Martin Sims's Old Routine

"Saint Penitent Martin Sims?"

Almost immediately, the forty Furnace Witches cried out and turned in unison to look at their leader.

After receiving the massive gift package that included basic occult knowledge, Annie, Klaus, Happy, Ailey, and the other forty were nominally all rookie transcendents.

But in terms of accumulated knowledge, they were no different from veterans who had become transcendents on the very night the Spirit Tide revived.

Thus, they all knew very well of their leader's great achievements.

The many supernatural newspapers and magazines some of them had secretly subscribed to after returning, including the Mysterious Daily, as well as the infusion from the Master of the Furnace's projection on the night they became Furnace Witches, all proved that the deeds involving their leader in the gift package had not only not been exaggerated, but had actually been understated.

As the last Furnace Witch of the past, their leader had joined forces with the resurrected Saint Penitent and Holy Prophet during the Thorn Incident to deceive the Lord of Light and return the Lord of Thorns to the divine kingdom.

After that, both the Penitent and the Prophet had perished.

"An old friend perished, only to coincidentally travel back to the Dark Age and meet an old friend again."

"Our leader must be thrilled. He might even cry."

The forty of them whispered among themselves, trying to find an emotional expression on Tang Qi's face.

A reunion between old friends separated by time and space—anyone would be incredibly excited and moved, wouldn't they?

One look at the expressions of the forty rookies told Tang Qi that they had misunderstood something. Leaving aside whether this "Martin Sims" was truly the Saint Penitent, his true body had not actually had much contact with Martin Sims.

When it came to friendship,