Sure enough, only a few breaths later, Long Haochen knocked on Yue Chen's door.
"What is it?" Yue Chen asked casually without moving.
"..." Outside the door, Long Haochen fell silent for a long while. He opened his mouth, but had no idea what to say.
He knew perfectly well that he had no ability to change Yue Chen's mind. He did want Yue Chen to stop going to the Eternal Tower to cultivate Yilikes's legacy, but the problem was that Yue Chen certainly would not listen.
"Brother Yue, you should know about this too," Long Haochen reminded him softly. "After the Temple Alliance learned that we encountered a human necromancer in the Demons' Andu Province, they told all active Demon Hunt Squad members to pay particular attention to the matter, didn't they?"
"Yes, I know," Yue Chen replied nonchalantly. "But we can't even leave Imperial Dragon Pass right now. Even if we wanted to search for traces of necromancers, we couldn't."
Long Haochen was speechless.
Long Haochen had meant to make Yue Chen understand just how little tolerance the Temple Alliance had for necromancers, hoping to persuade him to stop cultivating the Necromancer Legacy.
Clearly, however, Yue Chen was not merely ignoring his advice, but even playing dumb. Counting on Long Haochen to keep his secret, he acted as though none of it mattered.
"Don't worry. I know where to draw the line." Yue Chen naturally knew Long Haochen was saying all this for his sake. Unfortunately, he could not explain his intentions to him yet. "You'll understand when the time comes."
"...All right. I won't disturb your cultivation, then, Brother Yue."
In the blink of an eye, another three months passed.
Cultivation was naturally an extremely tedious process. In particular, prolonged secluded cultivation not only severely tested a