Seeing that his change of subject had successfully diverted Long Haochen's attention, Yue Shen couldn't help breathing a sigh of relief.
But then again, why was he so inexplicably good to Long Haochen?
Before anything else, though, he had to rule that out. Yue Shen swallowed with a peculiar expression, then put the necklace back into his Storage Ring.
Looking at Long Haochen sitting opposite him, his face bright red, Yue Shen suddenly froze.
First of all, he was straight.
Secondly, he was straight.
Lastly, he was straight.
Back to the matter at hand: although Yue Shen always acted out of self-interest when helping Long Haochen, there was no denying that, to some extent, he kept finding ways to hand Long Haochen resources.
Was it because he was his teacher's son? Yue Shen knew very well that wasn't the only reason.
Then... was it to save the world? Yue Shen wondered, only to quickly find the thought rather stupid...
"Relax. I won't tell anyone," Yue Shen told Long Haochen with a chuckle.
"Especially Cai'er~"
On their way back to the Holy City, Yue Shen gathered his teammates to tally the Merit Points they had earned on this mission.
Logically, since Yue Shen had avoided quite a few unnecessary battles to be safe, their squad's total earnings shouldn't have been very high.
Yet the result was precisely the opposite. General Grade No. 21, the Demon Hunt Squad Yue Shen led, had earned over thirty thousand Merit Points from killing Demons during the mission alone.
And that didn't include the additional missions Yue Shen had accepted at the Demon Hunt Squad Mission Tower, or the value of their surplus Demon corpses and Magic Crystals...
Or, finally, the Merit Points awarded for exploring the Cave of Dreadful Wails.
Wiping the corner of