In the blink of an eye.
Three to five days had passed since Su Guang returned to Capital City.
During that time, Chen Ye had remained in seclusion in the quiet room, with no sign that he would emerge anytime soon.
The people below all realized that Chen Ye was at a critical juncture in his cultivation, and not one of them dared disturb him.
Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Su Guang went back to clean the old house.
Touching the familiar things stirred old memories, and he could not help thinking of his mother.
So he picked a clear day, carried a jug of yellow wine and a packet of pastries, and took a basket of spirit money to the outskirts of the imperial city.
The hills outside the city were covered in wild grass, with two pine and fir trees standing tall.
Su Guang parted the weeds and walked straight over, stopping before an unremarkable grave mound.
He knelt before the grave, sprinkled the yellow wine in front of the stele, arranged the pastries, cleared a small patch of ground before the tombstone, and burned the spirit money.
"Father, Mother, your son has come home. I went to Danfeng Prefecture this time and traveled a little too far. I couldn't make it back to burn paper for you. Please don't blame me."
"Your son is following the duke now, and life is much better than before. The duke has treated me well and given me plenty of medicinal pills to nourish me. I've completed five Mortal Sheddings now. Even among the disciples of the Aristocratic Clans, I'm not considered inferior.
"If the two of you know this beneath the Yellow Springs, you should be able to rest easy."
The orange-yellow flames leaped and soared before