The Escort!

[The wounded man: "Sect Leader Ma, Brother Shen, I am about to die. This child can only be entrusted to you... Please be sure to send him to Vermilion Purple Star. Once there... he will be safe..."]

[Shen Yifeng: "Mr. Xun! Mr. Xun, hold on! Here are some healing Pill, refined by our sect's Sixth Elder. They have extraordinary effects; you will surely be saved!"]

[The injured man: "Don't waste resources. It's not easy for you to have developed to this point... I was injured by Divine Ability. The Divine Power penetrated my body, and ordinary Pill can hardly cure me..."]

[Ma Bang: "Mr. Xun, the other brothers..."]

[The wounded man: "They're all dead, I can only rely on you... I know it's difficult... I can only trust your character and the oath you took when you joined..."]

[From the footage transmitted back by the Myriad Ghosts Going to Market.]

[You see Mr. Xun, in his final moments, looking with a kind smile at the boy in his arms, who was not yet three years old.]

[Then, she cupped the boy in both hands and handed him to Shen Yifeng.]

[This delivery exhausted all his strength.]

The man lunged forward and collapsed into a pool of blood, motionless.

[The Myriad Souls Banner tells you that Mr. Xun's soul has faded into a thin wisp; it dissipated at the moment of his death and cannot be retrieved.]

"Mr. Xun! Mr. Xun!"

[Shen Yifeng and Ma Bang lay prostrate on Mr. Xun's body, looking extremely grief-stricken.]

[Then, Ma Bang stood up, snatched the boy from Shen Yifeng's arms, and knelt down.]

"Master! I will repay your kindness in Ma Bang next life. I will take care of this matter!"

Shen Yifeng firmly shook his head.

["No! Now that all the higher-ups have sacrificed themselves, I am the person in charge. You can only obey my orders! Let me go!"]

"No! I'll go!"

"Holy crap!"

"Holy crap!"

[The two were arguing when you suddenly spoke up.]

"Should I go?"

[The two turn to look at you. You stand at the cellar entrance, arms crossed, back against the wall, moonlight illuminating half of your face.]

Seeing you approach, Shen and Ma were a little flustered.

"I heard everything."

[Ma Bang was surprised.]

"You heard that? You know we're from the Kindling Society?"

["Oh, I'm only finding this out now. Tell me, what's going on here? And what is the Kindling Society?"]

Seeing that he couldn't hide it from you any longer, Shen Yifeng had no choice but to confess the truth.

[You learned this from him.]

In this vast universe, Human Race's situation is precarious; only a few High Antiquity clans with long histories are able to live and cultivate normally.

[In all other places, there is an unspoken agreement among the Alien Race Human Race geniuses from growing up.]

[They will use various methods and reasons, or even without any pretext, to directly check the cultivation aptitude of newborns.]

[If they discover someone with high qualifications, they will find various reasons, or even no excuses, to eliminate them outright.]

[You're familiar with this.]

[Fortune Star is an extreme example of this model.]

[The situation is slightly better on Blaze Star; at least those with lower aptitude can still make a living and have relative freedom.]

[But indeed, you won't see Human Race with good aptitude.]

[Otherwise, the Firewood Sect wouldn't be the most powerful Human Race sect here.]

"I know you want to ask, why is this happening?"

it is a pity.

That was a very long time ago.

Even distant Alien Race don't know why they suppress Human Race, and we Human Race don't know why we are being treated this way.

Everything seems to have been this way since ancient times."

["The Kindling Society be..."]

"Where there is oppression, there will naturally be resistance. But our Human Race has always been weak. If we want to confront so many Alien Race head-on, it would be giving them a legitimate reason to annihilate us all."

Thus, the Kindling Society established.

The goal of the Kindling Society is to protect the geniuses among Human Race from the ravages of Alien Race, and to help them grow up and embark on the path of cultivation.

We pin our hopes on the future, that our Human Race will once again produce a Heavenly Emperor- level powerhouse, and reverse the situation where the Human Race is oppressed by all other races!

The Kindling Society is an underground organization; we have no visible bases and rely entirely on single-line communication.

But the Kindling Society is vast, spanning the universe; wherever there Human Race, there are members of the Kindling Society!

[Ma Bang sighs.]

["Actually, according to the rules of the Kindling Society, anyone who knows our identities must either join the Kindling Society or..."]

[You know what Ma Bang meant, and you also know they can't and won't do anything to you.]

"So this child is a genius? How did you figure that out? He's so young. As far as I know, you can't detect Immortal Root when they're too young, because it hasn't fully developed yet."

Shen Yifeng didn't say much, but simply pried open the sleeping child's chubby little hands, which were clenched into fists.

["Bass!!"]

[In an instant, golden light illuminated the entire cellar.]

[In the child's palm, there is the word "sun" on the left hand and the word "moon" on the right hand!]

"A rare natural phenomenon!"

[You've heard of this kind of person back in the Human World.]

[That's a genius among geniuses, a prodigy among prodigies!]

Their talent was so great that it couldn't be concealed, leading to various unusual phenomena appearing on their bodies.

[This kind of person not only has high Immortal Root, but they also likely possess Special physique, a special soul, and a top-tier combination of luck!]

"If this child grows up smoothly, he will definitely be extraordinary!"

Shen Yifeng nodded.

"So, even if it costs me my life, I will deliver him to Vermilion Purple Star! Passing on the torch and protecting the Bloodline was the oath I took when I joined the Kindling Society!"

"Why Vermilion Purple Star? Aren't the Human Race there suppressed?"

"Mr. Xun didn't have time to explain; he only left us this."

Shen Yifeng unfolds a slip of paper; on it is a poem.

["What's this?"]

["The poem contains the contact person, time, place, and code word on the planet Vermilion Purple Star. My mission is complete once I deliver the child to the contact person."]

You glanced at the poem.

["As the first signs of autumn appear on Dongting, the Xiao Yue shines over the ancient ferry. If you ask what's in my bag, half a boat of bright moonlight, half a boat of seagulls."]

[I can't figure out what it is at a glance; it might be a riddle or something.]

"Senior Shen, you should know that Human Race are not allowed to enter the Star Harbor of Blaze Star, right?"

"Of course I know."

"So, how do you plan to take this child with you?"

Shen Yifeng gave a wry smile.

"There's only one chance."

"Then everything that Firewood Sect has worked so hard for so far will be in vain."

"I will not implicate my disciples. Tomorrow I will disfigure myself, take this child, and flee to a distant land. When the time is right, I will storm the Star Harbor and use the Star Boat on this child to escape!"

[You noticed that the toddler was indeed wearing a Star Boat around his neck (Star Boat can be freely resized).]

"Senior, your plan is tantamount to suicide."

"I'm old, what do I fear in death? I only regret that I cannot complete my mission!"

[Moonlight streamed into the cellar, casting a halo around you, and every word you uttered resounded.]

"The only one who can take this child away from Blaze Star is me!"