Aside from not being able to call them to the shop, I also couldn't let them get involved.
Or rather, to prevent something like them coming to look for me from happening.
I needed to give them a heads-up.
So I sent a message directly in the group chat.
I said I'd be going into seclusion for the next seven days and that no one needed to contact me.
When everyone heard I was going into seclusion, they guessed I might be preparing to break through.
After consuming the Black Lotus Seed, my cultivation had already recovered completely.
I had even reached the bottleneck for a breakthrough; I simply lacked the opportunity.
Everyone agreed and told me to focus on my seclusion.
They wouldn't contact me these next few days and would wait for good news.
But aside from that, I also asked Mao Jing, Zhang Yuchen, and the others to handle something.
It was the matter I'd promised Tong Shasha's mother, the Female Ghost, last night—helping move her grave back to Tower Cemetery.
I couldn't handle it right now, so I could only ask them to take care of it. I would cover all the expenses myself.
Zhang Yuchen was the first to say he would do it.
He also said he had nothing better to do lately. Other than training with Third Master, he didn't even want to go to work.
He didn't want to enter a factory either. If anything came up, I could just call him.
I agreed and told him to go to Pine and Crane Mountain to get the matter settled.
After arranging everything that needed to be done, I sat back down on the sofa.
There were only three words in my mind: Liar.
What kind of person counted as a liar?
That