"Know him?"
Huo Yuanhong asked.
"Mm. This is my Uncle Cui. He used to be close with Great-Grandfather, the one who previously claimed he'd gone on a long journey..."
Fu Zhixu said.
Huo Yuanhong patted his shoulder. "Once you become a Martial Master, you can deal with him however you like. We should be setting off for Jin Gate tonight."
"We're going to see Master Huo?"
Fu Zhixu asked. He had also heard from the Martial Guild that Master Huo was returning to Jin Gate.
"Mm."
Huo Yuanhong nodded.
After seeing Old Master Fu off on his final journey, the two headed to Harbor University to visit another of Old Master Fu's descendants—Fu Zhixu's younger sister, Fu Zhixue.
The old man had not wanted his descendants dragged into the grudges of their forebears. Fu Zhixu was going to Jin Gate with him anyway, so it did not matter if he appeared publicly to see him off. But Fu Zhixue still had to remain in Harbor to study, so she had not been allowed to get involved. She had only visited the old man when no one else was around.
Harbor University's campus at dusk lay beneath the chill of early winter.
Sparse streetlamps lit up along both sides of the road, their dim yellow halos casting long shadows over the flagstone paths.
Accompanied by university officials, Huo Yuanhong and Fu Zhixu walked along the tree-lined avenue before stopping beneath an old locust tree near the teaching building.
Before long, the dismissal bell rang. A lovely young woman in a blue cotton student uniform emerged from the crowd with books in her arms. She was discussing the answer to a difficult question from the recent exam with someone beside her, her pretty face still slightly flushed from the tension of the