November 5th. The weather was clear, not a cloud in the sky.

Normally, given Wind Ruins City’s peculiar astronomical conditions, it should be impossible for clouds to form here. But strangely, for at least a third of the year, the skies above Wind Ruins City were covered in thunderclouds, and thunderstorms were frequent. This completely defied the laws of natural science, but in a place with such dense primordial energy, any kind of strange phenomenon was possible.

"Senior Brother, this is far enough!"

Chen Yu had escorted their group to the entrance of the underground train station.

"Yan, you have to remember to let us know if anything comes up. You can’t just vanish without a word again, understand? You..."

Chen Yu nagged earnestly for over ten minutes. Yu Fei couldn’t help but laugh to himself. ’It seems everyone has a nagging streak.’

"Oh, right, Yu Fei. This is a little gift from your Martial Uncle. Be sure to stay safe."

As he spoke, Chen Yu handed over a black plastic case he had been carrying.

"Thank you, Martial Uncle. And thank you for saving my life."

Chen Yu laughed. "Go on, open it and take a look."

Yu Fei took the plastic case. It was stamped with the Celestial Craft Armor logo. After opening the case, he saw a finely crafted piece of black inner armor nestled inside. The material was soft, yet extremely durable.

The inner armor was extremely thin and appeared to be made of tiny, interlocking scales. Yu Fei held it in his hands to feel its weight, estimating it to be around ten kilograms.

Yu Fei’s eyes lit up as he heard Chen Yu continue, "This is a classic piece of inner armor from Celestial Craft Armor, the enhanced Profound Scale Armor. It passively reduces Inner Qi damage by thirty percent. When activated with Qi Blood, its defensive effect increases to fifty percent for about ten minutes. It also offers decent protection against physical damage."

"Martial Uncle, thank you so much!"

With the treasured armor in his hands, Yu Fei was tempted to put it on right away.

"I’m glad you like it. Come visit your Martial Uncle when you have time. It’s almost time, you all should get going."

"Goodbye!"

November had arrived, bringing with it a bleak autumn wind. Yet, Yu Fei, dressed in light clothing, didn’t feel the cold. His Qi Blood was abundant from reaching the second realm of martial arts, granting him a degree of immunity to heat and cold.

Carrying two large suitcases, he stood at the entrance to his neighborhood, feeling a peculiar sense of displacement—the place was the same, but he had changed.

After the three of them left the airport in the city, Su Yue somehow procured a car and drove Yu Fei straight home.

"Yu Fei, don’t be in a rush to go to school tomorrow. It’s getting late today, so just go home for now. We still have things to take care of tomorrow. You should let your parents know, too."

Su Yue smiled and waved at him, then stepped on the gas, roaring away with Yan Sea.

They had talked a lot on the way. Now that Yan Sea had advanced to the rank of Grandmaster, he would definitely not continue teaching at No. 2 Middle School. The couple planned to prepare for their wedding next and would not be staying here.

Su Yue had offered to transfer ownership of the Aurora Martial Arts Hall to Yu Fei. For her, the business had been started on a whim.

The Aurora Martial Arts Hall was a minor-league fitness center that also offered some training for the first realm of martial arts. The vetting requirements were very low, and Yu Fei’s current second-realm cultivation level was sufficient to meet the official requirements.

He had wanted to refuse, but Su Yue made it clear that if he didn’t accept, her only other option was to dissolve the hall. To her, the purpose of the Aurora Martial Arts Hall had been to wait for a certain person’s arrival. Now that this person was here, the hall had lost all its value. As for the money she had spent on it, Su Yue claimed it wasn’t even one-ten-thousandth of the cost of those Enlightenment Teas.

With the college entrance exams still more than half a year away, Yu Fei considered that he did need a place to train, so he accepted Su Yue’s kind offer.

Their relationship was no longer confined to that of an ordinary master and apprentice; it had become much closer.

Lost in thought, Yu Fei hoisted the two large suitcases and headed home.

Inside apartment 1203, the three members of the Yu Family ate in silence. In the days since Yu Fei had been gone, the atmosphere had grown heavy. Yu Wei tried her best to liven things up every day, but with little success. She had been trying hard to be good lately, and her midterm grades had even improved significantly.

"Sigh. Mr. Yan said he’d be back in two months, but it’s already been four days past that. How come there’s still no news?"

Mrs. Yu sighed.

DING DONG~

The doorbell rang. Yu Wei shot up, dropped her chopsticks, and raced to open the door.

"Brother!~" Yu Wei’s eyes instantly turned red, and tears streamed down her face.

"Feifei, you’re finally back."

His parents were right behind her. Mrs. Yu’s voice trembled with emotion as she wept with joy. Mr. Yu took the suitcases from his son’s hands and patted him on the shoulder, too choked up to speak.

"I’m back," Yu Fei said with a small smile.

"It’s good that you’re back."

He had wanted to contact his family right after being discharged from the hospital, but his phone was dead. He had then wanted to borrow his teacher’s phone to let them know he was safe, but Su Yue wouldn’t allow it. She said she wanted him to go home and see how worried his family was, to cure him of his reckless habits.

He hadn’t seen them in two months, and his parents had lost a lot of weight. Their faces were drawn and weary.

In that moment, Yu Fei felt there was some truth to Su Yue’s nagging. ’You only live once, and if something happens, your family are the ones who suffer the most. I really can’t be so reckless from now on. I should avoid picking fights I’m not confident I can win.’

Faced with his parents’ worries upon his return, Yu Fei took off his shirt to show them his healthy body. He then did 500 push-ups in one go to prove that he had fully recovered without any lasting injuries.

That night, the family talked late into the night. Yu Fei shared some amusing stories from his martial arts training, while his parents recounted events that had happened during his recovery. Yu Wei was happily unwrapping her presents; of the two large suitcases he’d brought back, one was filled entirely with gifts for her.

On his Martial Uncle Chen Yu’s advice, he had brought back some nourishing supplements for his parents that ordinary people could take—not the fake health products commonly sold on the market.

As the director of the Military Hospital, when Chen Yu learned that Yu Fei wanted to bring some supplements for his parents, he had specially procured some based on Yu Fei’s description of their condition and told him to just ask when they ran out.