Compared to the Combrona couple, who had practically no property and could come and go with ease, Tuya'an and his sister spent nearly half a month settling all the affairs at hand before finally arriving in Void City.
Having decided to serve His Majesty Void Mask from then on, Tuya'an even abandoned his own mage tower. Apart from a few exceptionally important and sentimental belongings, he left almost everything in the entire tower to the mage who would inherit it—one of his senior fellow disciples.
He had originally intended to give the mage tower to his teacher, the legendary mage Master Mir. But Master Mir had gone off to explore other worlds and would not return for a year or two, so Tuya'an had no choice but to settle for second best and transfer the tower to the oldest of Master Mir's disciples still alive.
That was a high-level mage who had lived for nearly three hundred years, Tuya'an's eldest senior brother. To prolong his life, he had sealed away his fleshly body and usually housed his soul inside a golem to move about, earning him the title of "Golem Mage."
When he learned that his young, promising junior brother, who had surpassed him late in the game, intended to develop his career in Void City, he had initially been quite displeased—this would leave Mir City without a legendary mage in residence. Even setting aside the issue of safety, it would not look good.
But when Tuya'an told him that he intended to transfer the entire mage tower to him, he immediately changed his tune, lavishly praising Tuya'an's choice as wise and farsighted, certain to lead to even greater achievements in the future.
...To put it bluntly, wasn't it all just for that legendary-grade mage tower?
Tuya'an had no intention