When Chen Mu heard Wen Ning say he could handle it, her heart finally settled back into her chest.
His confidence really did reassure her.
Wen Ning smiled at the relief plainly showing on her face.
"All right, that settles it."
He clapped his hands, dusting them off.
"Go about your business. Go back to school, attend your classes, eat at the cafeteria. Leave the rest to me."
Chen Mu blinked.
"Just... like that?"
"What else?"
Wen Ning pointed at her.
"You want to team up with me and fight monsters? You probably couldn't even lift a stick."
Chen Mu wanted to argue after that jab, but she knew he was right, so she swallowed her retort.
"Then I'll head back to school."
"Go on."
Chen Mu took a few steps, then glanced back at him. Wen Ning was still standing there, waving her off. His meaning was clear: get going.
After watching her leave, Wen Ning checked that there were no people or surveillance cameras nearby, then immediately channeled his magical power to activate Earth-Covering Golden Light.
"Chen Mu's hometown, Linhe Village."
He recalled what Chen Mu had told him earlier.
He swept a hand through the air before his eyes, and the landscape in his vision began shifting rapidly, as though someone were frantically dragging a map around.
It was a village surrounded by farmland and hills, with a river indeed running along its eastern side.
"Found it."
Wen Ning flickered and vanished from a thousand meters up in the sky. The next second, he appeared less than a hundred meters above Linhe Village.
He looked down to check the terrain, then landed in a small grove east of town, his footsteps as light as a leaf touching the ground.
Once he landed, he straightened his windblown jacket,