The Gold-Storing Academy.
Dressed in an elegant white qipao, Nan Shang walked along the academy's empty corridor, his steps flickering in and out of sight.
He read the archives with rapt attention.
In the light of the torches along the corridor, his fair face looked all the more captivating.
Lin Ke flew into the corridor from outside the building.
He landed soundlessly behind Nan Shang.
He saw the silver ornaments beside Nan Shang's ears reflecting a faint sheen in the moonlight.
"Nan Shang?"
Hearing Lin Ke's call, Nan Shang immediately pulled himself away from the archives.
After a brief start, delight appeared on his face. "Senior Brother Lin?"
"You're back? I was waiting for you here."
Lin Ke felt somewhat awkward. He had not expected Nan Shang to be so utterly straightforward.
He had told him to wait, and he had waited until now. Fourteen days and nights had passed in a flash, yet he was still here.
As though noticing Lin Ke's awkwardness, Nan Shang smiled faintly. "Senior Brother Lin is a meticulous person. You must have had many arrangements to make these past few days."
"The Cloud Dragon Secret Realm will open soon. I've read quite a few spell arts here at the Gold-Storing Academy these past few days, too, and gained a great deal."
Lin Ke naturally heard the cleverness in Nan Shang's words. With that shift in phrasing,
Nan Shang was no longer staying here to wait for him, Lin Ke, but because he wanted to make some preparations for the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm himself.
Since that was the case, Lin Ke naturally took the offered slope to dismount.
"Yes. With your cultivation, Junior Sister Nan, perhaps we'll enter this secret realm together."
"I've also learned some new spell arts as trump cards these past