On the eve of his departure.
Hua Yunfei stood at the boundary for a long time.
There was no one behind him, only a small boat—wooden, without a cabin or oars, even cruder than the one Xia Qiuer had ridden.
A moment later, someone came rushing over in a great bustle.
Hua Yunfei turned to look at Wude and smiled. "Is everything taken care of?"
Wude stuffed a ring into Hua Yunfei's palm and patted his chest. "Everything's settled. Don't worry."
Hua Yunfei put away the ring and nodded. "Good. Then I'll be off."
Watching Hua Yunfei leap onto the boat, Wude hesitated to speak. In the end, it became a soft sigh as he waved. "Safe travels."
"I'll borrow your lucky words."
Hua Yunfei smiled and waved back.
The small boat silently drifted into the distance, shrinking bit by bit in Wude's gaze until it vanished without a trace.
"Little handsome bastard, you'd better not die Beyond the Boundary. Otherwise, I'll stake this life to avenge you... though I don't have the strength for it..."
Wude gazed into the distance, praying for Hua Yunfei, filled with reluctance and worry.
In the Thirty-Three Heavens, with the sects around, no matter how earth-shattering the matter was, the sects would bear it. There was nothing to worry about. But the place Hua Yunfei was going was Beyond the Boundary.
There, there would be no one behind him.
This was probably Hua Yunfei's first time losing his backing. For him, it was surely a trial unlike any he had ever faced.
Wude did not want anything to happen to Hua Yunfei. Though he usually seemed thick-nerved, as if something were wrong with his head, he treasured the brotherhood between them beyond measure.
That brotherhood had begun back in the Primordial Universe. The two