After leaving Beili, Dean Chen traveled first to East Shu, then to Nanyuan, where he spent some time in the place Ye Qianning had grown up.
Emperor Xi Yan repeatedly invited Dean Chen to teach in the capital of Xi Yan Country, but he refused every time.
Xiang Minghou's movements were erratic, and he rarely contacted the other families.
The sect founded by Du Ying, Luo Wen, and Luo Xuan was already taking shape nicely. In just one year, word spread throughout Beili of a new sect in the martial world.
They took in children displaced by war from all over, teaching them to read and practice martial arts.
Everyone was striving in their own way, and in their hearts, they were all waiting with anticipation for the person they held dear.
One year…
Two years…
Five years…
Then, in the sixth year, a massive tsunami struck the East Sea. Seawater surged onto the land, drowning many people, and this very tsunami washed some strange and curious objects ashore.
