Yalita was already asleep.
Xu Yuan was not.
She stood by the window, looking out.
A Formation Disc hung from a Wooden Perch in the courtyard.
The clan chief had left it there.
It would protect the courtyard and the sisters; it also marked the place as under the clan chief's protection.
With that, the sisters' safety should no longer be a problem.
But—
How had their father died?
What did the Lifespan-Burning Pill have to do with it?
No.
He had to investigate!
Xu Yuan vanished from the room.
It was past four in the morning before he returned.
He had searched the entire city. All he had found were a few young Foundation Establishment Cultivators handling the hide of a Ghost Entity in a secluded alley. There was no clue about his father.
There was nothing he could do.
Forget it. He would go back to sleep and try again tomorrow.
The next day.
Xu Yuan and Yalita were sent to Primary School together.
Elder Wang stood at the lectern.
He swept his gaze over the children, then began teaching Mystic Arts.
The first Mystic Arts lesson in the Qi Refining Realm had to be Grand Fireball—no, it had to be the Alchemy art Pillfire: Furnace Incineration.
Xu Yuan lay across his desk and listened for a while.
The more he heard, the more astonished he became.
This art was more refined than what Xu Yuan had learned in high school, yet its hand seals and casting method were simpler.
Simpler Mystic Seals meant a deeper understanding of the Five Elements' transformation of Spiritual Power. They also meant faster casting.
And its power?
Elder Wang casually formed a Mystic Seal and pointed outside the classroom.
Boom!
A pillar of flame over two meters high shot out.
It was