Huo Hai had no idea what the people of the Vast Earth Empire were doing. He led Feng Jiaojiao in fleeing all the way to another hidden location near the Medicine King Sect. This place was not far from the Medicine King Sect's mountain gate.
However, with a boulder blocking the way ahead and leaving only an extremely narrow space in between, it was not easily noticed. Upon arriving, Huo Hai finally recalled the Shadow-Binding Insect and completely released Feng Jiaojiao.
Once freed, Feng Jiaojiao pouted in dissatisfaction and complained softly, "Brother Huo, how could you be so rough? If you wanted to leave, we could have just left. Why did you have to tie me up with that thing?" Her little face was full of grievance, and the Resentment Aura on it carried a charm of its own. Unfortunately, Huo Hai simply ignored it.
"Nothing. It was faster this way." Huo Hai's words left Feng Jiaojiao feeling stifled. She had figured it out by now—Huo Hai was not the sort of man who cherished delicate flowers. Or rather, he did not easily accept others.
Though Huo Hai treated his friends and family very well, toward outsiders he had not accepted, he was as cold as ice. If one spoke to him properly, perhaps he would act normally. But the things she had used on him earlier had probably angered him. Otherwise, he would not have treated her this way.
Feng Jiaojiao was very clever. After a moment's thought, she understood. "Brother Huo, I... I only wanted to know where you were at all times. You aren't really angry, are you? How about I apologize?"
Feng Jiaojiao spoke softly, but Huo Hai merely shook his head and ignored her completely. In truth, from the moment he learned that Feng Jiaojiao