As soon as Jiang Feng finished speaking, Wu Shang's expression darkened.
He patted Jiang Feng on the shoulder, then said, "Keep this quiet for now. I'll report it to the master of our Knight Temple and let him decide how to handle it."
Anger simmered in Wu Shang's heart. Deeply displeased, he said, "Even if the Alliance gave Sheng Lingxin the authority to assign missions to newly formed Demon Hunt Squads, he can't do things like this."
He carefully examined Jiang Feng's condition and breathed a sigh of relief when he found nothing seriously wrong.
Wu Shang continued, "From now on, aside from your daily wall-defense duties, you must tell me first whenever the Assassin Temple's higher-ups assign you another mission. If it's too dangerous, I'll refuse it on your behalf."
"Understood, team leader," Jiang Feng said.
"All right, let's return to Exorcist Pass. I'll make sure they give you an explanation for this. They actually bypassed me and assigned you a mission directly. That's outrageous." Wu Shang added, "I'll join forces with the other nine team leaders to demand the impeachment of Sheng Lingxin, Exorcist Pass's military commander-in-chief."
"Thank you, team leader," Jiang Feng said gratefully.
Honestly, after going through something like this at Exorcist Pass, Jiang Feng was rather touched by the concern shown by a senior from his own Knight Temple.
"Don't mention it. It's my duty."
Wu Shang escorted Jiang Feng back to the barracks at Exorcist Pass. Meanwhile, Long Haochen and Sheng Lingxin also returned to Exorcist Pass under the escort of Saint Moon and the other team leaders.
Jiang Feng left everything that followed to them. After returning to the barracks, his original body and his clone merged into one.
The sky was still dark; dawn had yet to break. Thus, Jiang Feng quietly