As it turned out, things were exactly as Yue Chen had expected. Lin Xin had indeed rambled on about all sorts of pointless things in his letter, leaving Yue Chen both amused and exasperated. It was only because he was genuinely curious about Lin Xin's experiences there that he could steel himself and keep reading the mixture of storytelling and self-praise.
Still, one thing was certain: Lin Xin and the others were doing fairly well over there. Even during the Holy War, he had time to write Yue Chen all this nonsense.
"Brother Haochen's squad was forcibly disbanded by the Alliance, just like ours. Back at that auction house in Aimei City, I already thought his magical beast was something special. I never imagined it actually had the power to destroy Demon God Pillars. No wonder the Temple Alliance pulled him out of his Demon Hunt Squad too and sent him to Imperial Dragon Pass to keep you company, Boss. They wanted to protect him and his magical beast."
"That did make things a lot easier for me, though. Once Brother Haochen's squad disbanded, my apprentice Gandalf could come to Jialing Pass and lend me a hand. Boss, you have no idea how much stranger that kid is than I am. I can't learn offensive magic, but he actually chose to study swordsmanship instead of perfectly good sacred light attribute magic. You should have seen him charging onto the front lines with a bunch of soldiers, dressed in mage's robes... Personally, I thought he looked pretty cool."
"The people in our Magic Temple couldn't stand it, though. They thought the kid was disgracing our temple. Once they found out he was also a Potion Master who had passed the Holy City's examination, they sent him over to me. You know