The moon was bright, and the stars were sparse.
High above the night, the dazzling silver moon made the starlight seem sparse. Against the vast night sky, they resembled lights along a distant shore.
The sea breeze carried a faint salty tang as it gently swept across the harbor pier, tousling Luo Yan and the others' hair and bringing with it a hint of winter.
On the pier, the bonfire crackled, occasionally bursting into a brilliant shower of sparks.
Blown by the wind, they quickly drifted away and just as quickly vanished into the night.
Fu Yan set down his empty cup, looked at the usually silent Li Jun, and smiled.
"Senior Li, you went south after graduating. After all these years, you should be married by now, right? Why don't you introduce your sister-in-law to us?"
Luo Yan also looked over, his gaze settling on Li Jun.
Compared to during the Grand Sports Meet, Li Jun was less sharp and more steady.
He had tanned considerably. Hearing this, he laughed. "Nonsense. I'm still single. Where would I get a wife?"
Su Dingbei leaned back slightly, bracing himself with both hands as he laughed. "Senior Li, you rushed south as soon as you graduated. I thought you had a childhood sweetheart down there."
Fu Yan nodded. "Exactly. Since you didn't start a family, what were you doing in the south for so long?"
Li Jun raised his head and gazed at the bright moon overhead as he said softly, "The situation in the south was far worse than here in the north. There were fewer Undercities and even fewer Academies."
"During the Giant Beast Calamity, many people fled into the mountains, especially around the Nanling region."
"These people hid in the mountains. Even though we in the north had already