-Dispelling Spirit Eyes. Seeing that everything within the shop was as it had been, without any signs of fighting or anything out of place, he felt somewhat reassured and decided to return tomorrow