Because Jialingguan has his cheap teacher Li Zhengzhi, Xingyuan really doesn't want to meet him unless it is necessary. After all, he can't guess what the other party will want to do to him after meeting him after a long separation, or whether he will be forced to accept the other party's brainwashing.

The second is Tan Wan.

It’s not that Xingyuan had a grudge against her, but he had just rejected Tan Wan’s request to join his team as a servant mage not long ago.

Although Xingyuan thought that Tan Wan would not be angry with him given his tolerance, it would definitely be somewhat awkward if the two met at this time.

So when Cai'er suggested taking a detour to Jialing Pass, Xingyuan's subconscious thought was definitely to refuse.

However, considering that this was one of the few requests Cai'er had made to him in all the time she had been with him, Xingyuan did not reject her bluntly. Instead, he patiently asked Cai'er, "Do you want to meet Sister Tan Wan?"

After all, apart from Tan Wan, Xingyuan couldn't think of any other purpose for Cai'er to go to Jialing Pass.

"Uh-huh."

Seeing that Xingyuan saw through her thoughts at a glance, Cai'er was also somewhat happy, but she quickly continued to ask: "Will this make you feel embarrassed? After all, there are Long Haochen and his team working with us..."

"You're quite considerate."

Xingyuan reached out and rubbed Caier's hair, and then he made up his mind.

He is going to Jialing Pass.

When the break was almost over, Xing Yuan made a gesture to Long Haochen, who had just woken up from his training, to assemble the team.

Long Haochen understood what he meant, but before he could call his teammates to join him, they had already come over consciously after seeing Xing Yuan's gesture.

It seems like Xingyuan is their leader.

No matter how good Long Haochen's personality is, he can't avoid feeling depressed when encountering such a situation. However, he doesn't have a different opinion of Xingyuan because of this. He just feels that he needs to work harder.

"What's wrong, leader?"

Sima Xian asked Xingyuan casually.

He really wanted to join Xingyuan's demon hunting team and had mentioned it to others more than once. If Xingyuan had not had an accident during the lottery ceremony for selecting priest members that caused the ceremony to be suspended, he might have been the priest member of the Xingyuan team.

Xingyuan also heard the loud voice and couldn't help but look at Sima Xian.

For some reason, he was suddenly very happy that Sima Xian called him team leader instead of group leader.

"Ahem - there are indeed some things I need to tell you all."

As he spoke, Xing Yuan also retracted his gaze and turned to Long Haochen and said, "Our team's next itinerary has changed. We may not be able to go with you and return to the Holy City through the southeast fortress of the Warrior Temple."

However, since the two teams are still in a cooperative relationship, Xingyuan naturally has to inform the other party why they want to act alone.

Of course, he definitely couldn't tell them that it was because Cai'er wanted to meet an older sister with whom she had a very good relationship when she was a child.

"I need to upgrade my Earth Dragon Head Staff, and that Earth Spirit Master's Robe also needs to be repaired urgently." The reason given by Xingyuan was very sufficient, and he was not talking nonsense. In the Equipment Forgers Association of Jialing Pass, he had an old master whom he knew and had a good relationship with and could entrust the forging to him.

What's more, his teammates also need to replace and repair equipment.

But after Xingyuan finished talking about his plan, Long Haochen and his team seemed a little quiet, as if they had some opinions to raise but were too embarrassed to say them out loud.

Seeing this, Cai'er gently pulled Xingyuan's sleeve and shook her head at him to indicate that the meeting with Sister Tan Wan could wait until next time.

However, Xingyuan did not look back at her, because he knew very well what Long Haochen's team was struggling with.

It was nothing more than delivering the mission token for exploring the Cave of Fear and Howling to the Demon Hunting Group's mission tower. The exploration gems were all on him. Without Xingyuan to return to the Holy City with them, they would have no merit to claim if they went back early.

As for going to Jialing Pass with Xingyuan and his team?
The total merit value of their team is only in the four digits. They can't even afford the cheapest brilliant-level equipment. What are they going to do there?
"I know you're worried that the deadline for delivery has passed."

Xingyuan saw through the situation but did not say anything, so as not to make the members of the No. 22 team, who were already penniless, even more embarrassed.

He directly took out the delivery token and the exploration gem, stuffed them into Long Haochen's hand, and said to him: "I am also worried that I will stay in Jialing Pass for too long, which will cause the delivery of the task to be overdue, so I'll trouble Haochen to help me deliver it."

"Uh……"

Long Haochen couldn't help but be dazed when he looked at the wooden token and the shining gem that Xingyuan stuffed into his hand.

Brother Xingyuan actually trusts him so much?

In other words, Xingyuan no longer has the ability to read minds.

If he knew that Long Haochen not only didn't think that he had abandoned him, but also threw all the mess that needed to be dealt with for this mission after they returned to the Holy City to him.

Not only did he not have the slightest resentment towards him, he even felt that this was Xingyuan's trust in him...

I’m afraid Xingyuan’s mouth will split from laughing.

"I'm sorry, Haochen. The task of delivering the final mission will be left to you."

At this moment, Xing Yuan patted Long Haochen's shoulder a little embarrassedly, as if he was feeling guilty for leaving his partners behind and taking the whole team to Jialing City to have a good time alone...

"Brother Xingyuan, don't worry."

Especially when he saw Xingyuan like this, and when he didn't even mention that the merits would be temporarily stored in their team, Long Haochen already felt awe for Xingyuan from the bottom of his heart.

"Then, it's settled then."

Although Xing Yuan was somewhat puzzled by the inexplicably passionate expression on Long Haochen's face, he felt a little guilty at the moment and had no time to delve into it. Instead, he turned his gaze to Lin Xin and asked him if there was anything he could help him with.

"I don't have anything to do in Jialing City."

Lin Xin pretended to think about it, and after a moment he seemed to suddenly think of something, "If we really want to talk about it, remember to say hello to Sister Tan Wan for me. Also, do you remember that guy named Xuanyuan Yan? If that guy takes advantage of our absence to harass Sister Tan Wan, don't forget to give him a good beating." (End of this chapter)