This time, Tang Fei refused Little Fatty and Lu Siyu's request to accompany him.

His 'good friend,' Zhao Jingzhi, the captain of the Black Bat Formation, once said that Shen Wuxiang dispatched four aerial squadrons to patrol around the Barren Land. Upon discovering any traces, they would coordinate and attack.

In other words, the north, south, east, and west around the Barren Land are actually unsafe.

No matter which entrance they come in or go out...

Even though they exterminated the Black Bat Formation, Shen Wuxiang would certainly send other flying teams to fill in.

With Shen Wuxiang's cunning and intelligence, he could predict that I would send the old man to the Lu Clan's lair, and he could certainly predict that I need the help of Phoenix's top blade, Doctor Qin Luo.

No way, the medical standards of the three cities he occupied are still too low to compare with the top-notch medical resources of Imperial City's wealthy families.

Education and healthcare are two mountains that humans can never bypass.

Lu Siyu readily agreed, as she also hopes to be by her father's side.

Now the old man's health is not optimistic, a slight mistake could result in him losing his life.

If Tang Fei can bring Doctor Qin Luo back, that would be good; if not...

She could still accompany him in his final days.

Little Fatty, however, was quite unwilling. He hoped to go to Phoenix City with Tang Fei.

"Brother, please let me go with you?" Little Fatty pleaded.

"Why do you insist on going to Phoenix City? Who's there?"

"I can protect you," Little Fatty said seriously.

He knew that this journey was extremely dangerous.

It might even be more challenging than the eighty-one hurdles Tang Sanzang faced retrieving the scriptures from the West...

The road to the scriptures was filled with evil spirits, and Phoenix City was rife with treachery.

He hoped to safeguard Tang Fei, and if anyone wished to harm his big brother, they would have to step over his corpse.

Little Fatty was confident in his physique; even if he lay down, his body was like a mountain that others would find hard to cross.

"Do I, a small Grandmaster, need your protection?"

"Brother, I've killed small Grandmasters."

"..."

Tang Fei looked at Little Fatty's resolute expression and determined eyes, gently comforting him, "It's not that I'm unwilling to take you, nor that I don't trust your abilities... you know, if I take both of you, I would have to use warplanes or Star Disc..."

"I'm not going," Lu Siyu said, pouting.

She wasn't going to bear this burden.

"Same thing." Tang Fei glanced at Lu Siyu and said, "With Shen Wuxiang's level of monitoring of the Barren Land, as soon as we use electronic and mechanical equipment, radars will pick up the signals..."

"So, I've planned to walk through their blockade this time... In this way, they won't be able to locate my whereabouts."

"Even if a few oblivious ones appear, I can swiftly deal with them... then hide back into the forest..."

"Moreover, after arriving in Phoenix City... caution is even more required..."

Tang Fei patted Little Fatty's round belly, saying, "Even if your face can be disguised, what about your belly? Your chubby and plump physique... is unique in the entire Phoenix City."

Little Fatty blushed.

Why did it turn into a personal attack?

"A trim figure like mine seems somewhat normal, uniform... As long as I change my face, it's like changing the whole person."

"Therefore... going back alone is the best choice."

Tang Fei patted Little Fatty's shoulder and said, "I'll be back soon, believe me."

Little Fatty knew Tang Fei had firmly decided, and he wouldn't be returning this time. Feeling lost, he said, "Yeah, I believe you. Brother, you must stay safe."

"Don't worry." Tang Fei looked past Little Fatty's sturdy back, gazing at the distant Tian Gong Hospital: "The old man is still lying there, I need to find someone to get him up. Want to be lazy and sleep? No way."

"..."

Lu Siyu rolled her eyes, ultimately not saying anything to refute.

Tang Fei went to bid farewell to Lu Qingshan, whose emotions became agitated again.

"Hululu... hululu..."

He tightly grasped Tang Fei's hand, hoarsely saying, "I know... if Lu Yu were awake... he would certainly disapprove of you doing such things..."

"In his view... your life is far more important than his..."

"For you... hululu... he'd even disregard his own life... So why must you take risks for him?"

Tang Fei held the old man's hand firmly, smiled, and said, "Grandpa, precisely because of that... I must go."

"Hululu... good child... good child..."

Tang Fei set off alone.

Before leaving, Little Fatty clung to Tang Fei's clothes, just like when he was little and Tang Fei was going hunting, he wanted to follow along.

Lu Siyu, however, did not say anything sentimental. She took off a ring from her hand and handed it over, saying, "Wear it."

"Isn't this inappropriate? No name, no official status," Tang Fei jokingly said.

Lu Siyu grabbed Tang Fei's arm, put the ring on his ring finger, and took off the ant nest from her waist, throwing it over, then turned and left with big steps.

Chic and cool.

This time Tang Fei chose to pass through the Mist Forest.

Because he knew that a straight line between two points is the shortest.

Yes, this is the shortest route to Phoenix City.

Moreover, the Mist Forest is filled with towering ancient trees and thick fog.

Even if Shen Wuxiang's flying squadron cruised at low altitude, it would be hard to spot Tang Fei.

Even if they found him, they could only bombard from afar, providing Tang Fei ample room for evasion.

Should they be reckless enough to jump down and pursue, Tang Fei would let them know who the true master of jungle warfare is.

Indeed, Tang Fei's choice was correct.

Once he entered the Mist Forest, he never saw any living person.

Only familiar lions, tigers, snakes, rabbits, and countless pervasive blood-sucking mosquitoes...

At night, he found a simple cave in the forest, did not light a fire, and gnawed on a couple pieces of beef jerky.

On the second day of walking, a low-altitude patrolling aircraft appeared in the sky.

Tang Fei didn't dare be complacent, burying himself in the more than a foot thick grass, motionless.

He wasn't afraid of being discovered within the Mist Forest, he worried about interception at the border.

Fortunately, the aircraft passed by without noticing the target, disappearing swiftly into the vast sky.

Tang Fei rose and continued forward, agile like a monkey, swift like a hare.

He found the familiar feeling from his days hunting in Hatred Mountain.

After trekking in the Mist Forest for seven days, on the seventh evening, he stood at the forest's edge and walked toward the foreseen White Emperor City.

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Doctor Qin Luo has had an uncomfortable feeling lately.

As if surrounded by a jungle, and numerous venomous snakes and ferocious beasts are lurking.

However, looking around, everyone seemed normal, with nothing unusual.

Several times he turned around suddenly, only to see the same scenery and people.

"What's going on?" Doctor Qin Luo self-talked, speaking aloud: "Why am I being paranoid?"

He checked his pulse, everything was normal, he was not sick.

"Doctor Qin, why are you diagnosing yourself?" A nurse nearby saw this and laughed.

"Xiao Qiu, have you noticed any changes in our hospital recently?" Qin Luo lowered his voice and asked softly.

"Changes?" Xiao Qiu thought for a moment and said, "The vice dean was caught by the discipline department for corruption... Would that count?"

Doctor Qin Luo worked part-time at the Imperial Royal Hospital, coming for consultations twice a week.

If there's a major surgery, it's undoubtedly his responsibility.

"That doesn't count. I'm talking about... the changes around us, does anything seem different?"

"No." Xiao Qiu looked perplexedly at Doctor Qin Luo and asked, "Doctor Qin, are you alright? Is there something wrong with your health?"

"I'm a doctor. If I felt unwell... would I not know?" Qin Luo replied irritably, "I just feel... chilly behind me."

Xiao Qiu started to panic and said, "Doctor Qin, don't scare me... they say the hospital is the easiest place for dirty things... you aren't... possessed, are you?"

"How could anything be dirtier than a human heart?" Qin Luo waved and said, "Enough, stop imagining things. It might be just my illusion..."

"Let's get to work, there are two surgeries coming up... Are the operating rooms ready?"

Xiao Qiu quickly glanced at Doctor Qin Luo's back and then diverted her gaze, saying, "I'll get everything ready."

After speaking, she quickly rushed away.

Soon enough, the Imperial Royal Hospital was buzzing with a rumor: Doctor Qin Luo was possessed.

Doctor Qin Luo was unaware he'd become the pawn in Shen Wuxiang and Tang Fei's struggle.

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