Although Yue Chen had not gotten the answer he wanted from Lin Xin, he was not too discouraged. Unlike Long Haochen in the original timeline, who had no idea what hardship kept Lin Xin from practicing offensive magic, Yue Chen could practically claim to understand him better than anyone.
Yue Chen knew that this would only work if Lin Xin chose to untangle the knot in his heart himself. Rushing him would only backfire, so after offering a gentle reminder, Yue Chen said nothing more.
"I imagine you've all realized that these spirit furnaces floating around me are what I gained in Dream Paradise." Yue Chen raised a hand and gently stroked a spirit furnace's smooth, warm surface. "Although I didn't obtain a spirit furnace suited to my own attribute and fuse with it like Commander Long and Miss Cai'er did, I didn't come back empty-handed.
"As for why I didn't show you what I gained as soon as we returned to Zhennan Pass, we were in Priest Temple territory then, and I was afraid of attracting their attention.
"Given my relationship with the Priest Temple, they probably wouldn't have taken back the spirit furnaces I obtained in Dream Paradise. But I absolutely couldn't let them discover how I brought them out, so I had to wait until we got home to distribute them."
Yue Chen spoke with an apologetic expression.
"...B-Boss, don't tell me all these spirit furnaces are for us?" Shiqi finally recovered from the shock of seeing so many spirit furnaces for the first time in his life and swallowed.
"Of course." Yue Chen looked as though it were only natural. "Why else would I bring them out?"
"..."
"Long live the boss!" Cheers instantly erupted throughout the General Grade No. 21 Demon Hunt Squad's little house,