Huo Lei's final words were clearly directed at Lin Yin. In truth, he wasn't worried about someone coming to rob them. What he truly feared was that if they couldn't defeat their opponents, An Jun, the marshal secretly protecting him, would certainly step in. If those opponents were from the Spirit Hall and they failed to kill every last one of them, the fact that he had pledged allegiance to the Heaven Dou Empire would surely be exposed. The consequences would then be unimaginable. Even if it was exposed, he still hoped that day would come as late as possible.
"Young Master Lei, why are you telling us this? Do you have some arrangement in mind?" Lin Yin had followed Huo Lei for quite some time, so he understood that Huo Lei would never say something pointless without reason.
Huo Lei nodded. "That's right. I'll tell you what I'm thinking. If someone tries to rob us and there's only one of them, we'll face the enemy together. If there are two or more, Big Brother Xiaotian, you must immediately go to my brother and sister, organize everyone, and ensure we fight effectively. Whatever you do, don't let things descend into chaos. That way, we can reduce the chances of casualties."
"No problem," Feng Xiaotian answered firmly.
Huo Lei exhaled a breath of stale air and said hopefully, "I still hope our journey back will be smooth and unobstructed."
On the first day of their return journey, nothing went wrong along the way. They rarely stopped, and after traveling for three hours, they finally reached a small city before nightfall. They found a relatively high-class hotel and settled in.
The eleven people from the Blazing Fire Academy booked six rooms in total. Huo Wu had one room to herself, Huo Lei