"There's one more thing." Su Qianxue hesitated. "Group Leader Wang asked me to tell you that the Demon Suppression Bureau has raised your assessment by another level. They said they could offer you more support if you wanted."
"Such as?"
"Intelligence sharing, priority access to resources during certain operations, or higher clearance and access to mission platforms." Su Qianxue paused. "They said someone like you shouldn't just be a Special Advisor. If you're willing to join the Demon Suppression Bureau, they can give you a higher position and greater authority."
Lin Jin shook his head.
"No need. Things are fine as they are."
Su Qianxue wasn't surprised. She had known he would give that answer.
"What if you need it later?"
"We'll talk about it then."
Su Qianxue nodded and let the subject drop.
The courtyard fell quiet for a while.
Su Qianxue suddenly spoke, her voice much softer than before.
"Lin Jin, what do you plan to do from here?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well..." Su Qianxue chose her words carefully. "Dark Moon won't let this go. Losing a Gold Moon Rank member and three Domain Realm members this time wasn't a crippling blow to Dark Moon, but it was definitely a considerable setback. They're bound to retaliate."
"And the major clans will soon learn about you. You're a newly emerged Transcendent Stage Realm combatant, and so young, too. Those clans will definitely try to win you over. If they can't, they might..."
She didn't finish, but her meaning was already clear.
If they couldn't win him over, they would suppress him, or even eliminate him.
That was how the balance of power in this world had always worked. A Transcendent Stage Realm expert who belonged to no faction and was also a top-tier Bloodline Inheritor was both a