Fang Chen returned to the institute and cultivated.
That afternoon, someone lightly knocked on the institute's gate.
When he opened it, he was surprised to find the Senior Brother from Azure Waves Institute who had come to greet him when he had first entered the sect.
His name was Sun Yi.
The last time Fang Chen had seen Senior Brother Sun, he had been cheerful and warmhearted, and the two of them had chatted happily.
Both had come from small places, and neither had good natural aptitude, so they had quickly become familiar with each other.
But at this moment, Senior Brother Sun's face held a complex expression woven from melancholy and relief.
"Senior Brother Sun, please, come in." Fang Chen invited him into the institute to talk.
Sun Yi waved his hand and sighed. "Junior Brother Fang, there's no need to trouble yourself. I've come this time to bid you farewell."
"Farewell?" Fang Chen was taken aback.
"That's right." Sun Yi smiled, though his smile was somewhat bitter.
"I've decided to leave the sect. Over the years, I've exhausted my savings and my potential trying to break through to the Core Formation Realm. In the end, I was still just one breath short."
"Now I'm utterly dispirited, so I'm planning to return to the small city in my old hometown."
"With my cultivation at the Viscera Realm, I'll open a martial arts school and live out the latter half of my life in peace."
He looked at Fang Chen with a sincere gaze. "Junior Brother Fang, although we've known each other for only a short time, I can tell that you and I are the same kind of people."
"We're both unwilling to be ordinary and want to make a name for ourselves on the martial path."
"But this