Outside the skyscraper.
The rain kept falling.
Shen Baiyu went out on patrol.
Chen Feng reinforced the defenses around their position.
Xu Yuan sat there, running the Hundred Meridians Return to Truth Scripture with complete focus. He guided Spiritual Power through cycle after cycle within his body, searching for every chance to grow stronger.
By noon.
Shen Baiyu returned and found Chen Feng. Together, they prepared a table full of Spirit Food, then went to invite Xu Yuan.
Xu Yuan came as soon as they asked. Smiling, he sat down, clinked cups with them, and began to eat.
Seeing that he did not mention what had happened earlier, the two breathed a sigh of relief.
After the meal.
"If you have any questions about cultivation, ask me," Xu Yuan said.
The two were overjoyed.
Shen Baiyu first asked a question about Imagos.
Xu Yuan answered it carefully.
Chen Feng then asked a question about Swordsmanship.
Xu Yuan stood, exchanged a few moves with him, and explained every detail piece by piece.
"That's enough for today."
He put away his sword and returned to the skyscraper's rooftop. Beneath a hastily erected shelter, he sat cross-legged and resumed his cultivation.
Nothing happened from afternoon until night.
In the afternoon, it was Chen Feng's turn to patrol while Shen Baiyu guarded the position.
The next day was much the same.
The days passed like this.
Xu Yuan washed his hands of the whole affair and left the position to the others.
At their daily meals, Chen Feng and Shen Baiyu received his guidance. Again and again, it felt as though the clouds had parted to reveal the sun. They felt they had struck it rich and wished things could go on like this forever.
On the seventeenth day.
Wind and clouds churned overhead,