Apart from that one time they had returned home together as husband and wife, Qiu Wuji's avatar had stayed here during Chu Ge's next two trips into the book rather than following him in.
First, leaving Chu Ge's body unattended would not have been ideal. Second, the Comics Studio had just opened, and Qiu Wuji had too much to do to simply walk away.
"But I thought you should have reached your limit ages ago. Can you stay here permanently now?" Chu Ge asked in bewilderment.
Qiu Wuji put on a stern face. "Trying to chase me away, are you?"
"No, I'm just curious."
"Curious, my foot. Dual cultivation improves your cultivation, but it does nothing for mine?"
Chu Ge said, "...That's why?"
"Of course that's why." Qiu Wuji suddenly slung an arm around his shoulders like a buddy. "Hey, can we talk something over...?"
"What is it?"
"How about I head back after taking the pill? I have a backlog ready for the Comics Studio. Help me keep an eye on things there."
Chu Ge asked in surprise, "Taking the pill should let you stay longer, shouldn't it? Why go back instead?"
"Whatever Little Flame went back to do, that's what I'm going back to do." Qiu Wuji said resentfully, "He went to muster his troops for war. Don't I want to kill him too?"
"Fuck... Back when your showdown with him was coming up, you were still hanging around here doing nothing every day. When I urged you to go back and prepare, you complained that I was nagging."
"That was then, this is now. He hadn't gotten in my face back then. The aggro level is different."
Chu Ge covered his face.
"It's not really because of him. I was joking." Qiu Wuji's expression grew serious. "Over