Chapter 143: Chapter 137: The Protagonist Appears at the End

On the fifteenth day of the first month, the Lantern Festival, a special holiday. However, on this day that should have been celebrated universally, the Mountain River Academy was immersed in a bizarre silence.

Inside the Wuya Inn, where the Academy's principal resided.

Ouyang Yan, dragging his weary body, met Principal Zhuge Longsu. Although the people of Daqian had left, the repercussions from the Literary Arena's power struggle were still lingering. At the least, the fate of the Emperor Martial Arts and the deaths of many participants, along with the three culprits who had caused the deaths of Lin Chenfeng and another student, all demanded Ouyang Yan's attention.

"Teacher," Ouyang Yan greeted the meditating Zhuge Longsu with closed eyes and folded legs.

"You've arrived..." Zhuge Longsu opened his eyes and gazed at his disciple's exhausted countenance, "These days, while I have been in seclusion to stabilize my Realm, you have had a hard time!"