A month later.
"Fellow Daoist Zhuge, are you sure you're well enough? We can wait a while longer. Please don't push yourself."
Chen Lin looked at Zhuge Hengyun as he asked.
Not long after Chen Lin and Luo Qinglan had emerged, Zhuge Hengyun had come out of the Immortal Stele Space too. But his Talent Origin had collapsed, leaving him at death's door. Only after a month of recuperation had he barely regained the strength to move.
Zhuge Hengyun gave a bitter smile. "This injury won't heal in eight or ten years. Tongtian City isn't safe. We'd better leave as soon as we can. Don't let me hold everyone back."
Chen Lin nodded.
It was indeed unwise to remain in Tongtian City. More importantly, Murong Feng was about to leave the city on business, and no one knew when he would return.
Murong Feng had not announced this. The Spirit Crystals Chen Lin had paid in bribes had done their work: the steward had told him privately.
Without Murong Feng's protection, their safety could not be guaranteed, even if Murong Feng publicly declared that he would look after them.
After all, three of the five had entered the Immortal Stele Space. Plenty of people coveted whatever inheritance they might have obtained. Several members of the Murong Family had already tested them, openly or otherwise, including Murong Qianling. She even seemed to suspect that Chen Lin had something to do with Lan Zhihan's death.
Of course, she had only suspicions, not evidence. She was simply picking a fight and trying to pin a crime on him.
But if she wanted to deal with him, any excuse would do. For their safety, they had to leave Tongtian City before Murong Feng departed.
"In that case, there's no time to lose. I'll go