Lin Xin stole a glance at the others, and finally stomped his foot and said, “Alright, I’ll tell you. Your sister took advantage of me, she forcibly kissed me.”

“Ah?” Long Haochen had calculated everything, but he never expected this result. His exclamation was a bit loud, causing the others to look over.

“Boss, keep it down, or I won’t be able to face anyone.” Lin Xin said with an embarrassed expression, his face even redder.

Long Haochen’s expression turned a bit unpleasant. “Lin Xin, we don’t care if you’re narcissistic, but you can’t be narcissistic to this extent, right? Why would my sister forcibly kiss you? She’s a girl, you’re slandering her reputation.”

“I, I, I…” Lin Xin said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, “Boss, would I lie to you? If it weren’t for you, would I be able to join our demon hunt squad? Please let me explain.”

He really couldn’t hide it anymore. He leaned close to Long Haochen’s ear and explained the whole situation, from the misunderstanding between him and Li Xin to when Li Xin found him and what happened between them.

After listening to his explanation, Long Haochen’s gaze became a bit dazed. He looked at Li Xin, who was diligently cultivating not far away, and couldn’t speak for a moment.

What’s going on? Sis, you’re too fierce.

Lin Xin was afraid that Long Haochen wouldn’t believe him, so he imitated Li Xin’s actions at the time, hooking his head back with his hand. “Boss, look, Xin-jie did this at the time, holding the back of my head with one hand. She’s a knight! I’m just a magician, even if I wanted to struggle, I couldn’t! And then…”

Looking at his aggrieved expression, Long Haochen said unhappily, “You’re the one who took advantage, okay? My sister is a girl, and it was her first kiss, you got it for free, what are you still dissatisfied with?”

Lin Xin said in a low voice, “Boss, I’m not dissatisfied. But, but I didn’t really gain anything! It was my first kiss too!”

“Ah?” Long Haochen looked at him incredulously. “Your first kiss? Remember what you were like when we first met? The girls in that auction house couldn’t wait to eat you up. I’d believe you’re a heartbreaker, but you have a first kiss? I think you’ve had ten thousand kisses already.”

Lin Xin cried out, “Boss, I’m telling the truth! I’m just a bit narcissistic, but I’m very self-disciplined. My grandpa is strict. If I really had a scandal with some girl, he definitely wouldn’t let me off the hook. Besides, although I’m a bit older than you, I’m not even twenty yet, I’m not that precocious! If I spent all my time on women, how could I become such an excellent potion master?”

Long Haochen looked at him with a strange expression. After a long while, he tentatively asked, “So, what do you plan to do? Just pretend this didn’t happen?”

Lin Xin said unhappily, “This is my first kiss, my first time. How can I pretend it didn’t happen? And it was taken by force. I, I…”

Long Haochen rubbed his head and said, “Alright, you can go back to making potions. I can’t help with this kind of thing. You can figure it out yourself. I only have one request, don’t you dare hurt my sister, otherwise, I will never let you go.”

Lin Xin nodded lightly, then suddenly lowered his voice and said, “Actually, I still like older girls. Xin-jie is quite pretty too. Boss, do you think I have a chance if I pursue Xin’er-jie-jie?”

“Don’t ask me about that, I don’t know. But if you try, you have a fifty percent chance, if you don’t try, you have no chance at all. If you’re really serious, then go ahead and try. Tonight, I’m going to the Moon Demon Clan to find a way out for us. You can think about it first.”

“Okay,” Lin Xin said. “I’ve been thinking about it these past few days. I don’t know why, but ever since Xin-jie forcibly kissed me, I suddenly realized that she’s getting more and more beautiful. I want to actively pursue her, but I don’t know how to say it. I really don’t have any experience with this, Boss, can you teach me?”

Long Haochen said unhappily, “How can I teach you? You have no experience, do you think I have experience?”

Lin Xin said without hesitation, “Of course you have experience, how old is Cai’er! You managed to win her over, how can you say you have no experience?”

“Get out…” Long Haochen kicked the grinning Lin Xin away and hugged Cai’er, no longer paying attention to him.

As they spent more time together, Long Haochen learned more and more about Lin Xin. In terms of appearance, personality, ability, and family background, he could be considered a good match for Li Xin. If he was sincere, it wouldn’t be a bad thing. It all depended on fate, and he didn’t plan to interfere. He believed his sister would handle it well.

As the sun set, the night gradually gained control over the earth. Long Haochen quietly left the valley and headed towards the distance.

The Cave of Fearful Howls was located in the central province of the Demon Clan. He had already marked the direction on the map. He went around the side of the mountain range and then sped towards the core area of ​​the central province.

With the increase in his cultivation, Long Haochen’s overall abilities had greatly increased. Although he wasn’t riding Haoyue, he was still as fast as a galloping horse when he ran at full speed across the wilderness.

At this time, he had put on the Moon Demon Clan’s magic pupils again and put on the clothes that Yueye had given him. Taking advantage of the night, he sped towards his destination.

The night was beautiful, the night sky was clear, the stars were shining, and a crescent moon emitted a hazy moonlight, casting a soft color under the cover of the stars.

Although Long Haochen had left, his heart was with Cai’er. This time, he had given Haoyue a strict order to not leave Cai’er’s side no matter what. If there was a situation, he could return to Cai’er’s side immediately. He would never allow anyone to hurt his Cai’er again.

The rapid journey wasn’t lonely for Long Haochen, as he recalled the entire process of this mission in his heart, summarizing the gains and losses.

There was no doubt that this mission had been out of his control from the beginning. The wandering merchant they had originally wanted to use had encountered a big problem. What followed was a series of battles. But overall, they were lucky, at least no one had died yet.

Difficult battles were the best way to temper one’s will and abilities. Long Haochen believed that as long as they could all return alive this time, both the twenty-first general-grade demon hunt squad and the fourth soldier-grade demon hunt squad would make great progress.

Moreover, the gains this time were considerable. After hunting so many powerful demons, he only needed to do a simple calculation to find out that the total number of merits gained by their twenty-first general-grade demon hunt squad alone through killing demons had exceeded ten thousand. He couldn’t judge the exact amount yet, but ten thousand was the most conservative estimate.

The stronger the strength, the more one naturally pays. Long Haochen and Cai’er were typical examples. Not to mention Cai’er, who killed a seventh-rank demon lord with her fifth-rank strength in a one-on-one situation, once again showing Long Haochen the horror of the Samsara Spiritual Stove. Long Haochen also fully demonstrated the powerful strength that a leader should have. Whether as a commander or as the core of the team, he had done almost perfectly. And the biggest gain in this mission was him.

During the previous few days of rest, Long Haochen used spiritual power to detect the gemstones to check his internal spiritual power. He was now a ninth-level earth knight with an internal spiritual power of over 3,700. Moreover, the Saint Guidance Spiritual Stove clearly had a tendency to evolve further. Coupled with the light element spirit Ya Ting and the Eternal Melody necklace of unknown rank, Long Haochen was confident that as long as he had a stable environment to cultivate, he would be able to break through the bottleneck of the Radiant Knight in no more than two months.

It should be known that from the time he broke through the fifth rank to now, it hadn’t even been half a year in total. Even he himself found this cultivation speed a bit terrifying.

And these weren’t even his biggest gains. The biggest gain was the Eternal Slumber. Although he didn’t know what the Eternal Tower would ultimately bring him, this strange tower left behind by a necromancer of the level of a god of law was probably comparable to a divine weapon.

I must go back alive. Long Haochen clenched his fists subconsciously. As long as he could live, he would definitely have the ability to fly the next time he entered the Demon Clan’s territory to carry out a mission.

From the mountain range where the Cave of Fearful Howls was located to his destination, it was about four hundred li. At his current speed, he should be able to arrive when it was bright.

The central province of the Demon Clan was vast and located on a plain. Its total area accounted for almost one-tenth of the Demon Clan’s controlled area, and it was also the largest of all twenty-four provinces.

The capital of the Demon Clan was located in the core of the central province, but it wasn’t called the Demon Capital, but the Heart City, taken from the meaning of the Heart of the Demon God.

The Demon Capital Heart City was originally the capital of a large empire of humans. Later, it was occupied by the Demon Clan and transformed, and it had evolved into what it is now after thousands of years.

The Heart City was extremely huge, incomparable to any city of the Human Temple Alliance, almost equivalent to twenty Exorcist Passes. The Heart City was square, and the Demon Emperor Palace was located in the center of the Heart City, which was itself a city within a city. Demon Emperor Fengxiu’s number one ranked demon god pillar was also in the Demon Emperor Palace.

In addition to the Demon Emperor Palace, there were four huge palaces in the four corners of the Heart City, where the second, third, fourth, and fifth ranked demon gods lived respectively. Their demon god pillars were also located in their respective palaces. All five of the most powerful demon god pillars were here, which shows the importance of the Heart City to the entire Demon Clan.

When Long Haochen saw this huge and terrifying city, it was already dawn, but because the city walls were all pitch black, he couldn’t see the dawn.

(To be continued)