"Since that is the case, Zi Yan and I will leave now and leave this place to you." Zhu Kun nodded at once.
Zi Yan stepped forward, looking up at Lin Ming. Her purple-gold dragon eyes were filled with seriousness and resolve.
"Lin Ming, while you are in secluded cultivation, I will watch over the sect. Break through here without worry. On the day you emerge, I want to see a true Dou Di standing before me."
Zi Yan spoke quickly and urgently, her words both a reminder and a command, carrying even a hint of the unquestionable majesty of the Dragon Emperor.
Yet by the end, her voice involuntarily softened, and a thin sheen of tears appeared in her purple-gold eyes.
The inheritance of the Emperor's source naturally carried dangers. Although she had complete faith in Lin Ming, how could she not worry when she was the one who cared about him most?
Lin Ming listened quietly, gazing at Zi Yan with gentle eyes. Only after she had spoken her final word did he nod softly.
At that moment, a familiar smile that put her completely at ease appeared on Lin Ming's lips as he promised, "Don't worry. Nothing in this world capable of keeping me, Lin Ming, has ever existed. I'll leave the sect to you. When I emerge, I will be the first Dou Di in all ages."
Zi Yan nodded forcefully, swiftly wiping the corner of her eye before turning around and walking with Zhu Kun toward the edge of the plaza.
When she reached the Space Passage, she looked back at him once more, as though she wanted to carve his appearance deeply into her heart.
A moment later, she withdrew her gaze and entered the Space Passage with Zhu Kun, their figures vanishing from