Stepping out of the auction house, I slowly walked home. Such a joyful day would last just for a single day and vanish in an instant; who knew when the next one would come? With a long seven hundred years ahead, there was plenty of agonizing time to get through.
Returning to the estate, it was already getting late, so I went straight to my room to rest. Xiaolu was briefing Wu Zhaoyun on the specific arrangements, and Wu Zhaoyun followed along to learn, especially regarding the monsters. Those had to be handled properly—if any strangers wandered in, the monsters would certainly not show any courtesy.
Dragging the idling Carmeara along, I went back to my room to rest. Waking up the next morning, it was Wu Zhaoyun who served me; both Xiaolu and Carmeara had gone to the inner hall to begin attempting their breakthroughs.
Chapter 117