As Yue Chen had expected, only a few days after the squad resumed cultivating, the Demon Hunt Squads temporarily staying in the Holy City to train or rest received a summons from the Temple Alliance, calling them to a meeting in the Temple Alliance Government Office's main conference room.
Yue Chen did not think much of it, so he only set out for the Temple Alliance Government Office shortly before the meeting was due to begin, bringing along his teammates, who had recently emerged from seclusion.
Long Haochen and the others still haven't returned to the Holy City. They probably don't know what's happening here yet, Yue Chen thought, his gaze sweeping over his teammates and Chen Ying'er, who walked beside him.
What mattered most to him now was, naturally, getting his squad through the coming upheaval safe and sound.
Squeezing the small hand Chen Ying'er had slipped into his palm, Yue Chen said softly, "The Holy Knight Commander asked me to visit his office before the meeting. Go inside with the others first."
"All right." Chen Ying'er blinked curiously, but someone from the Knight Temple had indeed visited their squad's cottage to see Yue Chen earlier, so she did not give it much thought. "Come back soon. My grandfather is chairing today's meeting," she reminded him.
"I know." Yue Chen nodded with a smile, then turned toward the Temple Alliance Government Office's side entrance to head to the Knight Department.
"You really aren't nervous, boss," Lin Xin teased. "Ying'er's grandfather is the current Temple Master of the Soul Temple. If I remember right, his temperament is pretty similar to the Assassin Temple Master's. Aren't you worried he'll find fault with you?"
Over the past few days, everyone had gradually grown accustomed to Yue Chen and Chen Ying'er's relationship, and