In the blink of an eye, twenty years had passed.
In the twenty years since arriving at Demon Suppressing City, Xiao Mo had become a Jade-Pu Realm cultivator.
Over those twenty years, Xiao Mo had lost count of how many members of the Demon Race he had killed.
He only knew that half the mystic ice inside the piece of amber hanging at his waist had melted.
Over those same twenty years, wave after wave of students had come to Xiao Mo, and one group after another had left.
Two of Xiao Mo's three most promising disciples—Li Man and Zeng Songshi—had temporarily left Demon Suppressing City to travel through Myriad Laws Under Heaven.
Xiao Mo was delighted they had made that choice. One had to read ten thousand books, but also travel ten thousand miles, and, more importantly, exchange ideas with Confucian scholars from all walks of life.
He wrote them a letter, telling them they could simply take it to White Deer Academy.
But Xu Yuerou had not left Xiao Mo.
Not only had she stayed, she had become his assistant.
Xiao Mo hadn't thought much of it. Having someone to help him was nice. When he was too busy writing, he could ask Yuerou to teach the children in his place.
All he had to do was pay her a salary.
As time went by, the people of Demon Suppressing City began calling Xu Yuerou "Teacher Xu."
After her older sister got married, Xu Yuerou even bought a courtyard next door to Xiao Mo's. She looked after his daily needs so he could focus more on writing.
Xiao Mo had refused several times, saying it wasn't quite right.
But Xu Yuerou was adamant, and there was nothing he could do.
The final section of the book Xiao Mo