The night was black as ink, yet it could not veil the joy.
In the familiar room, Master Mo marveled at the young man seated across from him.
"The city lord and I both knew you would reach the Dou Wang level, and even surpass him by far, but we never imagined this day would come so soon. Not even ten years, lad, and you've already come this far. How are old fellows like us supposed to bear that?"
Chen Cang filled his cup and smiled. "Perhaps this is what they mean by surviving a great calamity and finding good fortune afterward. If I'd stayed in Tianying City, I would have been safe, but I would also have missed many opportunities."
Master Mo nodded slightly. "Fortune and misfortune lean on each other-there's truth in that. I'm rather curious about what you've been through all these years, and how you ended up at Jia Nan Academy. That's quite a distance away."
Chen Cang held nothing back on that account. After sorting through his memories, he began recounting his story.
He began with the Demonic Scale Python's attack in the Black Eagle Mountains all those years ago and his squad's annihilation, then described how he had encountered the Void Pegasus Beast, tricked the beast into joining him, and escaped danger with the beast's help.
He had then crossed the Chu Yun Empire and gone to Wutan City in the Jia Ma Empire to serve as a guest elder...
Chen Cang concealed none of his many experiences, aside from a few secrets he could not speak aloud.
By the time he had finished giving a rough account, nearly two hours had passed.
"You really have wandered through hardship. The roads you've traveled these past few years stretch farther than all the roads I've