The preliminary stage of the Demon Hunt Squad selection competition was coming to an end after its third day. The Assassin Temple, the Soul Temple, and the Priest Temple had already determined their top ten. Next, the more important part would be the competition for rankings.

Because he had a bye on the fourth day, Long Haochen didn’t go to the training grounds at all. He didn’t get up until late morning, and then he went to the place where he met Cai’er every day to wait for her silently.

Assassin Training Grounds.

Only the final ten remained in the rest area, but the gazes of nine of them were fixed on the same person.

Cai’er sat there quietly. Her lifeless eyes clearly brought immense pressure to the other nine contestants. Looking at the seemingly harmless green bamboo cane in her hand, almost all the other contestants were secretly praying they wouldn’t have to face her.

A fifth-rank assassin, with the secret skill Shadow Clone. The Assassin Temple’s only fifth-rank participant in this year’s competition.

Just as everyone was observing her, Cai’er, exuding a cold aura, slowly stood up from the front row, bowed slightly towards the platform, and said in her unique, clear voice, “I forfeit the remaining matches of the preliminary round.”

After saying these words, under the stunned gaze of the other nine contestants, she tapped the ground with her green bamboo cane and walked out of the Assassin Temple to the rhythm of “tap, tap, tap.”

Standing on the street waiting for Cai’er, Long Haochen had the first chance to calmly appreciate the largest city in the Alliance.

The buildings on both sides of the street were mostly high-rises, with relief carvings decorating most of the buildings, and a strong classical atmosphere showcasing the city’s ancient charm.

His injuries from yesterday had completely healed. They weren’t that serious in the first place, and with Long Haochen’s self-healing Guardian Knight skills, he had fully recovered. The battle against the fifth-rank knight also gave him a deeper understanding of his own abilities. After a day and a night of cultivation, his spiritual power had improved significantly. Especially after cultivating with the Accumulate Power skill, his understanding of liquid spiritual power had deepened even further. Long Haochen was confident that if he continued to cultivate like this, he would have a chance to break through the fifth-rank barrier within ten days. His father had said that when he reached the seventh-rank Holy Temple Knight level, he would be qualified to look for him and his mother.

“Tap, tap, tap.” The unique and familiar sound pulled Long Haochen back from his thoughts.

“Cai’er.” Seeing Cai’er slowly walking towards him in the distance, a burst of joy welled up in Long Haochen’s heart. He ran over to her in two or three strides and took her small hand.

Cai’er smiled slightly and said, “Have you been waiting long?”

Long Haochen shook his head. “No, I just got here too. Do you come this early to wait for me every day?”

Cai’er shook her head and said, “Not really, I don’t have a fixed time to come back every day. But I should be a little earlier for the next few days.”

Holding her soft little hand, Long Haochen felt a warmth in his heart, a warmth different from when he was with his parents. He didn’t know what Cai’er had given up in order not to make him wait too long.

Hand in hand, with that hazy, purest emotion, their figures gradually moved away in the sunlight.

“Cai’er, how much longer will you be staying in the Holy City?” Long Haochen finally mustered the courage to ask when they were about to part.

Cai’er was silent for a moment. “Why do you ask that?”

Long Haochen’s heart tightened, and he said somewhat awkwardly, “I, I just want to know how many more days I can see you back.”

Cai’er fell silent again. The two stood face to face like this, and Long Haochen’s hands were sweating nervously.

Feeling the dampness of his palm, Cai’er softly said, “I’m just a blind girl. Is it really that important to see me back?”

Long Haochen was stunned for a moment, but honestly said, “I, I don’t know.”

Cai’er was also stunned. Although girls tend to understand matters of the heart earlier than boys, her life experience was even simpler than Long Haochen’s!

“Don’t you dislike me?” Cai’er asked with her head down.

Long Haochen’s heart was immediately filled with pity. He raised her hand in front of him. “How could I dislike you?” He didn’t know why, but at this moment, his heart was filled with a feeling of unease, as if one wrong answer would mean he might never see the girl in front of him again.

“Cai’er, actually, I’m very ugly. I’m so ugly myself, what right do I have to dislike you?” Long Haochen said, a little flustered.

Cai’er was stunned. “Very ugly?”

“Yes, very ugly,” Long Haochen quickly affirmed.

Cai’er smiled. Although her face couldn’t be seen behind the veil, Long Haochen subconsciously felt that her smile was very beautiful, very beautiful.

“Then if I were to ask you to hold my hand and walk with me forever, would you be willing?” Cai’er’s voice was soft, almost a whisper. As she said these words, the exposed, slender, white nape of her neck was already flushed red with shyness.

“I am willing,” Long Haochen’s emotions were in a strange state at this time. He blurted out the words almost without hesitation.

This time it was Cai’er’s turn to panic a little. She pulled her hand from Long Haochen’s grasp. “I, I’ll go back first.”

Long Haochen said anxiously, “Then, then tomorrow, I’ll still see you back.”

“Okay.” With a light nod, the frequency of her green bamboo cane tapping the ground was at least twice as fast as usual. Cai’er fled back to the hotel. His words kept echoing in her heart. He actually said he was ugly? Was his beautiful, girl-like appearance ugly? An unprecedented warmth flowed quietly in her heart. How could she not understand that he was trying to comfort her?

“Hehe.” Long Haochen couldn’t help but laugh. Although he was still young and didn’t understand anything about love between men and women, his perception was much sharper than ordinary people. He could clearly feel that Cai’er’s attitude towards him seemed to have changed, in a good way.

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With a happy mood, Long Haochen returned to the hotel. Before he could calm down and start cultivating, an urgent knock on the door rang out.

“Haochen, Haochen,” Li Xin’s excited voice came.

Long Haochen was startled and quickly went to open the door.

Li Xin looked quite disheveled. Her armor was damaged in at least three places, her hair was disheveled, and there was a trace of blood on the corner of her mouth, but her emotions were clearly in a state of excitement. As soon as she saw Long Haochen, she immediately hugged him and shouted excitedly, jumping for joy, “I won, I won! Haochen, I’m in the top ten too. Both of us siblings can participate in the Demon Hunt Squad!”

“Ah?” Long Haochen immediately reacted and was overjoyed. “Sister, you won? You’re so amazing! Congratulations to you!”

Li Xin said triumphantly, “Yes! I was so lucky. I still didn’t encounter a fifth-rank opponent today, haha, your sister is so awesome, right? Although it was a narrow victory, I still won in the end. Dad will be proud of me.”

Li Xin’s own cultivation was not outstanding among the participating knights this time, and could even be ranked near the bottom. However, she cultivated as a Retribution Knight, plus the timely advancement of the Rose Unicorn and some good luck, she broke through the siege and passed the preliminary round together with Long Haochen.

Li Xin laughed and said, “It’s a pity, we are both knights, so your sister has no chance to be in the same Demon Hunt Squad as you, otherwise it would be even more perfect.”

Long Haochen smiled and said, “What does it matter? You will always be my sister.”

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