You Think Too Highly Of Me

"Should you not be happy, brothers? I will not abandon my mission. I will not run to him. I will not ruin everything again."

"Brother," Xu Ling frowned searching his brother's face, "What changed?"

"Nothing. It always ends this way, hasn't it? Nothing ever changes."

"Ah Yue, you are not yourself. Everyone is worried and-"

"I am fine," Ying Yue stood up from his seat and stared out the window for a moment, "I will close this school."

"What?" Both brothers stood up as well with their brows furrowed.

"The children should be with their families. There would be no more use for cultivators once peace is here."

Ying Yue paused at the door and turned to his brothers. He looked away toward the ground for a few breaths, before closing his eyes.

"Had the Jade Emperor visited either one of you?"

"No. Why, Ah Yue?"