Yue Yang had been sitting in on the Thousand-Year Sage's classes by the window for three days now.
Although Yue Yang had ultimately failed to hear what the true secret of life was, he knew what he needed to do next. The Trial Grounds were a place that allowed one to glimpse life's secrets. The ultimate goal of clearing them was not that Divine Tome, but ascending to the divine realm—or even surpassing it... After all, not every god had grasped the secret of life.
For the past three days, Student Yue Yang had attended class very obediently.
If his teachers from back then saw him, their eyeballs would probably fall all over the floor.
Yet there was no denying that Yue Yang could learn quite a few things here—things he would have had no chance to encounter outside, unique knowledge found only in Human Valley. The sole regret was that the Thousand-Year Sage had taught only one lesson and never lectured or answered questions again. He had, however, spoken privately with Student Yue Yang for a while, praising the original owner of Star Diamond Castle—Fourth Aunt's elder sister—to the skies. The Thousand-Year Sage did not say how he had known Fourth Aunt's sister, nor did he speak much to Yue Yang about that incomparably mysterious "mother." He merely said that he deeply admired her understanding of life... Student Yue Yang suspected that this meant she had already grasped life's secret.
Could she have comprehended it within the Ruins of the Gods?
After returning to the Tome World, Princess Cici and the others largely agreed with Yue Yang's guess. But as for the truth, they would have to find this "mother" first.
"Students, all of you are people of high standing, born with noble status. In the days ahead, you