"Chen Yu, where on earth have you been for almost an entire year?"
As soon as Chen Yu returned to the Divine Weapons Valley, Xiahou Qing cornered him and questioned him sternly, just as he had expected.
Chen Yu had disappeared for almost a year!!!
Although a year was little more than the blink of an eye to a powerhouse like Xiahou Qing.
Who knew what Chen Yu had actually been doing all that time?
Had he run into trouble?
Xiahou Qing had been both angry and worried lately, and had thoroughly scolded both elders, Li Ya and Duan Tianlang.
He had gone away on important business, yet these two elders of the Divine Weapons Valley B-Rank Division had not even known where Chen Yu had gone!
Li Ya and Duan Tianlang felt terribly wronged, too.
After all, if Chen Yu wanted to go out and clear his head, how could either of them stop him?
"Teacher, I was just taking a trip to clear my head while restoring my source essence. It's completely replenished now."
"Sorry for making you worry!"
Chen Yu smiled and offered a casual explanation.
"You brat..." Seeing his cheeky grin, Xiahou Qing could no longer stay angry.
After all, with such outstanding martial talent and weapon forging talent, keeping him wound too tightly was not necessarily a good thing.
"Your status is different now. Especially after you killed He Suo of the Flame Demon Sect, your name even reached Demon Mountain Star."
"Focus on cultivating from now on, and try to break through to the divine treasury realm as soon as possible."
"Oh, and don't neglect weapon forging either. Aim to become a top-tier weapon-forging master soon. Forging and cultivation are both vitally important!"
Xiahou Qing did not dwell on the matter. After offering some