The Fifth Form
Chapter 87

Departure

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If a person was eighteen years old, but had experienced eighteen years of daytime in a real world and another eighteen years of daytime in a virtual world, what was that person's actual psychological age?

Zhang Xuezhou felt that he was not as innocent as an eighteen-year-old, but he also lacked the worldly experience and mindset of a thirty-six-year-old.

As a result, when Zhang Xuezhou handled such matters, he was unlike an eighteen-year-old, tending instead to be more mature and worldly.

But he also had many shortcomings. Unable to truly keep his life under steady control, he could only drift with the current, going wherever it carried him and relying on a bit of cleverness to react on the spot.

The Golden Toad Dharma King wanted to send Zhang Xuezhou to the Yedie River Holy Land. Zhang Xuezhou scarcely had the power to refuse, and had no way to avoid going.

His reluctance was half for show and half sincere. He went back and forth with the Golden Toad Dharma King, leaving the great demon sighing for quite a while.

"Your adoptive father's body will surely get better," the Golden Toad Dharma King said. "Although there are still some difficulties, and a full recovery will be hard to achieve in a short time, your adoptive father believes that one day we will return to the Xieluosi River Holy Land!"

Having almost emptied his entire fortune, the Golden Toad Dharma King had little to pack at the Snow Toad Palace. He brought only the adoptive son and adoptive grandson he had taken in recently while his mind was unsettled.

He gazed at the Xieluosi River Holy Land, a place he knew as well as he possibly could. There was some reluctance in his eyes, but more than that, there was the

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