Just as all matters here proceeded in an orderly fashion and the Mountain Clan ancient beasts grew serene.
Outside the Mirroring Heaven Pavilion in Fallen Star City.
Wang Hou had just stepped out of the Mirroring Heaven Pavilion when an elderly man with an ancient, unadorned bearing stopped him.
"Senior Master..." Wang Hou stared at the man's back in surprise, unable to understand why his Senior Master had blocked his path.
"Wang Hou." The senior master of Tiangang Dao Academy turned around and asked calmly, "Where are you going?"
"Senior Master... I..." Wang Hou looked somewhat nervous, unsure how to explain his work outside. He had even missed a lesson that year. Could it be that his Senior Master had come to settle old scores after the autumn harvest?
He had seen it that year as well. When Chen Xun and fellow daoist Ke Ding had skipped class, Senior Master had flown into a thunderous rage.
"Come with me." Senior Master turned with his hands behind his back and walked on alone.
"Yes." Wang Hou held this Senior Master in great respect and did not dare disobey the Old Man's wishes.
Within a quiet pavilion, Senior Master stopped. Wang Hou grew increasingly nervous, though it was not as though he feared his Senior Master would harm him.
"I heard that, outside your studies, you have spent many years away from the academy." Senior Master's gaze deepened. "Wang Hou, as your teacher, I do not intend to interfere with what you do outside your studies. But do you know what exactly you have been doing these past years?"
"Senior Master..." Wang Hou's expression turned solemn as he answered respectfully, "This disciple merely worked outside and wished to gain some more... experience."
Ever since the Dual Cultivation of Immortality and Demonism cultivation