Tai Yu had a nightmare. In it, someone seemed to mean him harm, and when he jolted awake, he was already in the hospital. Apparently, he had suddenly fainted during a Short-Term Advanced Class session and had been taken to the hospital by the trainees.
His memories of the details were rather hazy. The doctor's diagnosis was "Inner Energy Transfer Mishap," which had affected the function of certain brain regions. It was a mistake professionals often made, yet making it seemed distinctly unprofessional. Tai Yu hated the diagnosis, but the gym had already granted him leave based on it. By now, notices about his suspended classes had probably been posted throughout the gym.
His income would definitely plummet for a while.
And that was not his only worry. He had heard that Old Bai Jiao had died, in the very same hospital.
The old man's death was his own business. Tai Yu was not going to weep at his grave. The problem was that this lead had been cut off. How was he supposed to run the Short-Term Advanced Class business, and the subsequent Heaven-Man Landscape Inner Cultivation Method business?
Tai Yu had a splitting headache and no desire to remain in the hospital. Two days later, once the physical examination showed no abnormalities, he eagerly checked out and returned to the gym to sound things out.
That was when he realized his two worries were actually connected. Since he had suspended his classes due to injury, people at the gym who had long held grievances against him were already spreading rumors, saying there was something wrong with his own cultivation and that he was unfit to teach others. The impact was terrible. If the Advanced Class truly did not continue, would that not validate those claims? Wouldn't the halo