Guang Tiancheng looked at the Heavenly Fire Captain. “What’s your name?”
“Reporting to the Commander, my name is Huai Chengshan,” the captain replied.
“Huai Chengshan, take the heads back for the reward. This mission’s reward isn’t much, so I won’t take a share. As for Lieutenant Lin Yun’s inaction, pretend it never happened, understood?” Guang Tiancheng said coldly.
“Yes, yes, yes, I understand,” Huai Chengshan responded quickly.
“Alright, go about your business,” Guang Tiancheng waved them off.
After the captain and his men left, Guang Tiancheng turned to Lin Yun.
“Lin Yun, behave yourself!”
With that, he flew off.
Old Black hurried to Lin Yun’s side.
“Lin Yun, don’t take the enemy’s words at face value. Who’s right or wrong? Who can say? Even if he helped us spot a scam yesterday, it doesn’t mean he hasn’t done bad things. This is the martial world, full of grudges and killings. There’s not much clear right or wrong. Countless people die in the ancestral land every day,” Old Black said.
He continued, “Even if you hadn’t come today, someone else from the Heavenly Fire Temple would have killed him. The outcome wouldn’t change. Besides, you’re a Deathsworn. You have no choice. Don’t do this again, or you’ll ruin your future.”
“I understand,” Lin Yun forced a smile and gave a curt reply.
His heart was heavy with complex emotions.
Old Black was right. As a Deathsworn of the Heavenly Fire Temple, his status was unchangeable.
Disobeying the temple’s orders would only bring trouble upon himself.
Yet Lin Yun had his own principles and底线. Even in a chaotic world, he couldn’t betray his conscience.
Old Black sighed. “Luckily, it was Commander Guang Tiancheng. Since you’re under his command, he was willing to let this slide. If it had been my enemy, Shu Chi, we’d be in big trouble.”
Lin Yun understood this clearly.
Old Black patted his shoulder. “Lieutenant Lin Yun, since this matter has been buried, let it go. Let’s head back to Tao’an City. Your weapon is waiting to be picked up in a few days.”
With that, the two set off for Tao’an City.
Back in the city, Lin Yun didn’t go out to explore again but returned to his room at the inn.
In his room, he was still mulling over the day’s events.
“Your Heavenly Fire Temple commits countless evils, wiping out my family…”
The young man’s words echoed in Lin Yun’s ears.
“Countless evils?” Lin Yun muttered.
He suddenly recalled that when he and Old Black entered the city yesterday, wearing Heavenly Fire Temple armour, people seemed to fear them.
It had felt odd to Lin Yun at the time.
Could it be… the Heavenly Fire Temple was truly a notorious, evil force?
Lin Yun still couldn’t make a definitive judgement.
But he felt the possibility wasn’t small.
Regardless, one thing was certain: his identity as a Heavenly Fire Temple Deathsworn was unchangeable.
“Let’s take it one step at a time,” Lin Yun murmured.
For now, he had no better option than to proceed cautiously. In the martial world, one’s fate was often beyond control.
Lin Yun then released his divine sense to probe his surroundings.
Over the past two days at the inn, he’d made a habit of using his divine sense to familiarise himself with the environment and learn about the ancestral land.
In a room in the inn’s back courtyard, far from the other rooms, seven or eight people were gathered, discussing matters.
“Fifth Sister, how’s your contact going? We can’t seize the Xuanyuan Fruit without your senior brother’s help,” a fat man said.
“Third Brother, can you shield the space before speaking? If this leaks, do you know how dangerous it is? You’re so unreliable, I don’t even want to scold you,” the woman across from him glared.
“Fifth Sister, it’s not that serious,” the fat man chuckled.
The next moment, the space around them was shielded.
In Lin Yun’s room, he exclaimed, “Xuanyuan Fruit!”
He had overheard their conversation.
Old Black had mentioned that the Xuanyuan Fruit was immensely helpful for breaking through to the Saint Realm.
However, it took 1.2 million years for the fruit to ripen, making it extremely rare and precious. As Old Black put it, it wasn’t something people like them could obtain.
Lin Yun’s greatest desire was to break through to the Saint Realm soon, so he could participate in the Heavenly Fire Trial.
Thanks to his high-level divine sense, the group hadn’t noticed his eavesdropping.
Unfortunately, they’d shielded the space, so he couldn’t hear more.
He only caught that they were planning to seize the Xuanyuan Fruit, with no further details.
If Lin Yun forcibly broke through their shield with his divine sense, they’d notice immediately.
Since it was a contest, multiple groups were likely involved, and Lin Yun naturally wanted to compete.
Such a heaven-born treasure, unclaimed by nature, belonged to whoever could seize it.
“I just don’t know their strength level,” Lin Yun muttered.
If a powerful expert overheard this, they could confront the group and force them to reveal details.
An innocent man with a treasure invites disaster. Leaking such news could bring deadly consequences.
Lin Yun’s heart was ablaze with excitement.
Though he’d only caught a single sentence without further details, he was determined to vie for the Xuanyuan Fruit.
Such a rare, precious treasure was a rare opportunity!
“Let’s wait and see,” Lin Yun decided after some thought.
Though they’d shielded the space during their talk, they couldn’t keep it up forever.
Sure enough, twenty minutes later, they lifted the shield. Everyone except the woman left, returning to other rooms in the inn’s back courtyard.
Lin Yun continued probing with his divine sense, tracking their movements and hoping for more useful information.
They remained unaware of his surveillance.
Late that night, there was movement in the woman’s room, referred to as Fifth Sister.
A man in a dark gold robe, with neatly tied long hair, knocked on her door under the cover of night.
He was the most handsome among their group.
“Fifth Sister, I’ve missed you so much!”
As soon as he entered, he rushed forward and embraced her.
