Return and Death Knights

When Liu Zhi left the player platform and returned to the Nether Palace, the smile still hadn't left his face.

He had never expected that Summerfield would accidentally get played by him. What was that about trading the training methods for Death Knights and the Rust Iron Dark Hall Design for the souls of Star Spirits?

With Summerfield's strength, catching a few live Star Spirits would have been no problem at all.

The reason he'd offered those things in exchange for the Star Spirits' souls was that he wanted to take advantage of Liu Zhi's ignorance and get his hands on that box.

But Liu Zhi wasn't an idiot. He wasn't the sort of person to throw in the box for free, so why would he give it away?

In the end, Liu Zhi returned with the box and the sapphire heart inside it.

As for what Summerfield thought afterward, Liu Zhi didn't care in the slightest.

After Liu Zhi returned to the Nether Palace, Sandru quickly met with him. Everything on Liu Zhi related to necromancy was promptly transferred to Sandru.

Liu Zhi also handed Sandru the poison-making recipes he'd obtained from the empire, leaving Sandru to study them on his own.

Once all that was done, Liu Zhi began directing his people to set up the portal outside the Nether Palace.

This was relatively important, and Liu Zhi planned to take care of it before turning his attention to anything else.

But Sandru didn't leave with Liu Zhi's poison-making recipes. Instead, he waited there.

Liu Zhi was puzzled, but didn't ask. He merely sensed what Sandru was thinking, and the answer came to him.

In the next instant, Liu Zhi jumped up. "Amanet hasn't come back yet?"

"No. It's been almost half a year," Sandru replied in Liu