"So soon?" Wu Ningli said, her hands frozen halfway to reaching for a large mug of her favorite soup. "Not just a breakthrough, but a successful reawakening?"
"He didn't say much about the reawakening," Yao Meifeng explained. "Only that he followed the guidance his master had provided to awaken on a path that was uniquely his."
"I see," the young man's mother said, the worry gathered between her brows fading slightly. "It's still too soon. Did he say that he would be returning home any time soon? Has Xiang'er broken through?"
"Nothing about coming home," Yao Meifeng answered. "He mentioned succeeding in his first mission for the sect, killing a man who killed one of the senior sisters of the sect. He also said that they successfully hunted an empowered spirit beast with the strength of a Soldier and that many of his companions made substantial gains from the hunt. He thinks Sister Su Xiang will break through once she finishes adapting to her new manual."
