Synopsis

The chapter opens with the protagonist and his father reaching a summer house believed to contain hidden elixirs, with the father reminiscing about the past. They argue about the protagonist's plan to join the Azure Dragon Academy, despite his condition and lack of talent. The father, initially against the idea, reveals knowledge of the protagonist's illness and a potential cure, as well as the elixirs, but refuses to take them himself, instead telling the protagonist to take them after his death. This hints at a deeper purpose for their journey and a possible future inheritance of the father's power and hidden knowledge.