·Thank you, Your Highness, for your benevolence towards this world. The Martial Monk bowed his head in salute, then sat aside merrily, noticing Malin who was digging a hole: "Your Highness, what are you digging?" Malin recounted the details about the Xia family to the Martial Monk and realized that the monk seemed to be a flesh-and-blood person as well. This big cat sighed, looking at Xia Zoe and Da Huang, his eyes filled with regret and sorrow. "Your Highness intends to fulfill the wish of Benefactor Xia?" He raised his head to look at Malin and asked. "Yes, I wish to fulfill Mr. Xia’s wish, though these two kids still need confirmation from the Sage to enter New Hangzhou, and I am hesitant to act arbitrarily." Malin mentioned this matter with no discontent—like Master Liu, Malin believed he had no reason to decide. New Hangzhou is the New Hangzhou of its people, and letting such powerful Wraiths enter it is inherently dangerous, even though Malin could purify Xia Zoe or Da Huang in an instant. Yet, in a split second, they could kill many innocent citizens. Malin had promised Mr. Xia to help purify Xia Zoe and Da Huang. Though Da Huang had already accepted purification, in its eyes, Xia Zoe is its young master. So Malin must first fulfill Mr. Xia’s last wish, then let Da Huang understand that purifying Xia Zoe is for its master and young master’s reunion separated by eight millennia. Otherwise, if Da Huang decides to protect Xia Zoe and Xia Zoe refuses to be purified by Malin, once the conflict escalates... the consequences would be beyond Malin’s ability to foresee. "I know Your Highness’ compassionate heart, I wish to vouch for Your Highness and be present in case of any changes, I am willing to exhaust my last breath for Your Highness." The Martial Monk said and bowed his head. Malin looked at him puzzled: "Why, Master Zhao?" "My senior brother mentioned the story of Your Highness helping Mr. Lin, serving a sage like you is naturally our Martial Monk’s duty." The Martial Monk finished and bowed his head again in meditation. What a strange Martial Monk, this truly made Malin curious, in Thainan you can see the most cyberpunk sages and the most conservative Martial Monks. At this moment, Malin finally took out Xia Madam’s urn, Malin promptly stored this fragile small box, simultaneously scanning the ring inside. Mr. Xia was right, it was indeed his wife’s ring. Seeing the box, Xia Zoe wasn’t particularly happy, she was somewhat puzzled: "Brother Malin, where are we going next?" "New Hangzhou, but the road there is long, we have to wait for the other uncle to give us permits first." Malin reached out, inviting the girl in front of him, the small half-Spiritual Body within her shell, her smile also cried. The smile was because she said she could soon see her father again. The crying was due to the child’s instinctual perception of danger, fearing Malin, fearing the small box in Malin’s hands, fearing even more the New Hangzhou that Malin mentioned. She wanted to run, but Da Huang didn’t move—the old dog indeed guarded Xia Zoe, but also, as Malin said, it was restraining Xia Zoe. Because its master ordered it to bring Xia Zoe to his presence. Da Huang accepted the command, waiting eight millennia, to fulfill its mission it ate the fruit which was like poison, exchanging temporary freedom to complete the command of bringing its master to New Hangzhou—even though by doing so, it would be completely transformed by the World Tree’s fruit within a week, then it and its young master would no longer be companions, it would become a Celestial Realm Spirit Dog, while Xia Zoe... would still be a homeless ghost. Fate never spares any life. And the Sage’s orders soon arrived, eleven Sages unanimously agreed to Malin’s request, but this time Malin must move along the coordinates they provided. No problem, Malin opened the passage and led Xia Zoe’s little hand into it. "Brother Malin, is dad really over there?" The girl behind asked in confusion. "Yes, your dad is right there." Walking through the shallow layer of the passage, Malin wondered more than once, is all this worth it? Human and ghost are different paths, Xia Zoe is a deformed lost soul, she seemed beyond saving. But ultimately, Malin still led Xia Zoe out of the passage, appearing before him was a mountain. The mountain was full of open long tablets, with Malin’s gaze, he could see these long tablets were identical to those in Tianjin. Sage Yu was at the exit, he reached out and stroked Xia Zoe’s head, then spoke to Malin: "Mr. Xia walked from here, the seventh row, the furthest right long tablet on the first layer." Malin nodded and led Xia Zoe upwards. The steps were long and wide, but eventually, they end, Malin held Xia Zoe’s small hand, soothing her soul with Spiritual Energy, leading her up the right steps. The projector before the long tablet lit up as someone visited, and before the furthest tablet, Malin saw a name on the first layer of the tablet. "This officer lived alone in New Hangzhou during the last days of his life, until his death he requested to have his ashes placed among the tablets, here is a prepared family spot, for his wife and daughter to be laid." Standing there was Sage Fang, who apparently had already learned Xia Nantian’s life story. "He was a remarkable officer, during the initial years of the Great Destruction, he led the survivors southward to here, joining New Hangzhou, devoting his latter half of life to this land, he is a hero, we have preserved his last words’ projection, never once revealing it; he said only when finding his daughter’s and wife’s ashes it should be played." "Play it." Malin said, turning to look at the girl beside him, Xia Zoe’s shell was completely deformed, before her father’s gravestone, she finally realized it all was past, she, her father, her Da Huang were all existences of the past. But Da Huang still restrained her, and her soul was still there. As Sage Fang activated the playback button of the will, beneath the projection lens of the long tablet appeared an old man sitting on a wheelchair pieced together from various junk. "My last words are initiated, this may just represent my dream is true, the dream of Your Highness, dream of my daughter, dream of Da Huang... they are all real." The old man said here, an unnatural blush appeared on his face: "Since leaving the hotel, till today, I have always felt guilty, because I left Da Huang there, the world became so dangerous, Da Huang was only an old dog, he couldn’t fight zombies, couldn’t fight spirits, and I, just because of a dream thirty years ago, left it there." "I don’t even know if all this was just a self-spun dream from missing my daughter too much." Speaking here, the old man sighed, then raised his head towards the camera: "But, I know, when my last words are initiated, that proves all this is true, Your Highness Malin is real, my daughter truly led by her to see me, after eight thousand years, I will finally see you, Zoe, my daughter... forgive dad for not being able to reach the star track to find you." Malin could hear the sobbing, struggle, and lament at the bottom of the girl’s soul, but this girl remained still. "Dad... couldn’t betray his duty, so, when choosing between sacrificing the duty or sacrificing you, dad made the cruelest decision." "Because dad believed that one day, Mr. Malin would bring you to see me."