On either side of the quiet path in the early morning, the dew in the grass had yet to fully dissipate, glittering crystal-clear beneath the morning sunlight, brighter even than the smooth scalp of Yu Tianheng, whose steps were heavy.
Yu Tianheng had changed drastically. After having a layer of skin stripped away, the newly grown skin was now exceptionally pale and tender. The calluses on his palms, built up through years of cultivation, had vanished completely, along with his fingernails.
His once fairly rugged face now looked extremely strange to anyone who saw it, carrying an air of frailty, because his eyebrows were gone as well.
He looked as though he had just recovered from a serious illness.
Clenching his fists, he slowly lifted his feet. This path usually saw few people, but now Yu Tianheng suddenly sensed five or six people approaching from afar.
His steps paused, but his pale, cold face remained expressionless as he resolutely continued forward.
Hmph, a bunch of idiots who knew nothing!
Even if he had narrowly lost to Xia Yan, he was still one of Royal Heaven Dou Academy's top experts. Mere ordinary students wouldn't dare gossip about him behind his back!
Yu Tianheng clenched his fists, his gaze dark and sinister. His fingertips, stripped of nails, nearly pierced through his flesh.
Xia Yan...
Xia Yan!
I'll definitely get revenge... definitely!
He ground his teeth together as the fury in his heart surged forth once more. The miserable state he had been in during that battle surfaced in his mind again...
He continued onward, but Yu Tianheng's steps grew slower and slower, as if he had fallen into some sort of hesitation.
In the end, before the last patch of bushes where they were about to meet, he gritted his teeth and