After returning to Desolate Sky City, Lin Chen and Mu Qingxuan went their separate ways, agreeing to meet at the city gate three days later to return to Jade Cauldron Sect.
Lin Chen rode on a Spirit Steed toward the Lin Family's residence. The city hadn't changed much in the year he had been away.
Because he was riding a Spirit Steed, a mount only the influential could possess in Desolate Sky City, the gazes of the people around him fell upon Lin Chen, filled with envy.
Soon, Lin Chen arrived at a street outside the Lin Family's residence. Just as he was about to return home, he saw a crowd of people gathered, blocking the way.
In Desolate Sky City, such acts of bullying were frequent—unlike at the Jade Cauldron Sect, where outside the confines of the Wanxing Commerce Association, even if a person were killed elsewhere in the city, no one would intervene.
