When Qin Shaofeng spoke with Ximen Lingzhong, he had not felt much was amiss.
But after he summoned Tian Xinye and the others back,
he increasingly felt how difficult matters were.
Ximen Lingzhong had indeed promised that when the world-ending crisis of the Land of Shining Stars descended, he would rescue him.
Yet on second thought, Qin Shaofeng did not believe it would be so simple.
Ximen Lingzhong regarded him as the most important chess piece in his hand. If Qin Shaofeng's cultivation progress failed to meet his expectations, the situation would surely change.
Not to mention that he was no chess piece willing to let others manipulate him.
Let Ximen Lingzhong come to his rescue?
That might be one possibility for survival, but Qin Shaofeng was unwilling to place his own life and safety entirely in Ximen Lingzhong's hands.
By that calculation, it seemed he truly needed to begin preparing a backup plan.
Within one year, he had to settle the matter of the teleportation array.
Ximen Lingzhong wanted to make use of him.
To put it bluntly, other than his insufficient cultivation, he lacked a solid foundation.
The problem was, once he went to the Cangming Realm in the future,
he did not want to remain like one of Ximen Lingzhong's chess pieces, forever following behind Ximen Lingzhong.
If he could bring this whole group of people with him, however, things would be different.
They had all come from the Land of Shining Stars.
And they had experienced so much life-and-death together. In the future, all he needed to do was raise his arm and give the call; it was not impossible for those he brought along to form a small force.
Having fought desperately through life and death for years, their diligence would surely be remarkable.
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