Seeing that both of them had made their choice,
Meng Juxiang took a Bronze Talisman from inside his robe and solemnly handed it to Li Beichen.
"Before, the Bronze Talisman I gave you was only a child talisman. If you want to join the Giant Elephant Sect, you'll also need the mother talisman I have here."
"I'm heading to Peng City. I won't be returning to the sect."
The mother talisman, then, I'll give to you as well.
Li Beichen accepted the Bronze Talisman.
"Master, Senior Brother and I will see you off!"
"Good!"
That very day, Meng Juxiang summoned all the disciples from the inner and outer courtyards.
He announced his decision to leave Ram City.
He disbanded the Like-Elephant Martial Hall.
Every disciple was refunded their apprenticeship fee.
As for the martial hall and its other odds and ends,
he left them for Zhang Meng and Li Beichen to handle.
He also gave Zhang Meng and Li Beichen fifty thousand taels in banknotes each.
Yang Ling and Han Fengqi each received ten thousand taels.
He was heading to Peng City, and such worldly possessions were no longer of any use to him.
As for Wang Dao, Meng Juxiang merely said, "Let him be," and told Zhang Meng and Li Beichen not to pursue the matter any further.
At first, only Zhang Meng and Li Beichen had planned to see him off, but now every disciple of the Like-Elephant Martial Hall had come.
They followed behind Meng Juxiang in a long, imposing procession.
Together, they left Ram City.
You may see someone off for a thousand miles, but in the end, you must part.
At Ram City's boundary marker, Meng Juxiang climbed onto Elephant Eighteen.
He looked at everyone and laughed aloud.
"In Ram City, with all of you