With all miscellaneous matters settled.
Fang Shu left the Beast Hall and returned straight to his own Fang Immortal Cave.
Along the way, no one blocked his path. He returned to his cave abode with remarkable ease.
Thereafter, he looked over the thriving scene within his cave abode. More than a year had passed, and the many fish and beasts he had released into the cave back then had all grown accustomed to the environment of Fang Immortal Cave and matured somewhat.
Across the broad lake, silver fish would occasionally leap into the air, gliding through the sky like birds.
The sight immediately swept away the gloom in his heart.
Fang Shu thought to himself, The Beast Hall may be good, but it still cannot compare to my own cave abode.
He stretched, summoned a pair of jade maidens from the residence to clean the quiet chamber and light spiritual incense, then walked inside. Over the following days,
Fang Shu shut himself away in Fang Immortal Cave and did not step beyond the mountain.
Although the Immortal Prefecture's Inspection Hall and Beast Hall did not summon him for questioning, spiritual light had flickered beyond his immortal mountain. It seemed that someone had rushed nearby to spy on him.
Yet this behavior did not last long. Before even a day had passed, it dispersed.
After some more time, messages from Song Mo and Senior Brother Wu Tong and his wife flew over.
The news was that Fang Shu's actions in the Beast Hall had thoroughly spread, and Song Mo and the others had all learned of them.
The former's letter was rather amused, carrying the air of "the boy could be taught." He told Fang Shu not to take such trifling matters to heart and to eat and drink as he