Luo Chen's return to the Zhang family's courtyard did not go unnoticed. He made no effort to conceal his presence, and the ladies sensed his arrival. They came out to greet him, but Zhang Jiadi was nowhere to be seen. Luo Chen was told the man had been assigned to an escort mission and had gone to the front line. He said, "I remember he just finished a mission not long ago. Why take on another one so soon? The gap between missions for star-ranked demon hunters shouldn't be this short, right?"0

Zhang Jiadi was only an Initiate, so his understanding of the Society was limited. Luo Chen, however, had learned much more during his time on Winding Island. Adept Xiao Buhuan had explained many details to him. Within the Society, Qi Refinement and Initiates usually took missions at intervals of about half a year. Adepts had longer gaps, often once every three to five years....0