After He Hao revealed that Guangling had been attacked and Wei Fenghua had sacrificed himself.
Luo Yan drove back to the Undercity alone.
Bai? returned with him.
For the past few days, the two of them had taken turns driving. Apart from stopping to replenish their supplies, they had spent nearly all their time on the road.
That was why everyone else was still on the way, while they had already returned to the Undercity.
As for Zeng Shan and the others, they had returned much earlier.
White mourning banners now hung all over Hundred Battles Academy, and the atmosphere was bleak.
Many people had bloodshot eyes, while some of the female students had cried until their eyes were swollen.
When Luo Yan arrived, Xie Guangyao pushed through the crowd.
The balding middle-aged man sighed and said, "Come."
"Go see Teacher Wei one last time."
Wei Fenghua's body had been preserved at the Academy.
Luo Yan saw him in the cold storage room.
Wei Fenghua lay inside a coffin, dressed in a black robe. Beneath it were cotton-padded clothes and trousers, with a white undershirt and underpants worn close to his skin.
The clothes had no buttons and were fastened only with ties.
Tying the ties meant that there would be successors to carry on the legacy.
Besides the clothing, Wei Fenghua wore a black hat on his head and black cloth shoes on his feet.
Xie Guangyao said, "You were Teacher Wei's most outstanding student. The principal thought you should see him one last time."
"So we kept waiting for you to return."
"Come. There are a few things left to do. You should handle them."
"It can also count as seeing Teacher Wei off."
Following Xie Guangyao's instructions, Luo Yan took the money for pressing the mouth shut