Well, Chu Jingtang and the others "admired" him for sticking his neck out, too. They thought Tong Mingshan had guts.
In the end, everyone else dispersed to continue searching for divine fire, leaving Tong Mingshan alone.
Only after Shi Chun explained the assassination arrangements did Tong Mingshan learn what he was really supposed to do.
Before they parted, Shi Chun turned his hand over and revealed a Wind Scale, asking, "Ever used one?"
Tong Mingshan said, "I used one when I was at the Hundred Refinements Sect."
Shi Chun said, "Take it. If you're rusty, find somewhere to practice first. In short, move when you see the signal and follow the plan."
Tong Mingshan hesitated, wanting very much to ask what exactly he intended to do. But the Chief had already refused to answer earlier, and Tong Mingshan understood that secrecy was the key to success. In the end, he left the question unspoken, turned, and flew away.
After watching him leave, Shi Chun held a hand out to Wu Jinliang beside him. Wu Jinliang promptly took out his own Wind Scale and tossed it over.
Shi Chun immediately activated the Wind Scale, swept Wu Jinliang up with him, and rose into the air. He began circling here and there, searching for Feng Yaoyang.
Of course, he also wanted the people of the Four Cauldron Sect to see him.
Faced with the vast expanse of magma, he also activated his right-eye ability to examine it.
When he had first entered, he had been focused on finding Demonic Path members among the crowd and had never really scrutinized this magma-covered region. Looking now, he saw phantomlike orange-red mist surging against a base of pale blue-green substance, rolling like waves in the sea, vast and boundless as far as the eye could