For the next 3 days of the cultivation rest, Ji Yuan did not cultivate at all.
Rather he began to fast and hold a simply remembrance services for his friend Xiao Muhan, confidants Zhi Jiugong and the Lovely Empress Lu Jiangsu, fiancée Chu Lixue and lastly his consort Ling Feiyue.
He refreshed the good old times when he was drinking and quarreling with Xiao Muhan and all the silly things that they did together.
"Brother Xiao Muhan, I'll always remember you. We are renowned as the Two Brushes and now I am the only Brush that is still alive. It will never be the same again… I used to chide you for your cowardice but actually you are just being cautious. Now it is too late to wish that you are less brave now for you are no more… farewell my Brother Xiao Muhan…"
"Maiden Zhi Jiugong, you are the most refined maiden that I've ever known. Now, we can no longer exchange any instructions in music together… and I miss you ever since that night…"