The Tree of Resonant Power was as majestic as ever, its crown an entire canopy that sheltered the school. And in its shade, Li Luo met Yu Lang again for the first time in a month.

The latter was looking up at the leaves and sunlight pensively. The wind blew his hair away from his face, leaving his melancholy bare for the world to see.

"What are you looking at?" Li Luo said, walking beside him and looking up curiously.

Yu Lang did not reply, continuing to look up.

Li Luo felt like something was not right, and he tilted Yu Lang's head back down. Li Luo saw that his friend's eye was badly bruised, as though he had been given a solid punch in the face. "Who would do that to my big brother Yu Lang?!" he yelled.

Yu Lang waved him to silence. "Not so loud," he said almost embarrassedly.

He looked sidelong to where Bai Mengmeng was standing with Bai Doudou. "Leader...