Not even a week had passed before Rui grew bored and restless.
A peaceful life was fun before one realized that it also meant that there was nothing for a Martial Master to do.
He visited some of his old friends, talking to them about how things had changed while reminiscing about their days in the academy. So many of them were so different from how they were more than ten years ago that it was rather jarring at several points.
In comparison, he might as well be frozen in time.
His breakthrough to the Master Realm naturally put some distance between himself and Martial Artists of the Lower Realms. However, he had already accepted that this was the price of breaking through to the Master Realm. He wasn't sure that he could have normal relationships with people outside of the orphanage.
Yet, once it was all over, he yearned to go back to training.
And he did.
His father had already commenced Operation Transcension a week ago.