San Mountain City.
Sun Xiaoman hurried into her mother's room.
Ever since the battle at Jade Balance Peak ended, Dou Yuemei had locked herself away in her room and wouldn't come out, leaving all the affairs of the city to be handled by Sun Xiaoman, including the appointment of the new dean of the Dao Institute of San Mountain City, which she had not attended.
This was the first time she had been willing to see anyone in days.
"...Mother," Sun Xiaoman's heart trembled at the first sight of Dou Yuemei.
Was that worn out, tired woman really her mother?
"Xiaoman," Dou Yuemei looked at her daughter with a pale face that finally showed a hint of color, "How is everything in the city?"
"All is well, more or less," Sun Xiaoman didn't dare to say that after returning from Jade Balance Peak without any achievements, several talented disciples from the Dao Institute had transferred to other cities, saying they saw no hope here.
