"I hope you can break through, Grandmaster!" Huang Xiao let out a breath and sighed.
He knew very well that Old Sun had said his allotted time was nearly up because he had never managed to break through. If he did break through, his lifespan would certainly increase, and perhaps Huang Xiao would see him again. But after all these years, he knew how difficult that breakthrough was for Old Sun. If the attempt failed, it would likely mean his death.
"A letter?" Just as Huang Xiao was about to turn and leave the bedroom, he suddenly noticed a letter on the table.
Huang Xiao opened it and read it. It turned out to be a letter Old Sun had left for the villagers. In essence, it said that he had left the village and wanted to travel around outside once more before he died.
"Oh, Young Hero Huang, here you are! I went to your room just now and couldn't find you." The village chief appeared in the doorway, panting.
"Village chief, what's so urgent? Look how hard you've been running," Huang Xiao asked.
"Where's Uncle Sun?" The village chief pounded his aching lower back. He was getting on in years himself, after all, and running that distance had left him badly out of breath and his back terribly sore.
"Old Sun has already left!" Huang Xiao said.
"Left?" The village chief's eyes widened. "Then it really was him?"
"What happened?" Seeing something odd in the village chief's expression, Huang Xiao hurriedly asked.
"Well, didn't Xiaogouzi from our village go into town a few days ago to sell medicinal herbs? He came back before dawn today. He said that when he reached the village entrance, he saw an old man who looked like Uncle Sun leaving the village. He